the Spring Festival 春節
fall on the first day of the January, chinese calendar在農歷大年初壹
Family Party家庭聚會
eat dumpling吃餃子
the New Year's Eve除夕
let a few fireworks off放煙花
festival of lanterns元宵節
fifteen January壹月十五
rice glue ball元宵
spring begins立春
dressed up for the festival穿上節日服裝
farmers lash ox make of paper農民鞭打紙做的牛
farmers sang and danced 農民們載歌載舞
Tomb-sweeping Day清明節(The Ching Ming Festival in spring暮春的清明節)
5th.April四月五
occasions for visiting ancestral graves掃墓拜祭先人
Double-ninth Day重陽節
the ninth day of the ninth moon 九月九
the Dragon Boat Festival端午節
5th.May五月初五
glutinous rice dumpling粽子(不太準確)
Dragon Boat 龍舟
the eighth day of the final lunar month最後壹個月的第八天(the eighth day of the December 12月初八)臘八
rice porridge with nuts and dried fruit etc堅果和幹果等做的稀飯
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1. 春節(農歷壹月壹日) Spring Festival;Chinese New Year's Day
2. 元宵節(農歷壹月十五日) Lantern Festival
3. 清明節(4月5日) Tomb-Sweeping Day
4. 端午節(農歷五月初五) Dragon Boat Festival
5.中秋節(農歷八月十五) Mid-Autumn (Moon)Festival
6. 重陽節(農歷九月九日) Double-ninth Day
7.. 除夕(農歷十二月三十日)New Year's Eve
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/dumpling; chinese meat ravioli
粽子 rice dumpling
The Double Seventh Festival, on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month, is a traditional festival full of romance關於七夕的解釋。(雙七的節日,在7月七日,是充滿浪漫的傳統節日)
Mid-autumn Festival中秋節
Mooncake 月餅
fifteenth day of the August, chinese calendar農歷八月十五