春节 The Spring Festival
农历 lunar calendar
正月 lunar January;the first month by lunar calendar
除夕 New Years Eve;eve of lunar New Year
初一 the beginning of New Year
元宵节 The Lantern 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 SpringFestivalshopping
敬酒 propose a toast
灯笼 lantern:a portable light
烟花 fireworks
爆竹 firecrackers (People scare off evil spirits and ghosts withtheloud pop.)
红包 red packets(cash wrapped up in red paper,symbolize fortuneandwealth in the coming year.)
舞狮 lion dance(The lion is believed to be able to dispel evilandbring 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 Years call;give New Years greetings;NewYearsvisit
禁忌 taboo
去晦气 get rid of the ill-fortune
祭祖宗 offer sacrifices to ones ancestors
压岁钱 gift money;money given to children as a lunar NewYeargift
辞旧岁 bid farewell to the old year
扫房 spring cleaning;general house-cleaning关于新年的美食词汇:
年糕 Nian-gao;rise cake;New Year cake
团圆饭 family reunion dinner
年夜饭 the dinner on New Years Eve
饺子 Jiao-zi;Chinese meat ravioli
汤圆 Tang-yuan;dumplings made of sweet rice,rolled into ballsandstuffed with either sweet or spicy fillings
八宝饭 eight treasures rice pudding
糖果盘 candy tray
什锦糖 assorted candies-sweet and fortune
蜜冬瓜 candied winter melon-growth and good health
西瓜子 red melon seed-joy,happiness, truth and sincerity
金橘 cumquat-prosperity
糖莲子 candied lotus seed-many descendents to come
糖藕 candied lotus root-fulfilling love relationship
红枣 red dates-prosperity
花生糖 peanut candy-sweet
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