Qing Ming Festival- LIAW SHER FENG

Design of GUI

The 1st pictures can be the homepage of the website

There have a logo in top of the right hand side

At the left hand side header have 5 buttons

 (home, chinese new year, Qing Ming, Duan Wu and Mid-autumn)

and i will put a flash and photo below the 5 buttons

The 2nd pictures i put the history,celebration, pictures and video

in left hand side below the 5 buttons

Flow chart of indidual sites



The main is the Qing Ming

and then there have a 4 links in below

there is history ,celebration and pictures, video

The last buttons wil be the links

Mid-Autumn Festival -Gan Jye Tyng

Design of GUI

The first picture is our website's homepage.

There will have a logo of our team at the top on left hand side and 

all the five buttons at the center on top.

on the top, there is a button bar, where it can links to home and all the other subtopics.

Photoshop will be used to edit and create the logo of our group and some pictures that will place in the website.

Flow chart of individual site:

Mid-autumn festival!!!

The main will be mid-autumn festival and it comes down to three links, which is 'Story/History', 'Celebrations' and 'Gallery'.

And the last button will be the links.........

Duan Wu festival -Li Rui

1. I will caret the links on the top of web. Its will easy to find what you want. There are being full of pictures, worlds, videos and flash. The funny thing is you will see game on my web. You can more enjoy this web.

2. Of my topics there are two parts image and worlds. No matter you like view pictures or just worlds explain you can find in my pages. Form my website you will not only get information about this festival, the important thing is you can get more fun. I will use Photoshop and Dreamweaver to create this web. Full technology be using to create this website will make this website be powerful

Update of Progress

Same as in the hompage
I use the same GUI design with all members 

 this is a sub-page of the main website
so all the templete must be same

The different part within homepage and DUAN WUpage is

In the DUANWUbuttons

 we have insert 4 links

there are story, celebration，game and gallery

but in homepage

there don't have any small links

The ways to create duanwu website same as homepage there:

1) At first, we press the file>new>blank page to create a blank page

2)we choose html > create new to create website web page

3)and then we need to insert the templete that we designed at above

4) When we want insert some contents

we press insert>layout object>AP DIV to insert the text boxes

5)we type in the contents in left hand side rectangle there

6) To enlarge the photos in gallery

we go to window> tag inspector>behavior

and then we add behavior>choose effect

>grow from 100% to 150%

7) To insert the flash same as insert the contents
we press insert>layout object>AP DIV to insert the video profile

7) At last we need links up all the webpage

we highlight 4 links and then right click

 and make the link

The ways to do the flash:

a) we online search some pictures

b)then we open the adobe flash

c) we press open>new to create a blank page

d) then we insert a keyframe

>insert pictures that we found

e) and take a 30 seconds for each pictures

f) we need put the motion tween to stop when cahnge picture

Contents

Story of DuanWu Festival

Memorial loyal

Celebration of Qing Ming Festival

Dragon boat racing is an indispensable part of the festival, held all over the country

Zongzi is an essential food of the Dragon Boat Festival

Chinese New Year -Zhang jiuyuan

By the tool

Design of GUI



The first picture will be the home page of our website.

We will have a logo of our team being place on the top left hand side and

Follow by the 5 buttons links that we need for our subtopic.

Besides that, we will also have a flash in our home page.

We will run a few photos about our subtopic and the members of our group.

Adobe Photoshop will be use to edit and create our group logo while

Flash will be created using Adobe Flash.

references:

  festival of Malaysia- chinese new year

  the video of Chinese New Year

  object:

   also known as the Lunar New Year or the Spring Festival is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. It consists of a period of celebrations, starting on New Year's Day, celebrated on the first day of the first month of the Chinese calendar, i.e. the day of the second new moon after the day on which the winter solstice occurs, unless there is an intercalary eleventh or twelfth month in the lead-up to the New Year—in such a case, the New Year falls on the day of the third new moon after the solstice.The Chinese New Year period ends with the Lantern Festival, the fifteenth day of the month.

FLOWCHART OF INDIVIDUAL SITE

  Chinese New Year

from first three links(story celebration do/do not), there will have two links Gallery and links.

we using Dreamweaver to create the website.

The Dragon Boat Festival -Li Rui

The Dragon Boat Festival

(the 5^th day of the fifth lunar month)The fifth day of the fifth lunar month is a traditional Chinese 
holiday known as the Dragon Boat Festival.



