传统节日 Traditional Festivals
拜年 paying a New Year call
爆竹 firecracker
鞭炮 a string of small firecrackers
除夕 New Year's Eve
春节 Spring Festival
春联 Spring Festival couplets (conveying best wishes for the year )
辞旧迎新 bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new
大扫除 year-end household cleaning
灯谜 lantern riddles
登高 hill climbing
端午节 Dragon Boat Festival
恭喜发财 May you be prosperous! / Wish you all the best!
观灯 viewing the lanterns
贺岁片 New Year film
饺子 dumplings (with meat and vegetable stuffing )
龙灯舞 dragon lantern dance
庙会 temple fair
年画 New Year picture
年夜饭 family reunion dinner on Lunar New Year's Eve
清明节 Tomb-sweeping Festival
扫墓 paying respect to the dead
赏菊 enjoying chrysanthemum
赏月 enjoying the full moon
狮子舞 lion dance
压岁钱 money given to children as a Lunar New Year gift
秧歌舞 yangge dance
元宵 sweet rice-flour dumplings (eaten on the Lantern Festival )
元宵节 Lantern Festival
月饼 moon cake
植树节 Tree-planting Day
中秋节 Mid-autumn Festival
重阳节 Double Ninth Festival
粽子 a pyramid-shaped dumpling made of glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves