外研版（2019）必修第二册Unit 2 Let's celebrate Developing ideas 课件(共29张PPT)
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Developing ideas
Unit 2 Let's celebrate!
Look at the pictures and talk about Chinese Spring Festival traditions.
农历新年Lunar New Year/Chinese New Year
I want to send my best wishes to people in China and around the world who are celebrating the Chinese New Year.
我想对在中国以及全世界正要欢度中国农历春节的人们致以我最美好的祝福。
春节Spring Festival
The Spring Festival is only one day away.
距离春节只有一天了。
扫尘House Cleaning
一般来说，在大年三十的前一周各家各户就开始张罗起春节前的准备工作，其中就包括清扫。“尘”与“陈”谐音，所以常常与“旧”联系在一起。家家户户都会在春节前进行扫尘，这意味着辞“旧”迎“新”，希望在来年得到好运。
贴春联Post Spring Festival Couplets
每逢春节，家家户户都要精选一幅大红春联贴于门上，用工整精巧的文字抒发美好愿望。春联是对联的一种，同样分为：
上联 the first line of a couplet
下联 the second line of a couplet
横批 the top scroll
Everyone pasted red couplets and images of the Door Gods on walls and doors, hung red lanterns and set off firecrackers to scare the monster away.
人们纷纷张贴、悬挂各种红色的东西， 燃放鞭炮，用来威吓和驱赶怪兽。
团圆饭/年夜饭Chinese New Year's Eve dinner/Reunion dinner
在大年三十这一天，也就是除夕（Chinese New Year's Eve）。人们会围坐在一起一边观看春节联欢晚会（Spring Festival Gala），一边享用一顿丰盛的年夜饭。
常见的年夜饭菜肴有：
预示来年红红火火的火锅（hot pot）、象征年年有余的鱼类、代表有好彩头的萝卜，还有饺子（dumpling）、馄饨（wonton）等等各异的南北美食。
More and more people go to restaurants for the family reunion dinner on the New Year's Eve.
越来越多的家庭选择除夕去餐馆吃团圆饭。
春节联欢晚会Spring Festival gala
After the family reunion dinner, We normally watch the Spring Festival Gala.
吃完年夜饭，我们通常会看春晚。
鞭炮/烟花Firecrackers/fireworks
Many places in China set fireworks to celebrate the Spring Festival.
中国的很多地方会放烟花来庆祝春节。
拜年Pay a New Year Call
通常，人们在正月初一这天，走街串巷，拜贺亲朋。小辈会磕头致礼（kowtow to sb.），长辈则回以点心、压岁钱（lucky money）。
压岁钱Lucky money
Parents usually give their children lucky money in red envelopes.
父母通常给孩子装者红包的压岁钱。
红包Red envelope
Do you usually grab red envelope on WeChat
你经常在微信上抢红包吗？
舞龙舞狮Dragon and lion dance
There are many activities such as the dragon dance, lion dance and setting off fireworks in Spring Festival.
春节有很多的活动比如舞龙舞狮放烟花。
打麻将/打牌Play Mahjong/cards
I like playing mahjong with my relatives during the Spring Festival
春节我喜欢跟自己的亲戚一起打麻将。
年糕rice cake
In China, Rice cake is quite popular during the Spring Festival.
在中国春节年糕很受欢迎。
元宵节Lantern Festival
Lantern Festival is an important part of Spring Festival.
元宵节是春节很重要的一部分。
Time for a Change
传统该不该改？
Social Insights
社会见解
A family dinner is an important tradition to celebrate Spring Festival.
年夜饭是春节的一项重要传统。
Nowadays, some people choose to have the dinner in a restaurant, but not everyone is keen on this idea.
如今，有些人选择在饭店吃年夜饭，不过，不是每个人都支持这一想法。
What do our readers think
读者朋友们，你们怎么看呢？
Dear Editor,
尊敬的编辑，
We have eaten out for the Spring Festival family dinner for the last three years, and we have enjoyed it no less than eating at home.
最近三年，我家都是在外面吃年夜饭的，和在家吃比起来，在外面吃一样开心。
I don’t understand why some people refuse to embrace the change.
我不理解为什么有些人拒绝接受改变。
Can’t they admit that the preparations for the dinner are hard work
难道他们不觉得准备年夜饭很辛苦吗？
I really don’t think it’s worth the effort of spending so much time preparing for a single meal, and then another hour cleaning up the mess after it’s over.