More than two thousand years ago, during the period of the
Spring-Autumn Warring States, the Chinese people began to celebrate the
Dragon Boat Festival. According to historians, the Dragon Boat Festival
originated from the totem festival in the state of Wuyue in southern
China. But people generally attribute the holiday as a memorial to the
Chinese poet Qu Yuan.

There are many legends about the evolution of the festival, the most popular of which is in commemoration of Qu Yuan (340-278 BC). Qu Yuan was minister of the State of Chu and one of China’s earliest poets. In face of great pressure from the powerful Qin State, he advocated enriching the country and strengthening its military forces so as to fight against the Qin. However, he was opposed by aristocrats headed by Zi Lan, and later deposed and exiled by King Huai. In his exiled days, he still cared much for his country and people and composed immortal poems including Li Sao (The Lament), Tian Wen (Heavenly Questions) and Jiu Ge (Nine Songs), which had far-reaching influences. In 278 BC, he heard the news that Qin troops had finally conquered Chu’s capital, so he finished his last piece Huai Sha (Embracing Sand) and plunged himself into the Miluo River, clasping his arms to a large stone. The day happened to be the 5th of the 5th month in the Chinese lunar calendar.

After his death, the people of Chu crowded to the bank of the river to pay their respects to him. The fishermen sailed their boats up and down the river to look for his body. People threw into the water zongzi (pyramid-shaped glutinous rice dumplings wrapped in reed or bamboo leaves) and eggs to divert possible fish or shrimp from attacking his body. An old doctor poured a jug of reaglar wine (Chinese liquor seasoned with realgar) into the water, hoping to turn all aquatic beasts drunk. That’s why people later followed the customs such as dragon boat racing, eating zongzi and drinking realgar wine on that day.

Zongzi is an essential food of the Dragon Boat Festival. It is said that people ate them in the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC). In early times, it was only glutinous rice dumplings wrapped in reed or other plant leaves and tied with colored thread, but now the fillings are more diversified, including jujube and bean paste, fresh meat, and ham and egg yolk. If time permits, people will soak glutinous rice, wash reed leaves and wrap up zongzi themselves. Otherwise, they will go to shops to buy whatever stuff they want. The custom of eating zongzi is now popular in North and South Korea, Japan and Southeast Asian nations.

Dragon boat racing is an indispensable part of the festival, held all over the country. As the gun is fired, people will see racers in dragon-shaped canoes pulling the oars harmoniously and hurriedly, accompanied by rapid drums, speeding toward their destination. Folk tales say the game originates from the activities of seeking Qu Yuan’s body, but experts, after painstaking and meticulous research, conclude that dragon boat racing is a semi-religious, semi-entertaining program from the Warring States Period (475-221 BC). In the following thousands of years, the game spread to Japan, Vietnam and Britain as well as China’s Taiwan and Hong Kong. Now dragon boat racing has developed into an aquatic sports item which features both Chinese tradition and modern sporting spirit. In 1980, it was listed into the state sports competition programs and has since been held every year. The award is called “Qu Yuan Cup.”

On Dragon Boat Festival, parents also need to dress their children up with a perfume pouch. They first sew little bags with colorful silk cloth, then fill the bags with perfumes or herbal medicines, and finally string them with silk threads. The perfume pouch will be hung around the neck or tied to the front of a garment as an ornament. They are said to be able to ward off evil.

http://digital-media-1-ruili.blogspot.com/p/dragon-boat-festival.html

Chinese Culture-festival (Chinese New Year) - Zhang jiuyuan

  Chinese New Year

  Among the various and many celebrations and festivities for the Chinese, Chinese New Year is always deemed the most important of all. Chinese families living in different part of the country or the world will make it a point to get together for Chinese New Year (CNY). This homecoming is very similar to the Western concept of getting together during Christmas.

  Chinese New Year is also known as Lunar New Year as well as The Spring Festival. Each Chinese Year is also symbolized by an animal, very much like the Western Zodiac. The animal to symbolize CNY 2008 is The Rat. In 2006, it was the Dog and in 2007, it was the Pig and in 2009, it will be the Ox. There are 12 animals in the Chinese Zodiac and each animal will not appear again until 12 years later.

  Myths of Chinese New Year
There are many myths as to how Chinese New Year came about.

The most common one is that in ancient China, every year, a big monster(Nian) would come out during the beginning of the year and start devouring people, animals and crops. Year after year, this monster would terrify the people.

One day, a villager suggested firing off fire crackers, bang loud gongs and fly colorful red banners to try to frighten off the monster. It worked! The monster was terrified by the loud noise and color.... and disappeared as quickly as it appeared!

