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中国传统节日英文名称

除夕 New Years Evening

正月 lunar January

初一 the beginning of New Year

元宵节 (农历正月十五) Lantern Festival

端午节 (农历五月初五——the fifth day of the lunar

month) Duan Wu Festival or

Dragon Boat Festival(龙舟节)

清明节Qing Ming Festival

中秋节 (农历八月十五) Mid-Autumn Chinese Festival

重阳节 (农历九月初九)Chung Yang Festival or

Double-ninth Day

腊八节 (农历腊月初八)the laba Rice Porridge

Festival

中国常见传统活动中英对比

过年 celebrate the spring festival

春联 spring festival couplets

剪纸 paper-cuts

年画 new year paintings

买年货do shopping for the spring festival；OR

do spring festival shopping

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敬酒 propose a toast

灯笼 lantern

烟花fireworks

爆竹 firecrackers (people scare off evil spirits

and ghosts with the loud pop.)

红包red packets

(cash wrapped up in red paper，symbolize fortune and

wealth in the coming year.)

舞狮 lion dance(the lion is believed to be able to

dispel evil and bring good luck.)

舞龙dragon dance(to e*pect good weather and good

harvests)

戏曲 traditional opera

杂耍 variety show

灯谜 riddles written on lanterns

灯会 e*hibit of lanterns

守岁 staying-up

拜年 pay new years call / give new years greetings

/ pay new years visit

禁忌 taboo

去晦气 get rid of the ill- fortune

祭祖宗 Offer sacrifices to ones ancestors

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压岁钱 gift money or money given to children as a

lunar new year gift culture note；

辞旧岁 bid farewell to the old year

扫房 spring cleaning ; general house-cleaning

年糕nian-gao; rise cake; new year cake

团聚饭 family reunion dinner

年夜饭the dinner on new years eve

饺子 dumpling; Chinese meat ravioli

粽子 rice dumpling

闰年leap year

十二生肖zodiac

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