花这么长的时间准备一顿饭，然后饭后再花一个小时来收拾，我真心觉得不值。
We work all year, so why can’t one day be about spending time with family and relaxing
辛苦一年了，为什么不能用这一天的时间陪陪家人，放松一下呢？
Eating out is a good choice and it has nothing to do with loss of traditions.
在外面吃年夜饭是个不错的选择，而且这也谈不上丢弃传统。
We still have the dinner with the same people, just in a different place.
我们还是和同样的人一起吃饭，只是换了地方而已。
The occasion is more enjoyable without all that tiring cooking, and the dishes taste better!
不用辛苦地做饭，用餐会更加令人愉悦，而且(饭店的)饭菜味道也更好！
In my opinion, what or where we eat on Spring Festival Eve really doesn’t matter.
在我看来，除夕夜我们吃什么、在哪里吃并不重要。
Eating out may change the form of this tradition, but the love between the family members sitting around the table together remains the same.
在外面的饭店吃年夜饭可能会改变这个传统的表现形式，但是围坐在餐桌前的家人之间的亲情并没有改变。
Wang Peng, software engineer
王鹏，软件工程师
Dear Editor,
尊敬的编辑，
For this year’s Spring Festival family dinner, my son has booked a table at the best restaurant in town, but I’m a bit unhappy about it.
今年我儿子在城里最好的饭店订了桌年夜饭，可我不怎么高兴。
For me, it just won’t feel like Spring Festival having the diner out.
对我来说，在外面吃年夜饭感觉不像过年。
When I was a little boy, the dinner on the eve of Spring Festival was what I looked forward to most.
小时候，我最期待的就是除夕的年夜饭。
It was not only for the delicious food that we seldom got to eat, but for the opportunity to have our whole family gathered together.
不仅可以吃到平时难以吃到的美食，而且全家人能有机会团聚在一起。
I would run around the house, listening to the adults chatting about their year.
那时我会在家里跑来跑去，听大人们闲聊他们这一年的情况。
I’d get under my mother’s feet in the kitchen, watching her make dumplings.
我还会缠着在厨房做饭的妈妈，看着她包饺子。
She’d put tokens in some dumplings: candies for a sweet life and peanuts for a long and healthy one.
她会在有些饺子里放一点儿“彩头”：糖果寓意生活甜美，花生寓意健康长寿。
In the evening, all of us would sit around the table, enjoying the food and being together again.
到了晚上，我们都围坐在餐桌前，享受美食和团聚的乐趣。
We toasted each other, we laughed, and the simple, homemade dishes tasted more delicious than anything cooked by a top chef.
大家互相敬酒，谈笑风生，简简单单的家常菜吃起来比顶级厨师做的饭菜都要美味。
I hope my children and their children will still value our memories of preparing the dinner together.
我希望我的子孙后代依旧珍视全家人一起准备年夜饭的回忆。
To me, the process is even more important than the dinner itself.
对我来说，准备的过程比年夜饭本身更重要。
Liu Yonghui, retired teacher
刘永辉，退休教师
Reading
Read the passage and find out each person's point of view.
Wang Peng Liu Yonghui
Eating out for the Spring Festival family dinner only changes the form of this tradition, but the love between the family members remains the same.
It just won't feel like Spring Festival having the dinner out. The process of preparing the dinner together is more important than the dinner itself.
Read the sentences from the passage and decide if they are facts (F) or opinions (O).
Learning to learn
A fact is something that exists or has happened, for example, an object, event or experience.Facts are statements that can be proved by evidence.
An opinion can be a general or individual view, belief or impression. Opinions can sometimes be identified by the presence of words such as "feel", "believe" and "think".
Read the sentences from the passage and decide if they are facts (F) or opinions (O).
1. Eating out is a good choice and it has nothing to
do with loss of traditions. ____
2. ...what or where we eat on Spring Festival Eve
really doesn't matter.____
3. ...it just won't feel like Spring Festival having the
dinner out._____
4. I'd get under my mother's feet in the kitchen,
watching her make dumplings.___
5. She'd put tokens in some dumplings...____
O
O
O
F
F
Think Share:
1. What do you think the retired teacher means by
" To me, the process is even more important than
the dinner itself "
For him, the sweet memories of having the whole family getting together and preparing for the dinner are more important than the delicious food itself.
2. Which of the two opinions do you agree with
Why
3. How would you describe a Spring Festival family
dinner to a friend from overseas
4. Can you think of any other Chinese festival
traditions Share them with the class.
