Exploration of the Cultural Connotation of “Traditional Festivals” Eco-Curriculum in Primary Schools

Chinese traditional festivals with rich historical and cultural connotations fully reflect Chinese children’s national cultural emotions and values.It is of great significance to explore the cultural connotations behind traditional festivals in primary school’s civics and political curriculum,and to cultivate primary school students’traditional cultural identity and increase their cultural self-confidence and patriotism through multi-channel and multi-form innovative educational strategies and curriculum design.

My Mid-Autumn Festival

The Mid-Autumn Festival is a very important traditional Chinese festival.We had a threeday holiday from September 19th to 21st.And I had an enjoyable holiday with my family.

Ancient Festivals in Kiitahya： A Narrative Research

The aim of this research is to analyse the celebration of ancient festivals through narrations. The study is a qualitative research in which narrative research was employed. The study was carried out in Kiitahya. The participants were selected using the snowball sampling technique which is a part of purposeful sampling. In the study, the data were collected through unstructured interviews, which are commonly used in narrative research. According to the results of the analysis, the festivals were examined as three themes： religious festivals, national festivals, and seasonal festivals. Preparations before the religious festivals include cleaning, shopping, and preparing meals. In the morning of the first festival day, fathers go to prayer with their sons. Then they visit cemetery. Women do not join these visits. In festival visits, guests are given socks and handkerchief. Preparations of national festivals begin long before. Streets are decorated with flags which signal the preparations. Celebrations mostly take place in stadiums. Reports showed that the celebrations of Nowruz are rare in Kfitahya. Reports indicated that in Kfitahya, Hldlrellez is much more frequently celebrated in contrast to Nowruz. Painting and clinking eggs are also seen in the celebration of Hldlrellez.

电子学习与远程教育的实践、创新、未来——第6届“Learning Futures Festival”在线国际会议综述

2011年4月第6届"Learning Futures Festival"在线国际会议召开。会议采用英国、美国、澳大利亚三个时区国家接力的方式完成。与会专家学者特别关注开放教育资源及Web2.0背景下的教育创新。未来10年全球高等教育面临巨大的增长需求,开放教育资源运动的推进,将可能出现开放教育资源大学。开放共享理念逐步深入人心,Web2.0在教育和企业领域的广泛应用将改变人们的学习和工作环境,学习者和企业员工应当提升自我的数字素养技能以激发自身的创新潜能。我国远程教育面临资源可重用性较低和开放性不足等问题,在今后的发展中应借鉴发展中国家远程教育院校和企业学习的成功经验,加强教育资源开放共享的程度,整合电子学习技术在远程教育中的创新应用,以满足学习者个性化的学习需求。

一种“整体文化”释读——2010洛杉矶《指环》艺术节(Ring Festival LA)述评

本文将通过对"洛杉矶《指环》艺术节"(Ring Festival LA)主要内容的评介,阐释"整体文化"的理念,进而了解当代国际瓦格纳研究动态,为我国歌剧表演的创新提供一定的借鉴。

Farming Ritual and Festival Folk Custom of Dong Ethnic Minority Group

In order to pray for harvest and express gratitude, Dong ethnic arranged sacrifices of farming in accordance with periodicity of rice production and its requirements to festivals and calendar. Meanwhile, New Year, Pray in Spring and Return in Autumn not only play significant roles in agricultural production, but also evolve to farming holidays which are enriched with more social connotations. Centered on husbandry and production, some folklore that is rich in local color has been formed in Dong society. The writer introduced some farming ritual of Dong ethnic group, such as, sowing, Kai Yang Men, Rain-praying, Chang Xin, reaping and Lunar New Year, summarized their belief in the land worship, festival ritual, ancestor ritual and ceres ritual. It is concluded that sacrifice is a production-related folklore, which is formed by repeated operation and constant practice. Some taboos were also prohibited in agricultural sacrifice because people were not able to change the unfavorable reality of farming with their insufficient experience and knowledge; however, they resorted to witchcraft for the purpose of harvest. It is believed that the activity of sacrifice will also be kept in the life of Dong ethnic group due to their dependency on agriculture and the land.

An Analysis of China's Four Traditional Festivals from the Perspective of the Theory of Cultural Functions

This paper analyzes the cultural elements of China's four traditional festivals from the perspective of the Theory of Cultural Functions, which presents in detail the forming of traditional festivals, varied festival traditions and good expectations held by people toward lives. This paper is also designed with the aim to further exert the functions of traditional Chinese festivals, which as a result, will contribute to the preservation of national characters and the inheritance of national spirits.

