Dear Mr. Cao
Hello!
First of all, I wish you all the best in the new year. After such a long holiday, where are you going to play? We went out on a big cruise ship. The cruise ship is like a small city with everything! I'm very excited! I brought a book "understanding Chinese traditional festivals" on my journey. This book makes me really understand the meaning of the Spring Festival. Let me also tell you about it to Mr. Cao!
This book is full of rich cultural atmosphere. The text interprets the text with pictures and notes each other. It vividly shows the general situation, origin, celebration activities and various folk customs of traditional Chinese festivals such as the Spring Festival, the Lantern Festival and the Dragon Boat Festival. Let more Chinese people have an in-depth understanding of their own traditional festivals, and also open a window to the folk customs for foreign friends who want to understand the ancient Chinese culture.
It introduces why the Spring Festival is called "Chinese New Year"? Why do you eat Zongzi on the Dragon Boat Festival? How is "qiqiqiaoqiao" going on?
In this book, the author uses pictures and stories to uncover the mystery for readers. This is not only a pleasant reading, but also a kind trip back to folk customs.
I see that the Spring Festival, Tomb Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid Autumn Festival and other traditional festivals add endless fun to people's lives. But how much do you know about the stories behind these festivals? Don't worry. Now open this book and follow the two lovely children in the book to start this rare journey of looking back on traditional folk festivals. This book introduces what are the traditional Chinese festivals? What is the history? And so on. There are pictures at the bottom of each paragraph. There will be a few children talking about other customs below. They look vivid and interesting, but they are good-looking. Let me tell you something about it. There are many introductions about the Spring Festival in the book, such as: the Spring Festival in the traditional sense refers to the twelfth lunar month On the eighth day of the eighth day of the lunar month or the third day of the twelfth lunar month, the sacrificial stoves lasted until the fifteenth day of the first month, with new year's Eve and the first day of the first month as the climax. The first day of the first month is the first day of the year, also known as lunar new year. The word Spring Festival has different special meanings in different historical periods. It is said that in ancient times, there was a monster called Nian. It changed from eating insects to eating big living people. Therefore, people in the village were very afraid of it. Every winter, when food was scarce in the mountains, Nian would intrude into the village and hunt for people and livestock. People were always in panic. Later, people all know that Nian is most afraid of red, fire and noise, so the family will paste couplets on the door, so Nian dare not come! Ha ha, isn't it very attractive to you!
This book is really recommended. I can't get tired of reading every page. It's so interesting. I know so much about customs and culture, and it's even more fascinating because there are illustrations and texts. You'll love it, Miss Cao!
OK, that's it!
Best wishes
Good health and family happiness
Your student: Chen Maoyi
