All about beliefs and celebrations

1. Task 1
Write a simple definition of
religion,beliefs and values.

2. Belief
A belief something believed; an opinion or
conviction.

3. Religion
A religion is an organized collection of
beliefs, cultural systems, and world views
that relate humanity to an order of
existence.

4. Values
A value is the importance of something.

5. A list of religions
Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Bahá'í Faith,
Hinduism, Taoism, Buddhism, Sikhism,
Slavic neopaganism, Celtic polytheism,
Heathenism , Semitic neopaganism,
Wicca, Kemetism , Hellenism, Italo-
Roman neopaganism

6. Task 2
Find a picture of a celebration. List the
things that are special about the
celebration in the picture.

8. special things about the celebration in the
picture include...
Big family feast
Christmas tree and Christmas cards
Candles
Turkey
Christmas hats
Poinsettia flowers
Christmas presents

9. Task 3
Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year is an
important Chinese
festival celebrated at
the turn of the
Chinese calendar. It
is also known as the
Spring Festival.

10. The Legend about Chinese New
Year
A Monster Named Nian - The Story of Chinese New Year.mp4

11. Food for Chinese New Year
The evening preceding
Chinese New Year's
Day is an occasion for
Chinese families to
gather for the annual
reunion dinner.

12. The New Year's Eve dinner is very large
and traditionally includes dishes of
meat (usually, pork and chicken) and
fish.
Most reunion dinners also feature a hot pot
as it is believed to signify the coming
together of the family members for the
meal.
In most areas, fish (traditional Chinese: 魚
; simplified Chinese: 鱼 ; pinyin: yú) is
included, but not eaten completely
(and the remainder is stored
overnight), as the Chinese phrase
"may there be surpluses every year"
(traditional Chinese: 年年有餘 ;
simplified Chinese: 年年有余 ; pinyin:
niánnián yǒu yú) sounds the same as
"let there be fish every year.

13. Red envelopes
Traditionally, red envelopes
or red packets are
passed out during the
Chinese New Year's
celebrations, from
married couples or the
elderly to unmarried
juniors. It is also common
for adults or young
couples to give red
packets to children.

14. Fireworks and Firecracker ban
Bamboo stems filled
with gunpowder that
were burnt to create
small explosions were
once used in ancient
China to drive away
evil spirits. In modern
times, this method
has eventually
evolved into the use
of firecrackers during
the festive season.

15. Clothing for Chiese New Year
Clothing mainly featuring
the color red or bright
colors is commonly worn
throughout the Chinese
New Year because it was
once believed that red
could scare away evil
spirits and bad fortune. In
addition, people typically
wear new clothes from
head to toe to symbolize
a new beginning in the
new year.