In the season of joy I present my sincere wishes and kind thoughts. May this New Year outshine all the rest！
新春佳節
1.傳(chuán)統中國(guó)節日 traditional Chinese festival
2.農(nóng)曆(lì) lunar calendar
3.臘(là)八節(jié) Laba Festival
4.小年 Little New Year
5.除夕 Lunar New Year's Eve
6.春節(jié) the Spring Festival
7.正月 lunar January；the first month by lunar calendar
8.正月初一 the Lunar New Year's Day
9.元宵節(jié) the Lantern Festival
10.二月二 Dragon Heads-raising Day
美食小吃
1.年糕 rice cake;New Year's cake
2.團(tuán)圓飯(fàn) family reunion dinner
3.年夜飯(fàn) the dinner on New Year's Eve
4.餃(jiǎo)子 dumplings
5.湯(tāng)園(yuán) Tang-yuan;dumplings made of sweet rice
6.什錦(jǐn)糖 assorted candies
7.糖蓮(lián)子 candied lotus seed
8.蜜冬瓜 candied winter melon
9.去晦氣(qì) get rid of the ill-fortune
10.兆頭(tóu) omen
11.禁忌 taboo
12.敬酒 propose a toast
阖家團圓
1.吃團(tuán)圓飯(fàn) have a family reunion dinner
2.年夜飯(fàn) New Year's Eve dinner
3.全家團(tuán)圓(yuán) family reunion
4.辦(bàn)年貨(huò) do Spring Festival shopping
5.敬酒 propose a toast
6.穿新衣 wear new clothes
7.紅(hóng)包 red envelops
8.壓歲(suì)錢(qián) gift money;money given to children as a Lunar New Year gift
民間藝術
1.泥人 clay figure
2.皮影戲(xì) shadow puppetry
3.木偶戲(xì) puppet show
4.刺繡(xiù) embroidery
5.剪紙(zhǐ) paper-cut
6.中國(guó)結(jié) Chinese knot
7.年畫(huà) New Year painting
8.吹糖人 sugar-figure blowing
9.舞龍(lóng) dragon dance
10.舞獅(shī) lion dance
11.秧歌 Yongko dance；rural folk dance
曲藝表演
1.戲(xì)曲 traditional opera
2.折子戲(xì) opera highlights
3.相聲(shēng) comic dialogue；cross talk
4.小品 skits；sketch
5.口技 vocal imitations；ventriloquism
6.雜(zá)技 acrobatic performance
7.馬(mǎ)戲(xì) circus performance
8.京韻(yùn)大鼓 drum song of Peking
9.踩高跷 walk on stilts
10.雜(zá)耍 variety show;vaudeville
娛樂節目
1.打麻将 playing mahjong
2.廟(miào)會(huì) Temple Fair
3.春節聯歡(huān)晚會(huì) Spring Festival gala
4.燈(dēng)會(huì) exhibit of lanterns
5.送賀(hè)卡 sending New Year's greeting cards
6.理發(fā) have a haircut
7.放煙(yān)花 set off fireworks
8.放鞭炮 set off firecrackers
9.燈(dēng)迷 riddles written on lanterns
各路神仙
1.門(mén)神 the God of Door
2.竈(zào)神 the God of Kitchen
3.财神 the God of Wealth
4.土地爺(yé) the God of Land
5.火神 the God of Fire
6.喜神 the God of Happiness
7.八仙 the Eight Immortals
8.福祿(lù)壽(shòu)三星 the three gods of fortune. prosperity and longevity
