firecracker 鞭炮，爆竹
Eve of Chinese New Year 除夕
Spring couplets 春聯(lián)
ring out the old year and ring in the new 辭舊迎新
Jiaozi, boiled dumpling 餃子
pot sticker 鍋貼
temple fair 廟會(huì)
ring out the old year 鳴鐘辭舊歲
(traditional) New Year pictures 年畫
the Eve Feast; family reunion dinner on Lunar New Year’s Eve 年夜飯
year-end household cleaning 年終大掃除
stay up late on the New Year’s Eve 守歲
family reunion dinner 團(tuán)圓飯
New Year gift-money; money given to children as a New Year gift 壓歲錢
dragon dance 舞龍
Lantern Festival (15th day of the first lunar month) 元宵節(jié)
sweet sticky rice dumplings 元宵
festival lantern 花燈
lantern riddle 燈謎
lion dance 獅子舞
stilt walking 踩高蹺
Pure Brightness Festival/Tomb-sweeping Day (April the 5th) 清明節(jié)
sweep tomb sites of loved ones 掃墓
offer sacrifices to the ancestors 祭祖
go for an outing in spring 踏青
dragon Boat Festival (5th of the fifth lunar month) 端午節(jié)
dragon boat race 賽龍舟
zongzi (pyramid-shaped dumpling made by glutinous rice wrapped in reed or bamboo leaves) 粽子
Departed soul 亡靈
loyal minister 忠臣
Quyuan the poet 詩人屈原
Moon Festival/Mid- Autumn Day (15th of eighth lhunar month) 中秋節(jié)
mooncake 月餅
appreciate the glorious full moon 賞月
reunion 團(tuán)圓
sweet osmanthus 桂花
Double Ninth Day/the Aged Day 重陽節(jié)
admire the beauty of chrysanthemum 賞菊
climb mountain 登高
TCM (traditional Chinese medicine) 中藥
First Emperor, Emperor Chin 秦始皇帝
empress dowager 皇太后
founder of the Han Dynasty (206BC-220AD) 漢高祖劉邦
Genghis Khan; Temujin 成吉思汗
gifted scholars and beautiful ladies 才子佳人
cradle of civilization 文明搖籃
Xia Dynasty 夏朝
(of) Ming and Qing dynasties 明清兩代
Chinese civilization 中華文明
Sichuan, Szechwan, Szechuan 四川
Shaanxi 陜西
Research Center for Ancient Civilizations 古文明研究中心
Chinese and overseas scholars 中外學(xué)者
archaeologists 考古學(xué)家
anthropologist 人類學(xué)家
historian 歷史學(xué)家
Tao, ”the way”, the principle of workings of the universe 道
humaneness (also mean：humanity, benevolence, goodness, virtue) 仁
the Four Books 四書
the Great Learning 《大學(xué)》