微课 - The Mid-Autumn Festival.ppt
Mid-Autumn Festival,Thinking of you水调歌头When will the moon be clear and bright?明月几时有With a cup of wine in my hand,I ask the blue sky.把酒问青天I dont know what season it would be in the heavens on this night.不知天上宫阙，今夕是何年。Id like to ride the wind to fly home.我欲乘风归去Yet I fear the crystal and jade mansions are much too high and cold for me.又恐琼楼玉宇，高处不胜寒Dancing with my moon-lit shadow起舞弄清影It does not seem like the human world何似在人间,The name of Mid-Autumn FestivalIn China,quarterly(每季)is divided into Meng(孟),Zhong(仲),Ji(季)three parts,so the Mid-Autumn Festival also calls Zhongqiu(仲秋).,When is the Mid-Autumn Festival?Its on August 15th in the lunar calendar.,August 15th,the moon is more circle,more bright than the other months,so called Yue Xi(月夕).This night,people look up the bright moon,will naturally look forward to family reunion.People who are far away from home,also take this way to express their thoughts of home and family affection.Therefore,the Mid-Autumn Festival,also known as Reunion.(团圆节),Lunar Calendar 农 历,What do you think about the Mid-Autumn Festival?,moon cakes 月 饼,Moon Cakes,Moon-cake is the traditional food marking this festival.Cakes of different sizes are stuffed with a variety of fillings such as bean paste,fruit,egg yolk,dates,lotus seeds,walnuts,pineapple,pork and so on.We eat moon cakes because they look like the round bright moon.,a full moon 满 月Its bright and beautiful.,Look at the moon carefully.Whats inside the moon?Can you see?,Change 嫦 娥,rabbit 兔 子,Wu Gang cut down trees 吴 刚 砍 树,Legend,According to the Chinese mythology.The earth once had ten suns circling over it.One day,ten suns appeared together in the sky.The water in the planet dried and people couldnt live any longer.A hero named Hou Yi decided to solve this problem.So he climbed to the top of Kunlun mountain,Took full advantages of his power to shoot down nine extra suns.Yi stole the elixir of life to save the people from his tyrannical rules,but his wife Change drank.Thus started the legend of the lady in the moon to whom young Chinese girls would pray at the Mid-Autumn Festival.It is said“Hou Yi”missed his wife,so he made moon cakes.They are small round cakes with meat,nuts or something sweet inside.,Wu Gang cut down trees 吴 刚 砍 树 long long ago,on the moon there was a palace named The Moon Palace.There were a cherry bay.This tree was very lush and high.A man is used to cut down the tree.However the tree had just been cut down,it was growing high again.The man must be Wu Gang.He had been studied try to make and then take pills of immortality and cultivate himself to become lmmortal with a immortal.Once he made a mistake.So the immortal let him go to the moon and did this work.,How to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival?,All the family members get together.,Eat moon cakes.,Enjoy the beautiful full moon.,Fly the sky light.,Play the grass dragon舞 草 龙,Fire Douxiang 烧 斗 香,Plant the Mid-Autumn tree 种 中 秋 树,Guess lantern riddle 猜 灯 谜,Lets talk about the Mid-Autumn Festival in a group of four.Then write it down and introduce the Mid-Autumn Festival for us in front of the class.,Thank You!,
