中国传统节日的英语表达

中国传统节日的英语表达

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

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.)

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;

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

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:

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