新春佳節(jié)

1.傳統(tǒng)中國節(jié)日  traditional Chinese festival

2.農(nóng)歷  lunar calendar

3.臘八節(jié)  Laba Festival

4.小年  Little New Year

5.除夕  Lunar New Year's Eve

6.春節(jié)  the Spring Festival

7.正月  lunar January；the first month by lunar calendar

8.正月初一  the Lunar New Year's Day

9.元宵節(jié)  the Lantern Festival

10.二月二  Dragon Heads-raising Day

美食小吃

1.年糕  rice cake;New Year's cake

2.團圓飯  family reunion dinner

3.年夜飯  the dinner on New Year's Eve

4.餃子  dumplings

5.湯園  Tang-yuan;dumplings made of sweet rice

6.什錦糖  assorted candies

7.糖蓮子  candied lotus seed

8.蜜冬瓜  candied winter melon

9.去晦氣  get rid of the ill-fortune

10.兆頭  omen

11.禁忌  taboo

12.敬酒  propose a toast

闔家團圓

1.吃團圓飯  have a family reunion dinner

2.年夜飯  New Year's Eve dinner

3.全家團圓  family reunion

4.辦年貨  do Spring Festival shopping

5.敬酒  propose a toast

6.穿新衣  wear new clothes

7.紅包  red envelops

8.壓歲錢  gift money;money given to children as a Lunar New Year gift

民間藝術(shù)

1.泥人  clay figure

2.皮影戲  shadow puppetry

3.木偶戲  puppet show

4.刺繡  embroidery

5.剪紙  paper-cut

6.中國結(jié)  Chinese knot

7.年畫  New Year painting

8.吹糖人  sugar-figure blowing

9.舞龍  dragon dance

10.舞獅  lion dance

11.秧歌  Yongko dance；rural folk dance

曲藝表演

1.戲曲  traditional opera

2.折子戲  opera highlights

3.相聲  comic dialogue；cross talk

4.小品  skits；sketch

5.口技  vocal imitations；ventriloquism

6.雜技  acrobatic performance

7.馬戲  circus performance

8.京韻大鼓  drum song of Peking

9.踩高蹺  walk on stilts

10.雜耍  variety show;vaudeville

娛樂節(jié)目

1.打麻將  playing mahjong

2.廟會  Temple Fair

3.春節(jié)聯(lián)歡晚會  Spring Festival gala

4.燈會  exhibit of lanterns

5.送賀卡  sending New Year's greeting cards

6.理發(fā)  have a haircut

7.放煙花  set off fireworks

8.放鞭炮  set off firecrackers

9.燈迷  riddles written on lanterns

各路神仙

1.門神  the God of Door

2.灶神  the God of Kitchen

3.財神  the God of Wealth

4.土地爺  the God of Land

5.火神   the God of Fire

6.喜神  the God of Happiness

7.八仙  the Eight Immortals

8.福祿壽三星  the three gods of fortune. prosperity and longevity