1.传统中国节日:traditional Chinese festival
2.农历:lunar calendar
3.腊八节:Laba Festival
4.小年:Little New Year
5.除夕:Lunar New Year's Eve
6.春节:the Spring Festival
7.正月初一:Lunar New Year's Day
8.元宵节:the Lantern Festival
9.正月:the first month of the lunar year
10.二月二:Dragon Heads-raising Day
传 统 习 俗
11.喝腊八粥:eat Laba porridge
12.扫尘:sweep the dust
13.扫房:spring cleaning
14.祭灶:offer sacrifices to the God of Kitchen
15.守岁:stay up
16.拜年:pay a New Year's call
17.祭祖:offer sacrifices to one's ancestors
18.祭财神:worship the God of Wealth
19.春联:Spring Festival couplets
20.贴倒福:paste the Chinese character "Fu" upside down
21.去晦气:get rid of the ill-fortune
22.辞旧岁:bid farewell to the old year
23.兆头:omen
24.禁忌:taboo
25.烧香:burn incense
阖 家 团 圆
26.吃团圆饭:have a family reunion dinner
27.年夜饭:New Year's Eve dinner
28.全家团圆:family reunion
29.办年货:do Spring Festival shopping
30.敬酒:propose a toast
31.穿新衣:wear new clothes
32.红包:red envelops
33.压岁钱:gift money;money given to children as a Lunar New Year gift
美 食 小 吃
34.年糕:rice cake;New Year cake
35.饺子:dumplings;Chinese meat ravioli
36.汤圆:dumplings made of sweet rice
37.八宝饭:eight-treasure rice pudding (steamed glutinous rice with bean paste, lotus seeds, preserved fruit, etc.)
38.什锦糖:assorted candies
39.糖莲子:candied lotus seed
40.花生糖:peanut candy
41.蜜冬瓜:candied winter melon
42.瓜子:red melon seeds
43.金桔:cumquat
44.红枣:red dates
45.春卷:spring roll
46.冰糖葫芦:candied haws on a stick
47.驴肉火烧:donkey burger
48.腊肠:Chinese sausage
49.米酒:rice wine
50.腊肉:preserved meat
51.糖板栗:sugar chestnut
52.四喜丸子:four-joy meatballs
民 间 艺 术