Mid-Autumn Festival
Mid-Autumn Festival is held on 15th day of the eight lunar month to celebrate biggest full moon in the year. In Viet Nam, this festival is for children (56)___________ children are center of all activities on that day. (57)_____________ the festival is coming, the adults and the parents prepare many different foods - moon cakes, candies, biscuits, jellies, and fruit. (58)_____________, the children are given many nice lanterns – star lanterns, flower lanterns and diverse funny masks, (59)__________ they can light the lantern during the Mid-Autumn night.
(60)______________ the autumn is the time of the beginning of the new school year, the adults and parents give gifts to the children. The festival takes place (61)_______________ people have had good crops. (62)____________, it is also the congratulation for the full harvest.
Nowadays, (63)__________ some of the traditional toys have been replaced by modern toys, the meaning of the festival has been kept and developed. It is certain that Mid-Autumn Festival is a good example of the traditional culture of the Vietnamese.
Task 1: Complete each blank in the passage with the correct linking word. (There may be more than one possibility)
Task 2: Read the passage again, and then answer the following questions.
64. When is Mid-Autumn Festival held? What is it for?
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65. What do the adults and the parents do to prepare for the festival?
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66. What are children given besides moon cakes?
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67. What can children do with their lanterns?
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68. Why is Mid-Autumn Festival also considered the congratulation for the full harvest?
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69. What is the importance of this festival?
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Read the following passage and answer the questions
Tet or Lunar New Year holiday is the most important celebration for Vietnamese people. Tet is a festival which happens in late January or early February. Before Tet, people usually clean and decorate their homes. They go to market to buy candy, jams or dried water melon seeds. They also get new clothes which are worn at Tet. They often buy beach blossoms and marigolds which are traditional flowers on Tet holiday. Tet is a time for family members gather and have some special meals with special food such as sticky rice cakes. People often visit relatives and close friends on the second day of the holiday.
True (T) or False (F)
People often visit relatives and close friends on the first day of New Year.
Read the following passage and answer the questions
Tet or Lunar New Year holiday is the most important celebration for Vietnamese people. Tet is a festival which happens in late January or early February. Before Tet, people usually clean and decorate their homes. They go to market to buy candy, jams or dried water melon seeds. They also get new clothes which are worn at Tet. They often buy beach blossoms and marigolds which are traditional flowers on Tet holiday. Tet is a time for family members gather and have some special meals with special food such as sticky rice cakes. People often visit relatives and close friends on the second day of the holiday.
True (T) or False (F)
Tet happens in early January.
Read the following passage and answer the questions
Tet or Lunar New Year holiday is the most important celebration for Vietnamese people. Tet is a festival which happens in late January or early February. Before Tet, people usually clean and decorate their homes. They go to market to buy candy, jams or dried water melon seeds. They also get new clothes which are worn at Tet. They often buy beach blossoms and marigolds which are traditional flowers on Tet holiday. Tet is a time for family members gather and have some special meals with special food such as sticky rice cakes. People often visit relatives and close friends on the second day of the holiday.
True (T) or False (F)
People don’t clean and decorate their homes.
Read the following passage and answer the questions
Tet or Lunar New Year holiday is the most important celebration for Vietnamese people. Tet is a festival which happens in late January or early February. Before Tet, people usually clean and decorate their homes. They go to market to buy candy, jams or dried water melon seeds. They also get new clothes which are worn at Tet. They often buy beach blossoms and marigolds which are traditional flowers on Tet holiday. Tet is a time for family members gather and have some special meals with special food such as sticky rice cakes. People often visit relatives and close friends on the second day of the holiday.
Answer the questions
What is the other name of Tet?
Read the following passage and answer the questions
Tet or Lunar New Year holiday is the most important celebration for Vietnamese people. Tet is a festival which happens in late January or early February. Before Tet, people usually clean and decorate their homes. They go to market to buy candy, jams or dried water melon seeds. They also get new clothes which are worn at Tet. They often buy beach blossoms and marigolds which are traditional flowers on Tet holiday. Tet is a time for family members gather and have some special meals with special food such as sticky rice cakes. People often visit relatives and close friends on the second day of the holiday.