Festivals in China and America

Festival, an occasion when people come to enjoy themselves. Every country has its own traditional festivals, celebrated by all kinds of activities. In China, the most important festival is Spring Festival, while in America, the most important festival is Christmas. Festi val differences exist between China and America. With time elapsing, festival culture changes gradually and some new cultural phenome non occurs.

A Glimpse of Cultural Differences through Christmas and Spring Festival

As the two most important festivals in China and western countries, Spring Festival and Christmas Day each exempli?fies some of the core values and cultural differences in these two cultures wit which this paper is mainly concerned. By comparing the external manners such as the family reunion, shopping, exchanging New Year greetings, the paper explore the internal cultur?al differences determining those different external manners such as the collectivism, individualism, filial piety, ancestor worship and religion, etc. Through those comparisons, this paper will succeed to achieve its goal if it exhibits, as the title suggests, a glimpse of cultural differences.

构建多元教学策略 拓宽学生学力通道——译林新版《英语》五下Unit 7 Chinese festivals教学设计

【教学目标】1.理解四个节日词组以及各个节日所在的月份、传统食物和活动。2.正确理解及朗读课文,通过小组合作充实并复述故事内容。3.通过文本学习体验传统节日的庆祝活动,并感受全家团聚的欢乐。【教学过程及意图】一、播放节日视频,互动交流。

Art Festivals

The ThirdChina ArtFestivalThe Third China Art Festival,agathering of some 8,000 artists fromChina’s 56 nationalities,was heldfrom February 18 to March 3 thisyear in Kunming,Yunnan Province.Thirty-three of the 42 art troupesparticipating in the art festival werefrom different provinces,municipal-ities and autonomous regions onChina’s mainland.Others camefrom Hongkong and Taiwan,thefirst delegations to attend a nationalart festival,and from the Democrat-ic People’s Republic of Korea,Mex-ico,Laos,Vietnam,Myanmar,Japanand Thailand.Performances rangedfrom opera and symphony to dramaand folk singing and dancing.Allprovinces and regions were repre-sented as the various nationalitiesshowed off their unique cultures andcustoms.

Old Festival, New Traditions- China's Spring Festival

SpringFestivalisthemostimportantholidayoftheyear.Thefestival,usuallyfallinginFebruaryaccordingtothesolarcalendar.isatimeoffamilyreunion.Forcenturies,peoplehavebeenreturningtotheirhomestocelebratewiththeirfamilies.Inoldtimes,evenprisonerswereallowedto...

Western Festivals and Their Influence on Chinese Culture

Traditional festivals are formed in the long-term accumulation of a nation's history and culture.They are the carriers of national culture.In recent years,with economic globalization,western festivals are becoming increasingly popular in China.They have been sought after by many young people in a form that people like,which impacts the traditional festivals in China and affects Chinese culture to a certain extent.In view of the current situation of western festivals in China,the author of this paper discusses the impact on Chinese culture and gives some suggestions on how to treat western festivals correctly,inherit Chinese traditional fes⁃tivals and develop excellent Chinese culture.

Spring Festival Celebrations inside the High Walls——How the prison inmates celebrate Spring Festival in Henan

All the prisons in Henan put on a festive atmosphere as the .Spring Festival approached.The red lanterns, colorful ＂door couplets, beautiful China knots, New Year＇s paintings and the big red giant character ＂福＂, meaning happiness were seen everywhere.

Distribution and sources of solvent extractable organic compounds in PM_(2.5) during 2007 Chinese Spring Festival in Beijing

The solvent extractable organic compounds （SEOC）, including n-alkanes, polycylic aromatic hydrocarbons, fatty acids, and dicarboxylic acids in PM2.5 during the 2007 Chinese Spring Festival in Beijing, were measured via gas chromatography-mass spectrometry for determining the characteristics and sources of these organic pollutants. The concentrations of total n-alkanes, PAHs, and organic acids before Chinese Spring Festival Eve （1025.5, 95.9, and 543.3 ng/m3, respectively） were higher than those after （536.6, 58.9, and 331.8 ng/m3, respectively）, n-Aalkanes and PAHs had much higher concentration in nighttime than those in daytime because of high relative humidity and low wind speed during the night. Combustion of coal and exhaust emission were major sources of n- alkanes. It could be concluded by the characteristic ratios that the primary source of PAHs in fine particles was the combustion of coal, but the combustion of gasoline was in the next place. The ratios of C18：0/C16 indicated the contribution of vehicular emissions to the fatty acids. Dicarboxylic and aromatic acids were abundant in daytime than in nighttime because these acids were secondary organic acid and the photochemical degradation of aromatic hydrocarbons was the main source.

