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Chinese Food and Festivals. Presented and written by Richard Ng & Tin Tsoi ( But mainly Richard). Starter Activity. With the rest of your table, think of as many things related to Chinese Festivals as possible (1 minute) ( eg . types of Festivals, ways to celebrate, etc.).
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ChineseFood and Festivals Presented and writtenby Richard Ng & TinTsoi (Butmainly Richard)
Starter Activity With the rest of your table, think of as many things related to Chinese Festivals as possible (1 minute) (eg. types of Festivals, ways to celebrate, etc.)
Possible Answers 12 Animal Zodiacs Dragon Boat Festival Lucky Money Dragon Dances Banquets Chinese New Year Lunar Calendar Winter Solstice Mid-Autumn Festival Lantern Festival
LessonObjectives • To learn the numbers 1 - 10 in Chinese and the structure for numbers 11 - 99 • To learn the hand gestures for the numbers 1 – 10 • To learn about three Chinese Festivals: • Chinese New Year • The Dragon Boat Festival • The Mid-autumn Festival • To learn the food eaten at these festivals
Numbers 1-10: Recap • yī • èr • sān • sì • wǔ • six • seven • eight • nine • ten • liù • qī • bā • jiǔ • shí • 一 • 二 • 三 • 四 • 五 • 六 • 七 • 八 • 九 • 十 one two three four five
How to do numbers 11-99 • Structure: number of tens followed by units • Eg. Twenty four would be: • Twotens, four. • 二十 (two tens), 四(four). • So (removing the comma), twenty four is written as: 二十四(èrshísì)
Hand Gestures 1-10 • yī • wǔ • èr • sān • sì • qī • bā • liù • jiǔ • shí
Festivals 春节 chūnjié: Chinese New Year 端午节 duānwǔjié : the Dragon Boat Festival 中秋节 zhōngqiūjié: the Mid-autumn Festival
春节 chūnjié: Chinese New Year Celebrated on the first day of the first month of the Chinese Calendar: February 3rd in 2011. Families clean their houses to sweep away the bad luck, and it is customary to make dumplings to represent prosperity (饺子:jiǎozi)
jiǎozi饺子 dumplings
12 Chinese Zodiac Animals • Horse • Sheep • Monkey • Rooster • Dog • Pig Rat Ox Tiger Rabbit Dragon Snake
端午节 duānwǔjié : the Dragon Boat Festival Celebratedonthefifthday of thefifthmonth in the lunar year (in theChinese Calendar), usuallyMayor June Peopleracedragonboats and eatzòngzi (粽子): pyramid shaped rice dumplings wrapped in bamboo leaves.
zòngzi粽子 • sticky rice dumplings
中秋节 zhōngqiūjié: the Mid-autumn Festival Celebrated on the fifteenth day of the eighth month in the Chinese Calendar (usually around September or October) Moon cakes, pastries with a paste filling, (月饼:yuèbing) are eaten under the bright mid-autumn harvest moon.
chī : to eat 吃 xǐhuān : to like 喜欢
Sentence Structure: I eat... Structure:wǒ + chī + food Eg. 我吃月饼 wǒchīyuèbing: I eat moon cakes
Sentence Structure: I like... Structure:wǒ + xǐhuɑn + anything (noun, verb, etc.) Eg. 我喜欢春节 wǒxǐhuānchūnjié: I like Chinese New Year
Exercise: Translate 我吃饺子 wǒchījiǎozi I like to eat dumplings 我喜欢吃 wǒxǐhuɑnchī I like to eat
Writing ‘chī’ 吃 Stroke order for chī 吃
Writing ‘xǐhuɑn’ 喜欢 Stroke order for xǐ 喜 Stroke order for huān欢
Character Recap 春节chūnjié Chinese New Year 端午节duānwǔjié Dragon Boat Festival 中秋节zhōngqiūjié Mid-autumn Festival 饺子jiǎozi Dumpling 粽子zòngzi Sticky rice dumpling 月饼yuèbing ‘Moon cake’ 喜欢xǐhuɑn To like 吃chī To eat