New clothes, greetings, red envelopes.
CULTURE · WARM-UP3 min
We have many lively festivals through the year
Walk through the year with our festivals!
Spring couplets, zongzi, moon gazing, climbing heights—each festival has its story and taste.
🧧 Spring🏮 Lantern🐉 Dragon Boat🌕 Mid-Autumn
STOP 1 · START OF YEAR5 min
The two liveliest festivals in the first lunar month
Spring Festival has couplets and firecrackers; Lantern Festival has tangyuan and lanterns.
Eat tangyuan for togetherness.
Both are in the first lunar month—one starts the new year, the other sees its first full moon.
STOP 2 · SPRING TO SUMMER6 min
Qingming for spring outings, Dragon Boat for races
What do we eat and whom do we honor at Dragon Boat?
Eating zongzi at Dragon Boat honors whom?
STOP 3 · AUTUMN6 min
Mid-Autumn for moon and cake; Chongyang for height and respect
What does the moon look like on Mid-Autumn?
Mid-Autumn moon and mooncakes stand for?
STOP 4 · ORDER6 min
Through the year, who comes first?
Which list is in order from early to late in the year?
Which order is right?
STOP 5 · TASTE6 min
Each festival has its own taste
Mooncakes are eaten at which festival?
Spring, Lantern.
Dragon Boat.
Mid-Autumn.
Tell a partner: which festival food do you like best?
STOP 6 · SHARE5 min
Tell us how your family celebrates
What three things does your family do at Spring Festival?
🧧 Put up couplets🍲 Reunion dinner🎆 Fireworks / greetings
Introduce in one sentence: At Spring Festival, my family...
FINISH · SHARE3 min
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You know six traditional festivals
Spring, Lantern, Qingming, Dragon Boat, Mid-Autumn, Chongyang—each has its time, customs, and taste.
In order through the year.
Zongzi, mooncakes, tangyuan.
Next festival, ask grandparents: how did we celebrate it when you were young?