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[/sound] [sound]With rich cultural significance and a long history, traditional Chinese festivals are an important and brilliant part of Chinese culture. Many festivals and customs are still followed today. They were often connected with ancient astronomy, calendars and mathematics.
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míng
tiān
shì
zhōng
guó
de
chuán
tǒng
jié

duān
wǔ
jié

dào
wǒ
jiā
lái
chī
zòng

hǎo
ma


Lili: Tomorrow is a traditional Chinese festival, the Dragon Boat Festival. Would you like to go to my home to eat some zongzi (glutinous rice dumplings)?

mài
kè

hǎo
de

xiè
xiè


men
duān
wǔ
jié
fàng
jià
ma


Mike: Great, thank you! Do you have a holiday on the Dragon Boat Festival?




bù
fàng

wǒ
men
zài
chūn
jié

láo
dòng
jié
hé
guó
qìng
jié
de
shí
hòu
fàng
jià


Lili: No. We have holidays at Spring Festival, International Labor Day and National Day.

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kè

jià

cháng
ma

yǒu

tiān


Mike: Are the holidays long? How many days?




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tiān

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chūn
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de
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hòu

wǒ
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quán
jiā
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nán
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Lili: Seven days for each of the three festivals. My family traveled to south China during this year’s Spring Festival.

mài
kè

chūn
jié
shì
zhōng
guó
zuì
dà
de
jié


shì
ma


Mike:  Spring Festival is the most important  festival in China, isn’t it?




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hé

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de
shèng
dàn
jié

yàng
rè
nào


Lili: Yes, it is. It’s as lively as Christmas Day in your country.

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kè

zhōng
guó
hái
yǒu
nǎ
xiē
chuán
tǒng
jié



Mike: What other traditional festivals does China have?




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yǒu
yuán
xiāo
jié

zhōng
qīu
jié

qīng
míng
jié

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Lili: There are Lantern Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Qingming Festival and so on.

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kè

jié


yǒu
shí
me
tè
bié
de
shí
pǐn
ma


Mike: What special foods do you have at the festivals?




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rú
jiǎo


yuán
xiāo
hé
yuè
bǐng


Lili: We have, for example, jiaozi, yuanxiao and yuebing.

 

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jià


holiday; vacation

rè
nào

bustling, lively, festive


yóu

to travel; tour

chuán
tǒng

traditional; tradition

jiǎo


dumplings

yuán
xiāo

sweet rice dumplings

yuè
bǐng

moon cakes

duān
wǔ
jié

Dragon Boat Festival

chūn
jié

Spring Festival

zhōng
qīu
jié

Mid-Autumn Festival

yīn


lunar calendar

zòng


pyramid-shaped glutinous rice dumplings wrapped in reed or bamboo leaves

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míng
tiān
shì
zhōng
guó
de
chuán
tǒng
jié

duān
wǔ
jié

dào
wǒ
jiā
lái
chī
zòng

hǎo
ma


Tomorrow is a traditional Chinese festival, the Dragon Boat Festival. Would you like to go to my home to eat some zongzi (glutinous rice dumplings)?

jià

cháng
ma

yǒu

tiān

Are the holidays long? How many days?

 

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