Festivals in China

Students: Rebecca, Angel & Sunny Jiao

Teacher:Ms. Dot

Date:12th June 2015

The Spring Festival• At the beginning of the year.

• The history of the Chinese Spring Festival is 4000 years.

• During the Spring Festival, the Chinese will hold many celebrations

Get lucky money from

elders

As much as possible, people should return home to express good wishes for the New Year.

Dragon Boat Festival• Originated in

China

• Function is to pray for no more diseases in China

The custom of eating zongzi, and

dragon boat racing

• Because the poet Qu Yuan died on this day, the Han people wanted to remember him, so it became a traditional Chinese festival in his memory.