1.New Year's Day 元旦(1月1日)
2.Spring Festival;Chinese New Year's Day 春節(農歷壹月壹日)
3.Lantern Festival 元宵節(農歷壹月十五日)
4.International Working Women's Day 國際勞動婦女節(3月8日)
5.Arbor Day 植樹節(3月12日)
6.Postal Day 郵政節(3月20日)
7.World Meteorology Day 世界氣象節(3月23日)
8.Ching Ming Festival ;Tomb-sweeping Festival 清明節(4月5日)
9.International Labour Day 國際勞動節(5月1日)
10.Chinese Youth Day 中國青年節(5月4日)
11.Nurses' Festival 護士節(5月12日)
12.Dragon Boat Festival 端午節(農歷五月初五)
13.International Children's Day 國際兒童節(6月1日)
14.The Party's Brithday 中國***產黨成立紀念日(7月1日)
15.The Army's Day 建軍節(8月1日)
16.Mid-Autumn (Moon)Festival 中秋節(農歷八月十五)
17.Teacher's Day 教師節(9月10日)
18.Double-ninth Day 重陽節(農歷九月九日)
19.National Day 國慶節(10月1日)
20.New Year's Eve 除夕(農歷十二月三十日)
中國常見傳統活動中英對照
過年 celebrate the spring festival
春聯 spring festival couplets
剪紙 paper-cuts
年畫 new year paintings
買年貨 do shopping for the spring festival ; do spring festival shopping
敬酒 propose a toast
燈籠 lantern
煙花 fireworks
爆竹 firecrackers (people scare off evil spirits and ghosts with the loud pop.)
紅包 red packets (cash wrapped up in red paper, symbolize fortune and wealth in the coming year.)
舞獅 lion dance (the lion is believed to be able to dispel evil and bring good luck.)
舞龍 dragon dance (to expect good weather and good harvests)
戲曲 traditional opera
雜耍 variety show
燈謎 riddles written on lanterns
燈會 exhibit of lanterns
守歲 staying-up
拜年 pay new year's call; give new year's greetings; pay new year's visit
禁忌 taboo
去晦氣 get rid of the ill- fortune
祭祖宗 offer sacrifices to one's ancestors
壓歲錢 gift money; money given to children as a lunar new year gift culture note: in the old days, new year's money was given in the form of one hundred copper coins strung together on a red string and symbolized the hope that one would live to be a hundred years old. today, money is placed inside red envelopes in denominations considered auspicious and given to represent luck and wealth
辭舊歲 bid farewell to the old year
掃房 spring cleaning; general house-cleaning
年糕 nian-gao; rise cake; new year cake
團圓飯 family reunion dinner
年夜飯 the dinner on new year's eve
餃子 jiao-zi; chinese meat ravioli