春节 the Spring Festival / Chinese lunar Near Year
农历正月初一 the first day of the first lunar month 农历 lunar calendar
年终大扫除 year-end household cleaning 春联 Spring Festival couplets 年画 New Year pictures 剪纸 paper-cuts
团圆饭 family reunion dinner 饺子 jiaozi
春晚 Spring Festival Gala
守岁 stay up late on the New Year’s Eve 除夕 Eve of Chinese New Year
辞旧迎新 ring out the old year and ring in the new 拜年 pay a New Year visit 红包 red packets 压岁钱 lucky money 放爆竹 let off firecrackers 庙会 temple fair 禁忌 taboo
元宵节 Lantern Festival
农历正月十五 15th day of the first lunar month
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元宵 rice dumplings 花灯 festival lantern 灯谜 lantern riddle 灯会 exhibit of lanterns 烟花 fireworks
端午节 Dragon Boat Festival
农历五月初五 5th of the fifth lunar month 粽子 zongzi 糯米 sticky rice 粽叶 bamboo leaves 舞龙 dragon dance 舞狮 lion dance 踩高跷 stilt walking
赛龙舟 dragon-boat racing 纪念 in memory of 屈原 Quyuan 诗人 poet 忠臣 loyal minister
清明节 Tomb-sweeping Day
寒食节 Cold Food Festival
祭拜祖先 offer sacrifices to one’s ancestors
扫墓 sweep graves of one’s ancestors or loved ones 2
踏青 go for a spring outing
中秋节 Mid-Autumn Day / Moon Festival
农历八月十五 15th of the eighth lunar month 月饼 moon cake
赏月 appreciate the glorious full moon 中国神话故事 Chinese mythology 嫦娥 Chang’e 后羿 Hou Yi 长生不老 be immortal
重阳节 Double Ninth Day
赏菊 admire the beauty of chrysanthemum 登高 climb a height
七夕节 Double Seventh Day /Chinese Valentine's Day
银河 the Milky Way 鹊桥 bridge of magpies 牛郎 Cowherd 织女 the Weaving Maid 王母娘娘 the Queen of Heaven 乞巧 praying-for-cleverness 女红 needlework
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