After-reading
Work in groups. Give a talk about the
importance of the Spring Festival family
dinner for Chinese people.
1. Think about why Chinese people value the
Spring Festival family dinner and make notes.
Reasons:__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. Organise your talk following the steps below.
State the importance of the Spring Festival
family dinner for Chinese people.
Explain why it is important.
Share your personal experience about the family
dinner.
End by summarising the main points in your talk.
3. Give your talk to the class.
句意：最近三年，我家都是在外面吃年夜饭的，和在家吃比起来，在外面吃一样开心。
no less than “不少于，多达”
Language Points
他有7个女儿之多。He has__________ seven daughters.
他至少有7个女儿。He has __________ seven daughters.
no more than “仅仅, 只有, 最多不超过”
not more than “不多于, 不超过”
not less than “不少于, 至少”
no less than
not less than
她只有3顶帽子。 She has ____________ three hats.
她至多有3顶帽子。She has ____________ three hats.
no more than
not more than
1
We have eaten out for the Spring Festival family dinner for the last three years, and we have enjoyed it no less than eating at home.
句意：花这么长时间准备一顿饭，饭后再花一个小时收拾，我真心觉得不值。
worth n. 价值；财产; adj. 值…的
【句法分析】it's worth...after it's over是主句中谓语动词think后接的宾语从句。
be worth sth 值......钱，拥有......价值的财产be worth doing sth 值得做某事
e.g. 这幅画值 500 美元。The picture________ $500.
is worth
这台钟简直不值得修理。The clock is hardly_____________.
worth repairing
2
I really don’t think it’s worth the effort of spending so much time preparing for a single meal, and then another hour cleaning up the mess after it’s over.
句意：在外面吃年夜饭是个挺好的选择，而且也谈不上丢弃传统。
have nothing to do with sb/sth 与某人、某事无关
e.g.
He said that he had nothing to do with the decision.
他说他和那个决定毫不相干。
From now on, my love has nothing to do with you .
从现在起，我的爱与你没有任何关系。
【拓展】
have something/ little/ much to do with sb/sth
与某人、某事有......关系
3
Eating out is a good choice and it has nothing to do with loss of traditions.
句意：不仅可以吃到平时难以吃到的美食，而且全家人能有机会团聚在一起。
e.g.
1. Not only Zhou Xia but also her parents ______
fond of watching football matches.
2. Not only you but also he ___ tired of having
one examination after another.
not only...but (also)...”不仅，而且...”在句中常用来连接两个对等的成分，also可以省略。
当连接两个主语时，谓语动词遵循“就近原则”。
are
is
4
It was not only for the delicious food that we seldom got to eat, but for the opportunity to have our whole family gathered together.
Waking up on New Year, everybody dresses up. First they extend greetings to their parents. Then each child will get money as a New Year gift, wrapped up in red paper. People in northern China will eat jiaozi, or dumplings, for breakfast, as they think "jiaozi" in sound means "bidding farewell to the old and ushering in the new". Also, the shape of the dumpling is like gold ingot from ancient China. So people eat them and wish for money and treasure.
Southern Chinese eat niangao (New Year cake made of glutinous rice flour) on this occasion, because as a homophone, niangao means "higher and higher, one year after another." The first five days after the Spring Festival are a good time for relatives, friends, and classmates as well as colleagues to exchange greetings, gifts and chat leisurely. China has 56 ethnic groups. Minorities celebrate their Spring Festival almost the same day as the Han people, and they have different customs.
The Chinese character "fu" (meaning blessing or happiness) is a must. The character put on paper can be pasted normally or upside down, for in Chinese the "reversed fu" is homophonic with "fu comes", both being pronounced as "fudaole." What‘s more, two big red lanterns can be raised on both sides of the front door. Red paper-cuttings can be seen on window glass and brightly colored New Year paintings with auspicious meanings may be put on the wall. People attach great importance to Spring Festival Eve. At that time, all family members eat dinner together.
The meal is more luxurious than usual. Dishes such as chicken, fish and bean curd cannot be excluded, for in Chinese, their pronunciations, respectively "ji", "yu" and "doufu," mean auspiciousness, abundance and richness. After the dinner, the whole family will sit together, chatting and watching TV. In recent years, the Spring Festival party broadcast on China Central Television Station (CCTV) is essential entertainment for the Chinese both at home and abroad. According to custom, each family will stay up to see the New Year in.
