4.1 Introduction

4.2 Lunar Calendar and Solar Calendar

4.3 The First Biggest Festival Spring Festival

老师课堂交流区:Question 1 for Unit 4

How was Spring Festival celebrated in ancient China according to the excerpt of A Dream of Red Mansions?

1:Clean house and prepare the ceremony to worship ancestors.

Great reunion dinner . New clothes. Traditional food: Fish, dumpling ,etc

Lucky money . Color red. Spring couplets.  Firecrackers and fireworks

4.4 The Second Biggest Festival Mid-Autumn Day

老师课堂交流区:Question 2 for Unit 4

Could you use your own words to describe the origin and customs of the Mid-autumn Day?

1:It originated to chang e .In that day,people will altogether eat dinner and worship the moon with some fruits,mucake.

2:The Mid-Autumn festival is a traditional cultural festival popular among many ethnic groups and Chinese culture circles in China. It falls on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month. According to the origin of the Mid-Autumn festival, the 15th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar is the time when the rice is ripe.

3:The Mid-Autumn Festival originated from agricultural production, because China has been an agricultural country since ancient times, and autumn is a favorite harvest season, falling on the middle of  Autumn according to China lunar chalender ,so in order to celebrate the harvest and express the joy of the Mid-Autumn Festival came into being.The custom of Mid Autumn Festival is to eat reunion dinner, enjoy the moon and eat moon cakes.

4:During the Mid Autumn Festival, people like to enjoy the moon, eat moon cakes, and easily miss their friends and family.

4.5 Contrast and Comparison

老师课堂交流区:Question 3 for Unit 4

What is your favorite Chinese traditional festival? Why?

1:My favorite traditional Chinese festival is Spring Festival. Spring Festival means family reunion, family happiness. Every family member came home from every place, and the air was full of joy.

2:My favorite Chinese traditional festival is spring festival.In those days,there are many kinds of snacks and food to be share with my families.

3:I like the Spring Festival best, because it's in our winner holiday. We can take a good rest for more than one month. We don't need to get up early and so many delicious food are waiting for us to enjoy . And family will get together. How relaxing!

4:Spring Festival,because my family will together.

5:The spring festival,because the lacky money

4.6 Seminar

Unit 4 Quiz

1单选(1分)__C__ is based on solar calendar.

A.Dragon Boat Festival B.Spring Festival

C.Chinese National Day D.Double Seventh Festival

2单选(1分)When the Spring Festival comes, “__B___” is the main color for the festival, as it is believed to be an auspicious color.

A.yellow B.red C.golden D.orange

3单选(1分)The Hungry Ghost Festival is not only celebrated by Chinese people, but also by people from___A__.

A.Singapore B.Canada C.India D.Myanmar

4判断(1分)

Until the 1911 Revolution, the Gregorian calendar(solar calendar) was adopted by the nascent Republic of China, but the general populace continued to use the Lunar Calendar at the same time.正确