如何用英文介绍中国传统文化

如何用英文介绍中国传统文化

春 节 文 化

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。

辞旧岁：bid farewell to the old year

扫房：spring cleaning; general house-cleaning

新 春 佳 节

1.传统中国节日：traditional Chinese festival 2.农历：lunar calendar 3.腊八节：Laba Festival 4.小年：Little New Year

5.除夕：Lunar New Year's Eve 6.春节：the Spring Festival

7.正月初一：Lunar New Year's Day 8.元宵节：the Lantern Festival

9.正月：the first month of the lunar year 10.二月二：Dragon Heads-raising Day

传 统 习 俗

11.喝腊八粥：eat Laba porridge 12.扫尘：sweep the dust 13.扫房：spring cleaning

14.祭灶：offer sacrifices to the God of Kitchen 15.守岁：stay up

16.拜年： pay a New Year's call

17.祭祖：offer sacrifices to one's ancestors 18.祭财神：worship the God of Wealth 19.春联：Spring Festival couplets

20.贴倒福：paste the Chinese character \21.去晦气：get rid of the ill-fortune 22.辞旧岁：bid farewell to the old year 23.兆头：omen 24.禁忌：taboo

25.烧香：burn incense

阖 家 团 圆

26.吃团圆饭：have a family reunion dinner 27.年夜饭：New Year's Eve dinner 28.全家团圆：family reunion

29.办年货：do Spring Festival shopping 30.敬酒：propose a toast 31.穿新衣：wear new clothes 32.红包：red envelops

33.压岁钱：gift money；money given to children as a Lunar New Year gift

美 食 小 吃

34.年糕：rice cake；New Year cake

35.饺子：dumplings；Chinese meat ravioli 36.汤圆：dumplings made of sweet rice

37.八宝饭：eight-treasure rice pudding (steamed glutinous rice with bean paste, lotus seeds, preserved fruit, etc.)

38.什锦糖：assorted candies 39.糖莲子：candied lotus seed 40.花生糖：peanut candy

41.蜜冬瓜：candied winter melon 42.瓜子：red melon seeds 43.金桔：cumquat 44.红枣：red dates 45.春卷：spring roll

46.冰糖葫芦：candied haws on a stick 47.驴肉火烧：donkey burger 48.腊肠：Chinese sausage 49.米酒：rice wine

50.腊肉：preserved meat 51.糖板栗：sugar chestnut

52.四喜丸子：four-joy meatballs

民 间 艺 术

53.泥人：clay figure

54.皮影戏：shadow puppetry 55.木偶戏：puppet show 56.刺绣：embroidery 57.剪纸：paper-cut

58.中国结：Chinese knot 59.年画：New Year painting 60.吹糖人：sugar-figure blowing 61.舞龙：dragon dance

62.舞狮：lion dance

63.秧歌：Yongko dance；rural folk dance 64.灯笼：lantern

曲 艺 表 演

65.戏曲：traditional opera 66.折子戏：opera highlights

67.相声：comic dialogue；cross talk 68.小品：skits；sketch

69.口技：vocal imitations；ventriloquism 70.杂技：acrobatic performance 71.马戏：circus performance

72.京韵大鼓：drum song of Peking 73.踩高跷：walk on stilts

74.杂耍：variety show；vaudeville

娱 乐 活 动

75.打麻将：play mahjong 76.庙会：temple fair

77.春节联欢晚会：Spring Festival gala 78.灯会：exhibit of lanterns

79.送贺卡：send New Year's greeting cards 80.理发：have a haircut 81.放烟花：set off fireworks 82.放鞭炮：set off firecrackers

83.灯谜：riddles written on lanterns

各 路 神 仙

84.门神：the God of Door 85.灶神：the God of Kitchen 86.财神：the God of Wealth 87.土地爷：the God of Land 88.火神：the God of Fire

89.喜神：the God of Happiness

90.福禄寿三星：the three gods of fortune, prosperity and longevity 91.八仙：the Eight Immortals

其 他

92.生肖、属相：Chinese zodiac 93.鸡年：the Year of the Rooster