Developing ideas
Unit 2 Let's celebrate!
Look at the pictures and talk about Chinese Spring Festival traditions.
农历新年Lunar New Year/Chinese New Year
I want to send my best wishes to people in China and around the world who are celebrating the Chinese New Year.
我想对在中国以及全世界正要欢度中国农历春节的人们致以我最美好的祝福。
春节Spring Festival
The Spring Festival is only one day away.
距离春节只有一天了。
扫尘House Cleaning
一般来说，在大年三十的前一周各家各户就开始张罗起春节前的准备工作，其中就包括清扫。“尘”与“陈”谐音，所以常常与“旧”联系在一起。家家户户都会在春节前进行扫尘，这意味着辞“旧”迎“新”，希望在来年得到好运。
贴春联Post Spring Festival Couplets
每逢春节，家家户户都要精选一幅大红春联贴于门上，用工整精巧的文字抒发美好愿望。春联是对联的一种，同样分为：
上联 the first line of a couplet
下联 the second line of a couplet
横批 the top scroll
Everyone pasted red couplets and images of the Door Gods on walls and doors, hung red lanterns and set off firecrackers to scare the monster away.
人们纷纷张贴、悬挂各种红色的东西， 燃放鞭炮，用来威吓和驱赶怪兽。
团圆饭/年夜饭Chinese New Year's Eve dinner/Reunion dinner
在大年三十这一天，也就是除夕（Chinese New Year's Eve）。人们会围坐在一起一边观看春节联欢晚会（Spring Festival Gala），一边享用一顿丰盛的年夜饭。
常见的年夜饭菜肴有：
预示来年红红火火的火锅（hot pot）、象征年年有余的鱼类、代表有好彩头的萝卜，还有饺子（dumpling）、馄饨（wonton）等等各异的南北美食。
More and more people go to restaurants for the family reunion dinner on the New Year's Eve.
越来越多的家庭选择除夕去餐馆吃团圆饭。
春节联欢晚会Spring Festival gala
After the family reunion dinner, We normally watch the Spring Festival Gala.
吃完年夜饭，我们通常会看春晚。
鞭炮/烟花Firecrackers/fireworks
Many places in China set fireworks to celebrate the Spring Festival.
中国的很多地方会放烟花来庆祝春节。
拜年Pay a New Year Call
通常，人们在正月初一这天，走街串巷，拜贺亲朋。小辈会磕头致礼（kowtow to sb.），长辈则回以点心、压岁钱（lucky money）。
压岁钱Lucky money
Parents usually give their children lucky money in red envelopes.
父母通常给孩子装者红包的压岁钱。
红包Red envelope
Do you usually grab red envelope on WeChat
你经常在微信上抢红包吗？
舞龙舞狮Dragon and lion dance
There are many activities such as the dragon dance, lion dance and setting off fireworks in Spring Festival.
春节有很多的活动比如舞龙舞狮放烟花。
打麻将/打牌Play Mahjong/cards
I like playing mahjong with my relatives during the Spring Festival
春节我喜欢跟自己的亲戚一起打麻将。
年糕rice cake
In China, Rice cake is quite popular during the Spring Festival.
在中国春节年糕很受欢迎。
元宵节Lantern Festival
Lantern Festival is an important part of Spring Festival.
元宵节是春节很重要的一部分。
Time for a Change
传统该不该改？
Social Insights
社会见解
A family dinner is an important tradition to celebrate Spring Festival.
年夜饭是春节的一项重要传统。
Nowadays, some people choose to have the dinner in a restaurant, but not everyone is keen on this idea.
如今，有些人选择在饭店吃年夜饭，不过，不是每个人都支持这一想法。
What do our readers think
读者朋友们，你们怎么看呢？
Dear Editor,
尊敬的编辑，
We have eaten out for the Spring Festival family dinner for the last three years, and we have enjoyed it no less than eating at home.
最近三年，我家都是在外面吃年夜饭的，和在家吃比起来，在外面吃一样开心。
I don’t understand why some people refuse to embrace the change.
我不理解为什么有些人拒绝接受改变。
Can’t they admit that the preparations for the dinner are hard work
难道他们不觉得准备年夜饭很辛苦吗？
I really don’t think it’s worth the effort of spending so much time preparing for a single meal, and then another hour cleaning up the mess after it’s over.
