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中国传统节日的英文名
春节
Chinese New Year's Day,
Chinese Lunar New Year
除夕
New Year's Eve
正月
lunar January
初一
the beginning of New Year
元宵节
Lantern
Festival
端午节
Duan
Wu Festival or Dragon Boat
Festival(
龙舟节
)
清明节
Ching Ming Festival
中秋节
Mid-Autumn
Chinese Festival
重阳节
Chung Yeung Festival or
Double-ninth Day
农历正月初一春节
the Spring Festival
农历正月十五元宵节
Lantern
Festival
农历五月初五端午节
the Dragon-Boat
Festival
农历七月初七乞巧节
(
中国情人节
)Double-Seventh Day
农历八月十五中秋节
the Mid-Autumn
Festival
农历九月初九重阳节
the Double Ninth
Festival
农历腊月初八腊八节
the laba
Rice Porridge Festival
春节期间节气及习俗中英文名称
春节
The Spring
Festival
农历
lunar
calendar
正月
lunar
January; the first month by lunar calendar
除夕
New Year's
Eve; eve of lunar New Year
初一
the beginning
of New Year
元宵节
The Lantern Festival
习俗
Customs
过年
Guo-nian; have
the Spring Festival
对联
poetic couplet: two successive rhyming
lines in poetry
春联
Spring Festival couplets
剪纸
paper-cuts
年画
New Year
paintings
买年货
special purchases for the Spring
Festival do Spring Festival shopping
敬酒
propose a
toast
灯笼
lantern:
a portable light
烟花
fireworks
爆竹
firecrackers (People scare off evil
spirits and ghosts with the loud pop.)
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;
vaudeville
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; New Year's visit