各种传统节日的中英文介绍.docx

各种传统节日的中英文介绍1. 春节（农历一月一日）Spring Festival ; Chinese New Year's Day2. 元宵节（农历一月十五日）Lantern Festival3. 清明节（4 月 5 日）Tomb-Sweeping Day4. 端午节（农历五月初五）Dragon Boat Festival5. 中秋节（农历八月十五）Mid-Autumn （Moon）Festival6. 重阳节（农历九月九日）Double-ninth Day7..除夕（农历十二月三十日）New Year's Eve【中国常见传统活动中英对照】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 ； do spring festival shopping敬酒 propose a toast灯笼 lantern烟花 fireworks爆竹 firecrackers （people scare off evil spirits and ghosts with theloud 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 expect good weather and good harvests)戏曲 traditional opera杂耍 variety show灯谜 riddles written on lanterns灯会 exhibit of lanterns守岁 staying-up拜年 pay new year's call ； give new year's greetings ； pay new year's visit禁忌taboo去晦气 get rid of the ill- fortune祭祖宗 offer sacrifices to one's ancestors压岁钱 gift money ； money given to children as a lunar new year gift culture note ； inthe 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; generalhouse-cleaning年糕 nian-gao; rise cake; new year cake团圆饭 family reunion dinner 年夜饭 the dinner on new year's eve 饺子 jiao-zi/dumpling 粽子 rice dumpling。