花这么长的时间准备一顿饭，然后饭后再花一个小时来收拾，我真心觉得不值。
We work all year, so why can’t one day be about spending time with family and relaxing
辛苦一年了，为什么不能用这一天的时间陪陪家人，放松一下呢？
Eating out is a good choice and it has nothing to do with loss of traditions.
在外面吃年夜饭是个不错的选择，而且这也谈不上丢弃传统。
We still have the dinner with the same people, just in a different place.
我们还是和同样的人一起吃饭，只是换了地方而已。
The occasion is more enjoyable without all that tiring cooking, and the dishes taste better!
不用辛苦地做饭，用餐会更加令人愉悦，而且(饭店的)饭菜味道也更好！
In my opinion, what or where we eat on Spring Festival Eve really doesn’t matter.
在我看来，除夕夜我们吃什么、在哪里吃并不重要。
Eating out may change the form of this tradition, but the love between the family members sitting around the table together remains the same.
在外面的饭店吃年夜饭可能会改变这个传统的表现形式，但是围坐在餐桌前的家人之间的亲情并没有改变。
Wang Peng, software engineer
王鹏，软件工程师
Dear Editor,
尊敬的编辑，
For this year’s Spring Festival family dinner, my son has booked a table at the best restaurant in town, but I’m a bit unhappy about it.
今年我儿子在城里最好的饭店订了桌年夜饭，可我不怎么高兴。
For me, it just won’t feel like Spring Festival having the diner out.
对我来说，在外面吃年夜饭感觉不像过年。
When I was a little boy, the dinner on the eve of Spring Festival was what I looked forward to most.
小时候，我最期待的就是除夕的年夜饭。
It was not only for the delicious food that we seldom got to eat, but for the opportunity to have our whole family gathered together.
不仅可以吃到平时难以吃到的美食，而且全家人能有机会团聚在一起。
I would run around the house, listening to the adults chatting about their year.
那时我会在家里跑来跑去，听大人们闲聊他们这一年的情况。
I’d get under my mother’s feet in the kitchen, watching her make dumplings.
我还会缠着在厨房做饭的妈妈，看着她包饺子。
She’d put tokens in some dumplings: candies for a sweet life and peanuts for a long and healthy one.
她会在有些饺子里放一点儿“彩头”：糖果寓意生活甜美，花生寓意健康长寿。
In the evening, all of us would sit around the table, enjoying the food and being together again.
到了晚上，我们都围坐在餐桌前，享受美食和团聚的乐趣。
We toasted each other, we laughed, and the simple, homemade dishes tasted more delicious than anything cooked by a top chef.
大家互相敬酒，谈笑风生，简简单单的家常菜吃起来比顶级厨师做的饭菜都要美味。
I hope my children and their children will still value our memories of preparing the dinner together.
我希望我的子孙后代依旧珍视全家人一起准备年夜饭的回忆。
To me, the process is even more important than the dinner itself.
对我来说，准备的过程比年夜饭本身更重要。
Liu Yonghui, retired teacher
刘永辉，退休教师
Reading
Read the passage and find out each person's point of view.
Wang Peng Liu Yonghui
Eating out for the Spring Festival family dinner only changes the form of this tradition, but the love between the family members remains the same.
It just won't feel like Spring Festival having the dinner out. The process of preparing the dinner together is more important than the dinner itself.
Read the sentences from the passage and decide if they are facts (F) or opinions (O).
Learning to learn
A fact is something that exists or has happened, for example, an object, event or experience.Facts are statements that can be proved by evidence.
An opinion can be a general or individual view, belief or impression. Opinions can sometimes be identified by the presence of words such as "feel", "believe" and "think".
Read the sentences from the passage and decide if they are facts (F) or opinions (O).
1. Eating out is a good choice and it has nothing to
do with loss of traditions. ____
2. ...what or where we eat on Spring Festival Eve
really doesn't matter.____
3. ...it just won't feel like Spring Festival having the
dinner out._____
4. I'd get under my mother's feet in the kitchen,
watching her make dumplings.___
5. She'd put tokens in some dumplings...____
O
O
O
F
F
Think Share:
1. What do you think the retired teacher means by
" To me, the process is even more important than
the dinner itself "
For him, the sweet memories of having the whole family getting together and preparing for the dinner are more important than the delicious food itself.
2. Which of the two opinions do you agree with
Why
3. How would you describe a Spring Festival family
dinner to a friend from overseas
4. Can you think of any other Chinese festival
traditions Share them with the class.
