英国节日介绍.ppt

The Traditional Festival
of England
Easter Day
Banking Holiday
Boxing Day
The Beltane Festival
Easter is the memoration of the resurrection of Jesus as a religious holiday. Over the past year the spring equinox, the first full moon of the first Sunday after Easter.
复活节是基督教纪念耶稣复活的一个宗教节日。每年春分过去,第一次月圆后的第一个星期日就是复活节。
复活节
银行假日
Boxing Day is on December 26th, the day after Christmas.
Despite its name, Boxing Day
has nothing to do with petition. While the exact
origins of the holiday are obscure, it is likely that Boxing Day began in England during the Middle Ages.
圣诞节之后的第一天,即12月26号,是节礼日
尽管名称如此,节礼日却与拳击比赛毫不相干。虽然节礼日的确切来源我们不得而知,但它很可能发祥于中世纪的英国。
节日礼
Beltane Fire Festival is an annual participatory arts event and ritual drama, held on April 30 on Calton Hill in Edinburgh. It is inspired by the ancient Gaelic festival of Beltane which was historically held on an evening after May 1st and marked the beginning of summer.
五朔节