Ethnobotanical study on medicinal plants from the Dragon Boat Festival herbal markets of Qianxinan, southwestern Guizhou, China

Dragon Boat Festival herbal markets in the Qianxinan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture of southwestern Guizhou have a long well-conserved history.These markets,which are a feature of Buyi and Miao traditional medicines,contain a rich diversity of medicinal plants and traditional medical knowledge.Today,people in southwestern Guizhou still believe that using herbs during the Dragon Boat Festival prevents and can treat disease.In this study,we identified the fresh herbal plants sold at the herbal markets of Xingren City and Zhenfeng County in Qianxinan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture and quantified their importance.We identified 141 plant species(belonging to 114 genera and 61 families).The plant family with the most species was Asteraceae(14 species).Informants reported that most medicinal plants are herbaceous,with 95.7%of plants used for decoction and 30.5%used for medicinal baths.Medicinal plants are most commonly used to treat rheumatism,injury,and abdominal diseases.The utilization frequency index and relative importance values indicated that Artemisia argyi and Acorus calamus are the most important plants sold at herbal markets during the Dragon Boat Festival.The price of medicinal materials sold in the market may serve as an indicator of the conservation status of species in the region.These findings indicate that the Dragon Boat Festival herbal markets in the Qianxinan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture fully embodies the characteristics of indigenous ethnomedicine and culture,and also exhibits the diversity of plant resources.We recommend that rare and endangered plants in this region be domesticated and protected.

On the Impact of Western Festivals on Traditional Festivals in China and the Reform of Chinese Festivals

As China steps up its reform and opening up to the outside world,Chinese,especially the young,are becoming increasingly interested in western festivals.However,some traditional festivals in China are left out in the cold.This paper is mainly on the effect of west ern festivals on traditional festivals in China,trying to analyze the reason why it becomes this and it will lead us to face the communion and mixture between the two parties rationally.From the perspective of folk culture,it is necessary for us to find the motive of reform of Chinese traditional festivals.

Celebrating the Harvest and san yklk： Exploring Festival and Public Ritual as Collective Memory to Sustain Cultural Identity

This paper argues that ritual is not only restricted to religious activities, but can also be ethological, sociological, and ecological in nature. The artistic, stylistic, and functional characteristics of one particular festival of the Bamana in Mali to celebrate the harvest and new planting season will be analyzed. This festival primarily takes on the form of animal masquerades in which masks, puppets, drumming, singing, and dancing are blended into a ritualistic celebration of a certain cultural identity. The Bamana culture has lost religion as a marker, as Islam is now the dominant religion in Mali, but traditional social relationships and morals among the Bamana as a patriarchal society are concretized and objectified by their animal masquerades. Apart from being a seasonal festival, events from the past are commemorated; customary gender roles are defined; and some fundamental and complex social concepts are reinforced by a performance mode which relies on a collective memory and oral transmission.

Visitor Motivations and Barriers for Sustainable Music Festival Tourism: The Case of Street Mode & Reworks Festivals

During the last decade, music festivals are increasingly used as an important motivator to attract visitors, giving riseto a more sustainable tourism growth in hand with cultural stimulation for the cities. This research paper aims toaddress the motives and barriers of music festival visitors travelling to attend two music events in the second largestGreek city of Thessaloniki in Northern Greece. The main objective of the research paper is to determine the visitors’motivation for choosing to attend each festival and thereafter the challenges they face during their visit in the city.This exploratory research study focuses on two distinct and popular music festivals namely Reworks Festival andStreet Mode Festival. Both events share three main characteristics: (1) They host both international & Greekprofessional artists;(2) they are primarily privately funded;and (3) they have achieved a consecutive 10 years ofsuccessful presence in the city attracting thousands of visitors each year. The research methodology is based on thecollection of qualitative data by conducting one to one interviews with festival visitors. Findings of the analysis ofthe two festivals direct at identifying the commonalities & differences in tourists’ drives and obstacles in regards totheir festival attendance and visit in the city of Thessaloniki. In both cases, it is inferred that both festivals have alot of further untapped potential, as unique city branding tools, adding value to the destinations and extending thetourism season. Conclusions can contribute to building more concise and sustainable destination tourism strategiesand, therefore, more successful and sustainable events, with long-term benefits, ranging from local to nationallevels.