After-reading
Work in groups. Give a talk about the
importance of the Spring Festival family
dinner for Chinese people.
1. Think about why Chinese people value the
Spring Festival family dinner and make notes.
Reasons:__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. Organise your talk following the steps below.
State the importance of the Spring Festival
family dinner for Chinese people.
Explain why it is important.
Share your personal experience about the family
dinner.
End by summarising the main points in your talk.
3. Give your talk to the class.
句意：最近三年，我家都是在外面吃年夜饭的，和在家吃比起来，在外面吃一样开心。
no less than “不少于，多达”
Language Points
他有7个女儿之多。He has__________ seven daughters.
他至少有7个女儿。He has __________ seven daughters.
no more than “仅仅, 只有, 最多不超过”
not more than “不多于, 不超过”
not less than “不少于, 至少”
no less than
not less than
她只有3顶帽子。 She has ____________ three hats.
她至多有3顶帽子。She has ____________ three hats.
no more than
not more than
1
We have eaten out for the Spring Festival family dinner for the last three years, and we have enjoyed it no less than eating at home.
句意：花这么长时间准备一顿饭，饭后再花一个小时收拾，我真心觉得不值。
worth n. 价值；财产; adj. 值…的
【句法分析】it's worth...after it's over是主句中谓语动词think后接的宾语从句。
be worth sth 值......钱，拥有......价值的财产be worth doing sth 值得做某事
e.g. 这幅画值 500 美元。The picture________ $500.
is worth
这台钟简直不值得修理。The clock is hardly_____________.
worth repairing
2
I really don’t think it’s worth the effort of spending so much time preparing for a single meal, and then another hour cleaning up the mess after it’s over.
句意：在外面吃年夜饭是个挺好的选择，而且也谈不上丢弃传统。
have nothing to do with sb/sth 与某人、某事无关
e.g.
He said that he had nothing to do with the decision.
他说他和那个决定毫不相干。
From now on, my love has nothing to do with you .
从现在起，我的爱与你没有任何关系。
【拓展】
have something/ little/ much to do with sb/sth
与某人、某事有......关系
3
Eating out is a good choice and it has nothing to do with loss of traditions.
句意：不仅可以吃到平时难以吃到的美食，而且全家人能有机会团聚在一起。
e.g.
1. Not only Zhou Xia but also her parents ______
fond of watching football matches.
2. Not only you but also he ___ tired of having
one examination after another.
not only...but (also)...”不仅，而且...”在句中常用来连接两个对等的成分，also可以省略。
当连接两个主语时，谓语动词遵循“就近原则”。
are
is
4
It was not only for the delicious food that we seldom got to eat, but for the opportunity to have our whole family gathered together.
Waking up on New Year, everybody dresses up. First they extend greetings to their parents. Then each child will get money as a New Year gift, wrapped up in red paper. People in northern China will eat jiaozi, or dumplings, for breakfast, as they think "jiaozi" in sound means "bidding farewell to the old and ushering in the new". Also, the shape of the dumpling is like gold ingot from ancient China. So people eat them and wish for money and treasure.
Southern Chinese eat niangao (New Year cake made of glutinous rice flour) on this occasion, because as a homophone, niangao means "higher and higher, one year after another." The first five days after the Spring Festival are a good time for relatives, friends, and classmates as well as colleagues to exchange greetings, gifts and chat leisurely. China has 56 ethnic groups. Minorities celebrate their Spring Festival almost the same day as the Han people, and they have different customs.
The Chinese character "fu" (meaning blessing or happiness) is a must. The character put on paper can be pasted normally or upside down, for in Chinese the "reversed fu" is homophonic with "fu comes", both being pronounced as "fudaole." What‘s more, two big red lanterns can be raised on both sides of the front door. Red paper-cuttings can be seen on window glass and brightly colored New Year paintings with auspicious meanings may be put on the wall. People attach great importance to Spring Festival Eve. At that time, all family members eat dinner together.
The meal is more luxurious than usual. Dishes such as chicken, fish and bean curd cannot be excluded, for in Chinese, their pronunciations, respectively "ji", "yu" and "doufu," mean auspiciousness, abundance and richness. After the dinner, the whole family will sit together, chatting and watching TV. In recent years, the Spring Festival party broadcast on China Central Television Station (CCTV) is essential entertainment for the Chinese both at home and abroad. According to custom, each family will stay up to see the New Year in.