From then onwards, people would always fire off loud fire crackers, beat gongs and drape their houses with red banners to ensure the big, bad monster never return again. Till today, Chinese New Year is still celebrated in this traditional manner.Of course, that's just a myth.

In reality, the Chinese uses a Lunar Calendar which is different from the Georgian or Western calendar, and so, the start of the Lunar New Year is time for celebration, very much like New year on the Western Calendar. It is also the time when crops are fully harvested and preparations are made for the new planting year and people have some time to rest and celebrate. This is why Chinese New Year is sometimes known as The Spring Festival.

Start of CNY CelebrationsCNY celebrations starts with a reunion dinner on the eve of CNY. This is where family members get together, no matter where they are in the country or the world, and sit down for the most important meal of the yearl. Reunion dinner is always celebrated at home but in recent years, more and more families tend to have their reunion dinner in a good restaurant.

After dinner, true to the Chinese nature, playing cards and mahjong tiles will appear and a gambling session amongst familiy members will start. Once the clock strikes twelve, this is where you will hear firecrackers and fire works being fired off everywhere. The firecrackers mark the official start of CNY.

In recent years, the Chinese government has clamped down on firecrackers and fireworks in the cities because of fire hazards. Today, the lighting of fireworks is most likely to happen in the villages and countryside only.

Chinese New Year is celebrated with visiting of relatives and friends. Junior members of the family will need to visit senior or elderly members of th family. Everyone is expected to wear new clothes and shoes and the popular color is obviously RED or anything bright! There is always good food and drinks and children are rewarded with red packets or 'hong-pow' from adults. These red packets will contain money and is a major source of 'wealth' for children for the rest of the year.

Adults will chit-chat and catch up with one another. They are also likely to have gambling sessions with friendly stakes. Meantime, children will be having new year goodies, games and playing with fireworks.

In town centres and TV stations, there will be displays of dragon and lion dance, acrobats, traditional chinese dance and songs, stilt walkers, Chinese Opera, wushu performances and other traditional chinese performances.

In the olden days, festivities will last for 15 days while today, most people will celebrate for 3-4 days and spend the rest of time at home. Most other Asian cities outside of China merely celebrate for two days.

 Traditional Beliefs for CNYThere are many beliefs and taboos associated with Chinese New Year. Some of these include:

No sweeping or housekeeping during Chinese New Year
This is to avoid sweeping 'wealth' and 'health' out of the house

Children cannot sleep on the eve of Chinese New Year
It is believed that the longer children stay up late on CNY eve, the longer their parents will get to live

Children cannot be scolded during Chinese New Year
Parents will avoid scolding children during this period or back luck will fall on their children

Only red or bright clothes can be worn during Chinese New Year
Black or dark clothes will bring disaster for the new year !

Chinese greetings for Chinese New YearIf you have Chinese friends, do visit them at home during CNY and you will be most welcomed. Make sure you learn a word or two of CNY greetings.

The most common festive greetings for Chinese New Year are:

"Gong Xi Fa Cai" - Have a prosperous new year

"Zhu Ni Nian Nian You Yu" - Wishing you an abundant year

"Sing Nian Kuay Le" - Happy New Year.

Also, you may like to bring two mandarin oranges when visiting someone during Chinese New Year. Oranges. looking like gold ingots, symbolizes that you are bringing wealth to the family. If the Chinese family is someone that you are familiar with, you may even want to give red packets (containing a token sum of money) to their children. If you have children, you are most likely to recieve red packets for them as well.Remember to wear bright colors when you visit.

http://forevermmb.blogspot.com/2011/07/chinese-culture-festival.html

WORK IN PROGRESS III

Mid-Autumn Festival     -Gan Jye Tyng
Updating our blog regarding the legend and celebration of Mid-Autumn day.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Autumn_Festival
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By clicking the link above, you will be able to find more information about the Mid-Autumn Festival.


It also known as a Mooncake Festival and it is held on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month. 
The legend of mid-autumn: It says that Chang Er flew to the moon after she drank the fluids that made her became lighter, where she lived ever since and might see her dancing on the moon during the mooncake festival.

Celebration: This festival is also an occasion for family reunion. Traditionally, the celebrating will be held on outdoors under the moonlight, people eat moon cakes and pomeloes and gaze at the moon. Barbecues are also common in this modern time. Carrying brightly lit lanterns, lighting lanterns on towers and floating sky lanterns.