高考英语写作素材之中国特色文化篇.doc

高中英语写作素材之中国特色文化篇1.福字As you have seen, many Chinese choose to stick the character Fu on the door upside down during the Spring Festival. This actually expresses their best wishes for the new year. In Chinese, the character for “upside down” sounds the same as the character for “ to arrive” so this means that happiness is arriving.2.中国结I wonder if you could sell some Chinese knots for me.I made them myself with red silk threads, cloth and other materials.They look really beautiful in the shape of a diamond about 5 inches long and 4 inches wide.In China,these knots stand for friendship,love and good luck.People can either give them as gifts to friends or hang them in their houses.3.There are a variety of ways to communicate with others in our daily life, of which WeChat is the most popular one. Nowadays, a good number of Chinese, especially young people, are using WeChat to keep in touch with each other. The reason why I like it best is that it is very fast and convenient to send word files, messages, pictures, or even video programmes. More importantly, it is free to communicate with others on WeChat, which will surely save you a lot of money.4.中国茶文化Chinese tea has a history of more than 4,000 years. Generally speaking, there’re two main kinds of tea in China, green tea and black tea. Drinking tea has many benefits. For example, it can make people relaxed. Besides, it has been power that tea is beneficial to people’s health. No wonder tea is becoming increasingly popular with people around the world.5.中医Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM) 望闻问切：look, listen, question and feel the pulse The TCM, with its unique diagnostic methods—look, listen, question and feel the pulse, long history and remarkable effects, has been used to treat cancer and other serious diseases. Unlike the western medicine, the TCM has fewer side effects. Above all, compared with high fees of the western medicine, the TCM has a more reasonable price that ordinary people can afford.In a word, the TCM has made great contributions to the development of Chinese health care.6.中国春联As a symbol of Chinese traditional culture, Spring Festival couplets are always stuck on the door or the wall of a house. They are necessities for Chinese people to celebrate the Spring Festival. Written with a writing brush on red paper, Spring Fest val couplets use some positive words showing wishes for love, health, success, wealth, happiness and so on. They always have a theme, and they represent better life or successful future, and some of them include wishes and expectations.7. 中秋节The Mid-autumn Festival, which is one of the most important traditional festivals in China, falls on August 15th of the Lunar calendar every year. Not only is it popular in China hut it is also celebrated in many other Asian countries.People believe that the moon is a symbol of reunion, luck and fortune, and it is a custom to express best wishes to the beloved ones at this particular time. On that day people usually go back home to have family reunion, enjoying a large meal with their family. They will also eat moon cakes, which are round cakes with meat, eggs, nuts and other things inside.8. 京剧Regarded as one of the cultural treasures of China, Beijing Opera is more than just music and singing; it also combines drama, dancing, and martial arts, which makes it one of the most varied art forms in the world. The performers in fascinating costumes perform well-known stories in history to audience.9. 水饺In China, though there are many different kinds of food, dumplings are regarded as real Chinese food. Everyone in China likes dumplings very much, and there are many different kinds of dumplings. Some have meat and vegetable in them while others have sugar, eggs and other tasty things. Usually people make dumplings at home. If you have no time to make them, you can buy them in supermarkets. Then you take them home, heat them up and eat them with vinegar.The Spring Festival is very important in China. During the Spring Festival, we make dumplings. Usually we put a coin in one dumpling. The person who eats the dumpling with the coin in it will be very lucky in the year.10. 丝绸之路参考词汇：“一带一路”倡议 the Belt and Road Initiative新石器时代Neolithic Age 蚕茧cocoonAs a matter of fact, silk has a long history in China, which dates back to the Neolithic Age. It is known to all that it is made of silkworm cocoon. So it is not only elegant but also environmental. Therefore, silk attracts people all over the world. From Han Dynasty. China opened up The Silk Road, which greatly promoted the communication between China and the other countries in the world.At present, our government has put forward “The Belt and Road” Initiative, which encourages cooperation between China and other countries. There is no doubt that it will have a great effect on all the relevant countries and contribute to the economic and cultural development of the world.11. 春节As you know, the S。