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Lesson Twelve
Getting Started
What festival does this picture remind you of?
Midwinter
Wedding Day
The Lantern Festival
or
helmet
One hint
face mask
Another hint
Heavy clothing
Third hint
firecracker
The last hint
Lantern Festival
Guess Right?
What do you do in
the Lantern Festival?
Launching sky lanterns
Watching firecrackers shooting in all directions
Carrying lanterns
Enjoying the lantern exhibition
Watch a fireworks display
Set off fireworks/firecrackers
Honor/offer sacrifices to ancestors
Have a family reunion
Eating tang yuan
In Taiwan,
do people celebrate the Lantern Festival in different
places?
How
Pinghsi
In the north,
Pinghsi
In Pinghsi,
What do people launch to celebrate the Lantern Festival?
missile
balloonshot air balloon
sky lanternor
For what?Pray forThe Peace
for the world
The Peace
for the world
Just the peace?Of
course,Not!Not!
Some people pray for…
Endless
lovelove
for lovely pets
Good health
Good health
Political
harmony
Perfect figure
the lottery
WinningWinning
Some people pray for…
marriage
Sweet
Having a baby Having a baby
the dreaming idol
meeting
Keeping
attractive
Win the points in the on-line games
What’s your wish?
How about
you?
What messages or wishes would you plan to write on the sky lantern?
?
Grateful all
the time
Grateful all
the time
find the ideal job find the ideal job
Get GOOD grades
all the time
forever
Happiness
Have you ever been to Pinghsi?Have you ever been to Pinghsi?
Launching the sky lanterns is one of the must-do activities in Pinghsi. When you launch a sky lantern, do you know anything about it? Now let’s find some unknown things about it through some questions.
No matter your answer is yes or no, you must know~
(1) What’s the original function of the sky lantern?
A. pray for the peace B. indicate the safety C. for entertainment
(2) Where can people launch the sky lanterns in Taiwan?
A. only in Pinghsi
B. in some places approved by the government
C. everywhere
(3) How long can a sky lantern float in the sky ?
A. fifteen min. B. five min. C. one min.
Yenshui
In the south,
Yenshui
doves
turtles
firecrackers What do people set off to celebrate the Lantern Festival?
In Yenshui,
or
Millions of firecrackers are set off in the streets.
Why do they act this way?
For peace?
For funFor excitement
For war!
We like war
!
In addition to dynamic activities, what static activities do people do in the Lantern Festival?
The lantern riddle guessing activities were traditionally held at Lantern Festivals. To Chinese, lantern riddle was just a witting game for fun. Riddle contained a lot of interesting thoughts, and could use variety of subjects, current issues, people, objects and places.
Here are some easy riddles for you to guess!
Let’s go!
The lantern riddle guessing
activities
What is always coming but never arrives?
~tomorrow
What is it that we often return but never borrow?
~thanks
What is full of holes and yet holds water?
~a sponge
What starts with T, ends with T, and is full of T?
~teapot
What month do soliders hate?~March
What is all over the house?
~The roof
What is the best thing to put into cakes?
~Your teeth
~It was an EMPTY glass.
A 6-foot tall magician had a water glass and was holding the glass above his head. He let it drop to the carpet without spilling a single drop of water. How could he manage to drop the glass from a height of six feet and not spill a drop of water?
~It was daylight.
A black dog stands in the middle of an intersection in a town painted black. None of the street lights are working due to a power failure caused by a storm. A car with two broken headlights drives towards the dog but turns in time to avoid hitting him. How could the driver have seen the dog in time?
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