Answer the questions
When does Tet occur?
Read the following passage and answer the questions
Tet or Lunar New Year holiday is the most important celebration for Vietnamese people. Tet is a festival which happens in late January or early February. Before Tet, people usually clean and decorate their homes. They go to market to buy candy, jams or dried water melon seeds. They also get new clothes which are worn at Tet. They often buy beach blossoms and marigolds which are traditional flowers on Tet holiday. Tet is a time for family members gather and have some special meals with special food such as sticky rice cakes. People often visit relatives and close friends on the second day of the holiday.
True (T) or False (F)
Tet is the most important celebration in Vietnam.
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Vu Lan Festival
Vu Lan Festival takes place on 15th day of the seventh lunar month. It is also called “Xa toi vong nhan” festival (16)__ _______ this is the day for the death’s souls. Many people believe that on that day, (17)__ _______ the gate of the hell opens, souls of the dead can come back to their home (18)_ _______ gather with their family. (19)___ ______, Vietnamese people consider that it is also the occasion for family gatherings as well as expressing love (20)_____ _____ gratitude to ancestors and parents. (21)_________, Vu Lan Festival is known as Mother’s Day in Vietnam.
(22)____ _____, in the morning of that day, a lavish tray with various delicious dishes set on the altar, and the householder will burn incense and invite ancestor to come back home and celebrate the festival with family. (23)___ _______ at night the Vietnamese hold a ceremony of releasing lighted lanterns on the river, (24)__ ________ Vietnamese people believe by doing that, their wishes for parents will come true.
Pagodas are crowded during the festival say (25)___ ______ Buddhist gather for the monk’s lecture. Each Buddhist has a flower (usually rose) in front of their chest: red flower (26)___ ______ their parents are living and white flower (27)____ _________ their parents are dead
Tran Temple Festival, one of the largest annual spring festivals in Vietnam, is held on the 14th night and 15th day of the first lunar month at the national historical complex of the Tran Kings’ shrines and tombs in Tien Duc Commune, Hung Ha District, Nam Dinh City. It usually begins with an incense-offering rite at the kings’ tombs and a ritual for the opening of the gates of Den Thanh (Thanh Temple), Den Mau (Mother Temple) and the Tran Kings’ shrines. They are followed by a ‘water procession’, in which people will carry nine ornate palanquins with memorial plaques of the Kings of the Tran Dynasty and members of their royal families. A series of folk games are also organized during the festival, such as a rice-cooking challenge, clay firecrackers, chung cake wrapping and tug of war, alongside traditional performances and sport games including lion dances, dragon dances, cheo and chau van singing, human chess, wrestling and martial arts.
The Tran Temple Festival was recognized as a national intangible heritage in 2014. The historical complex of the Tran Kings’ shrines and tombs received special national relic status last year.
- ornate (adj): được sơn son thiếp vàng - palanquin (n): kiệu rước (lễ hội)
1. How often is the Tran Temple Festival held?
a. every month b. every year c. every two years d. twice a year
2. The Tran Temple Festival usually begins with ________.
a. formal ceremonies b. a water procession
c. prayers of thanks d. incense offerings to the gods
3. The word ‘they’ in the passage refers to ________.
a. temples b. offerings c. shrines d. rituals
4. What does ‘plaque’ mean?
a. a large picture printed on paper
b.a wide piece of cloth with a message on it
c.a small piece of paper with information on it
d.a flat piece of metal, wood or stone with writing on it
5. Which of the followings is not organized in the festival?
a. rice cooking b. tug of war c. boat race d. human chess
5. Based on the information in the text, which statement is false?
a.The Tran Temple Festival aims to honour the Tran Dynasty.
b.The seal opening ceremony takes place on the 14th night.
c.The main rituals are preceded by a water procession.
d.Traditional cheo and chau van singing is performed in the festival.
7, Which of the followings is not mentioned in the text?
a.The Tran Dynasty is the most brilliant reign in Vietnamese history.
b.Tran Temple Festival was recognized as a national intangible heritage.
c. Nine ornate palanquins are carried in the water procession.
d.There are plenty of activities to keep festival goers entertained.