Unit14 Festivals January Chinese New Year: the Spring Festival Clean the house put the red couplets on the gateSet off firecrackersA get-together dinnerWear new clothesGreet relatives and friendsSomething about the Spring FestivalReceive red packets--- Do you know other Chinese festivals? January Chinese New Year ; Spring Festival Festival of Lanterns February MarchWomen’s Day Tomb-Sweeping DayApril清明时节雨纷纷，路上行人欲断魂。借问酒家何处有，牧童遥指杏花村。 ------ 唐代诗人杜牧 May Youth DayMay Dragon Boat FestivalMay June Children's Day AugustArmy DayTeachers’ DAY September Mid-Autumn Festival SeptemberThe Double Ninth Festival National DayOctober And what about foreign festivals?Saint Valentine's DayFebruary April Fools' Day April Easter Day.AprilMother’s Day May June Father’s Day All Saints' Day October Thanksgiving DayNovember What’s the name of the festival?Which country does it come from? Halloween in US and EuropeOne story says that, on that day, the disembodied spirits of all those who had died throughout the preceding year would come back in search of living bodies to possess for the next year. It was believed to be their only hope for the afterlife. Jack O’Lanterns• On Halloween many children dress in costumes and go from house to house to ask for candy by saying ”Trick or Treat!” The saying implies that the children will play a trick on their neighbors if they are not given a treat.Halloween What’s the name of the festival?Which country does it come from? Obaon of Japan • 盂兰盆会 • 盂兰盆之名源于佛教经典《盂兰盆经》。盂兰盆会的主要内容都是日本特有的。日本的寺院每逢 7 月均咏颂盂兰盆经。盂兰盆经正好从理论上解释了日本人原始的祖灵祭祀。尽管从佛教的角度来看盂兰盆会并不是什么盛大的法会，但日本民间却将它视为盛大的祭祀祖灵...
