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Spring Festival一.资料介绍China's traditional festivals have evolved through the centuries from past majo

Spring Festival 一.资料介绍 China's traditional festivals have evolved through the centuries from past major events. For instance, long ago when people had abountiful harvest, they gathered and celebrated their good fortune with gala performances When natural disasters struck, they offered sacrifices to the gods and their ancestors, hopi ng for ablessi ・ ng. The cha nge of the seas on s, flowers in spri ng, and the bright moon in autumn could all arouse their Ionging for amore beautiful life. Thus, creative activities were held to signify these events, gradually these activities developed into festivals. The most important festival in China is the Spring Festival. It is said that the Spring Festival evolved from an activity known as the Winter Sacrifice .It was acustom practiced by the people of primitive society. As the cold winter began to recede and the warm spring was about to begin, the people of an entire clan gathered together. They brought out their bounty from hunting, fishing and the field They thanked the gods ・ for the blessings of nature, including the mountains, rivers, the sun ,moon and stars, they thanked their ancestors, then they shared and enjoyed the sumptuous bounty of the land, sea, air and fields as they ate, danced and sang heartily. In the beginning, their activity had no fixed date But usually it was held at the end of each winter. Gradually, ・ through the years, it was celebrated at the end of the old year or the beginning of the new. With the changes and disingtegration of primitive society, the form and content of the Winter Sacrifice also changed Ultimately, ・ it became afestival to bid farewell to the old year and welcome in the new year. So it came to be called the Spring Festival. All the traditional festivals in China are based on the Chinese lunar calendar. The Spring Festival marks the beginning of the Chinese Lunar New Year. In Chinese, we also say Guo Nian, meaning keeping off the monster of Nian. There are many lege nds about the origi nof Nian, The most popular one is this .It is said that Nian was afierce monster back in ancient times It looked like astrong bull with ahead like that of alion. Usually the monster ・ stayed deep in the mountains and caught and ate other beasts. But duri ng the win ter, it could not find eno ugh food So it came out of its mountain lair and en tered villages to eat whatever it could catch. Villagers ・ became very frightened and moved away to escape the ferocious monster. But later the people found that even though it was fierce, Nian was afraid of three things: the red color, abright flame, and aloud noise. After learning this, they figured out how to prevent Nian from entering their villages ・