節(jié)日名 Greeting season 1. 春節(jié) The Spring Festival 2. 農歷 lunar calendar 3. 正月 lunar January; the first month by lunar calendar 4. 除夕 New Year's Eve; eve of lunar New Year 5. 初一 the beginning of New Year 6. 元宵節(jié) The Lantern Festival
習俗 Customs 7. 過年 Guo-nian; have the Spring Festival 8. 對聯(lián) poetic couplet: two successive rhyming lines in poetry 9. 春聯(lián) Spring Festival couplets 10. 年畫 New Year paintings 11. 貼倒福 paste the Chinese character 'Fu' upside down 12. 買年貨 special purchases for the Spring Festival ; do Spring Festival shopping 13. 燈籠 lantern: a portable light 14. 煙花 fireworks 15. 爆竹 firecrackers 16. 戲曲 traditional opera 17. 雜耍 variety show; vaudeville 18. 燈謎 riddles written on lanterns 19. 燈會 exhibit of lanterns 20. 守歲 staying-up 21. 拜年 pay New Year's call; give New Year's greetings; New Year's visit 22. 禁忌 taboo 23. 去晦氣 get rid of the ill- fortune 24. 祭祖宗 offer sacrifices to one's ancestors 25. 壓歲錢 gift money; money given to children as a lunar New Year gift 26. 辭舊歲 bid farewell to the old year 27. 掃房 spring cleaning; general house-cleaning
祝福語 Blessings 28. 金玉滿堂 Treasures fill the home 29. 生意興隆 Business flourishes 30. 歲歲平安 Peace all year round 31. 恭喜發(fā)財 Wishing you prosperity 32. 和氣生財 Harmony brings wealth 33. 心想事成 May all your wishes come true 34. 吉祥如意 Everything goes well 35. 國泰民安 The country flourishes and people live in peace 36. 招財進寶 Money and treasures will be plentiful 37. 一帆風順 Wishing you every success 38. 步步高升 Promoting to a higher position 39. 出入平安 Safe trip wherever you go 40. 祝您新的一年快樂幸福！Wish you happiness and prosperity in the coming year! 41. 祝您事業(yè)成功,，家庭美滿 Wish you success in your career and happiness of your family!
食品 Food 42. 年糕 Nian-gao; rise cake; New Year cake 43. 團圓飯 family reunion dinner 44. 年夜飯 the dinner on New Year's Eve 45. 餃子 Jiao-zi; Chinese meat ravioli 46. 湯圓 Tang-yuan; dumplings made of sweet rice, rolled into balls and stuffed with either sweet or spicy fillings 47. 春卷 spring roll 48. 糖果盤 candy tray 49. 什錦糖 assorted candies (sweet and fortune) 50. 蜜冬瓜 candied winter melon (growth and good health) 51. 金桔 cumquat (prosperity) 52. 糖蓮子 candied lotus seed - many descendents to come 53. 糖藕 candied lotus root (fulfilling love relationship) 54. 紅棗 red dates - prosperity 55. 花生糖 peanut candy (sweet) 56. 瓜子 red melon seeds 57. 冰糖葫蘆 candied haws on a stick 58. 臘腸 Chinese sausage 59. 米酒 rice wine 60. 臘肉 preserved meat
闔家團圓 Reunion 61. 吃團圓飯 have a family reunion dinner 62. 年夜飯 New Year's Eve dinner 63. 全家團圓 family reunion 64. 敬酒 propose a toast 65. 穿新衣 wear new clothes 66. 節(jié)日氛圍 festive atmosphere/mood 67. 廟會 temple fair 68. 春運 Spring Festival travel 69. 春運高峰 Spring Festival travel peak
民間藝術 folk art 70. 泥人 clay figure 71. 皮影戲 shadow puppetry 72. 木偶戲 puppet show 73. 刺繡 embroidery 74. 剪紙 paper-cut 75. 中國結 Chinese knot 76. 年畫 New Year painting 77. 吹糖人 sugar-figure blowing 78. 舞龍 dragon dance 79. 舞獅 lion dance 80. 秧歌 Yongko dance,；rural folk dance 81. 踩高蹺 walk on stilts 82. 燈籠 lantern
娛樂活動 Recreational activities 83. 打麻將 play mahjong 84. 廟會 Temple Fair 85. 春節(jié)聯(lián)歡晚會 Spring Festival gala 86. 送賀卡 sending New Year's greeting cards 87. 放煙花 set off fireworks 88. 放鞭炮 set off firecrackers
