1、Spring festival,Christmas,四组,AND,The Spring Festival,Far and away, the most important traditional holiday in China is Spring Festival, also known as the Chinese New Year, starts at the beginning of spring. It occurs somewhere between January 30 and February 20.Each Chinese year is represented by a r
2、epeated cycle of 12 animalas,the rat,ox,tiger,hare,dragon,snake,horse,ram,monkey,rooster,dog and pig.,The chinese new year is now popularly known as the spring festival because it starts from the begining of spring (the first of the twenty-four terms in coodination with the changes of nature). Its o
3、rigin is too old to be traced. Several explanations are hanging around. All agree, however, that the word nian, which in modern chinese solely means year, was originally the name of a monster beast that started to prey on people the night before the beginning of a new year.,The origin:,One legend go
4、es that the beast nian had a very big mouth that would swallow a great many people with one bite. People were very scared. One day, an old man came to their rescue, offering to subdue nian.He said to nian, “I hear that you are very capable, but can you swallow the other beasts of prey on earth inste
5、ad of people who are by no means of your worthy opponents?“So, it did swallow many of the beasts of prey on earth that also harrassed people and their domestic animals from time to time.,After that, the old man disappeared riding the beast nian. He turned out to be an immortal god. Now that nian is
6、gone and other beasts of prey are also scared into forests, people begin to enjoy their peaceful life. Before the old man left, he had told people to put up red paper decorations on their windows and doors at each years end to scare away nian in case it sneaked back again, because red is the color t
7、he beast feared the most.,From then on, the tradition of observing the conquest of nian is carried on from generation to generation. The term guo nian, which may mean survive the nian becomes today celebrate the (new) year as the word guo in chinese having both the meaning of pass-over and observe.
8、The custom of putting up red paper and firing fire-crackers to scare away nian should it have a chance to run loose is still around. however, people today have long forgotten why they are doing all this, except that they feel the color and the sound add to the excitement of the celebration.,Charisma
9、s,Christmas is a Christian holiday that celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ. No one knows the exact date of Christs birth, but most Christians observe Christmas on December 25. On this day, many go to church, where they take part in special religious services. During the Christmas season, they also
10、 exchange gifts and decorate their homes with holly, mistletoe, and Christmas trees. The word Christmas comes from Crises massed, an early English phrase that means Mass of Christ. The story of Christmas comes chiefly from the Gospels of Saint Luke and Saint Matthew in the New Testament.,The history
11、 of Christmas dates back over 4000 years. Many of our Christmas traditions were celebrated centuries before the Christ child was born. The 12 days of Christmas, the bright fires, the yule log, the giving of gifts, carnivals(parades) with floats, carolers who sing while going from house to house, the
12、 holiday feasts, and the church processions can all be traced back to the early Mesopotamians.,The custom of giving gifts to relatives and friends on a special day in winter probably began in ancient Rome and northern Europe. In these regions, people gave each other small presents as part of their y
13、ear-end celebrations.In the 1800s, two more Christmas customs became popular-decorating Christmas trees and sending Christmas cards to relatives and friends. Many well-known Christmas carols, including Silent Night and Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, were composed during this period. In the United Sta
14、tes and other countries, Santa Claus replaced Saint Nicholas as the symbol of gift giving.,Advantage:,Spring Festival :Working outside year round people can go home; After a busy year you can take a breakChristmas : Improved understanding of Western culture; Increase consumption,Disadvantage :,Sprin
15、g Festival :With the arrival of the Spring Festival, prices are up all sorts of things; A lot of businesses out of business, which have an adverse impact on economic developmentChristmas ： Christmas in Chinas rise is completely driven out of business interests;Christmas is the most celebrated young
16、people, especially students, especially students have a girlfriend, increase their burden.,Christmas,Spring festival,Differences,Spring festival and Christmas are both the most important festival for the Chinese people and western people .Because of the different culture ,there are different ways to
17、 celebrate .,This PowerPoint compares the differences between Spring festival and Christmas, shows their origins and ways of celebration and so on ,to point out that are looking forward to well-being .,Spring Festival traditions:1.paper-cuts 2.Spring Festival couplets3.New Year paintings4.Special pu
18、rchases for the Spring Festival5.Firecrackers,Santa ClausChristmas treeChristmas hatsChristmas StockingChristmas cardsChristmas dinnerChristmas carols(圣诞颂歌),Christmas traditions,Food in Spring Festival,Mainly Food at Christmas dinner,Something special for kids at Spring Festival,Sending lucky money
19、is a Chinese New Year a custom. Lucky money is wrapped by a red envelop. Chinese love red, because red symbol vitality happy and good luck to the younger generation of the distributed red envelopes. And it is thought it is a bad manner that children open their red envelops in front of the elder.,Som
20、ething special for kids at Christmas,The hanging of stockings by the fireplace before bedtime, to receive the presents from Father Christmas, is a much-loved tradition that is still practiced by many children and adults although stockings might now be replaced with hung in different locations such a
21、s by the childs bed.,When small children go to bed on Christmas Eve , they hang a stocking at the behind of their beds . Their parents warn them not to try to look at Father Christmas , or their parents will not leave them anything . When they wake up , they find their stockings filled with presents
22、 . As a result，children are very excited on Christmas morning and always wake up early.,Best Wishes in Spring festival:Harmony brings wealth 和气生财 May all your wishes come true 心想事成Safe trip wherever you go 出入平安Promoting to a higher position 步步高升Wishing you every success 一帆风顺Everything goes well 吉祥如意
23、Best Wishes in Christmas:Wishing you a white Christmas. 愿你有一个白色圣诞。 Best wishes on this holiday season. 致以圣诞节最诚挚的祝福。Wishing you and yours a merry Christmas this holiday season. 在此佳节，祝你全家圣诞快乐。 A Christmas wish for my best friend! 给我最好的朋友一个圣诞祝福!,Differences in Best Wishes,The differences between Spring
24、 Festival and Christmas are so obvious that we can find easily. First the background is different. One is the eastern festival, and the other is western festival. Then the people celebrate them in different ways, such as China does not have Santa Claus, and America does not have any couplets. At las
25、t, east and west eat different food to celebrate the festival.,The conclusion:,Thetwodifferentfestivalsarecelebrateinwinter.Theyarethebiggestfestivalsintheeastandwest.FamiliescelebrateSpringFestivalorChristmastogether,andsoon.Inaword,ourfamilyhaveagoodtimeduringthefestivals.,Similarities,How to do,We might discard the dross and select the essence as well, we should protect the environment, we do not excessive discharge of fireworks and firecrackers; During the festival, we should company with our families and so on.,Thank you for your attention !,
