春节马上要到了。作为中华民族最隆重的传统佳节，春节一直都是我们除旧迎新、阖家团圆的日子，传承了这么多年，春节也早有了一套固定的传统习俗和文化，而正是这些，才组成了博大精深的中华文化。对于我们来讲，春节年年过，可是关于春节的那些英文表达，你真的知道吗?
新春佳节
传统中国节日traditional Chinese festival 农历lunar calendar
腊八节Laba festival 小年Little New Year
除夕Lunar New Year’s Eve 春节the Spring Festival
正月初一the lunar New Year’s Day 元宵节the Lantern Festival
正月the first month of the lunar year 二月二Dragon Hesds-raising Day
传统习俗
扫尘sweep the dust 扫房spring cleaning
祭灶offer sacrifices to the God of Kitchen 守岁staying up
拜年pay a New Year’s call 祭祖offer sacrifices to one’s ancestors
祭财神worship the God of Wealth 春联Spring Festival couplets
去晦气get rid of the ill-fortune 辞旧岁bid farewell to the old year
兆头omen 禁忌taboo
烧香burn incense
贴倒福paste the Chinese character “Fu” upside down
阖家团圆
吃团圆饭have a family reunion dinner 年夜饭New Year’s Eve dinner
全家团圆family reunion 办年货do Spring Festival shopping
敬酒propose a toast 穿新衣wear new clothes
红包red envelops
压岁钱gift money;money given to children as a Lunar New Year gift
美食小吃
年糕rice cake; New Year cake 饺子dumpling; Chinese meat ravioli
汤圆dumplings made of sweet rice 八宝饭eight-treasure rice pudding
什锦糖assorted candies 糖莲子candied lotus seed
花生糖peanut candy 蜜冬瓜candied winter melon
瓜子red melon seeds 金桔cumquat
红枣red dates 春卷spring roll
冰糖葫芦candied haws on a stick 驴肉火烧donkey burger
米酒rice wine 腊肠Chinese sausage
腊肉preserved meat 糖板栗sugar chestnut
民间艺术
泥人clay figure 皮影戏shadow puppetry
木偶戏puppet show 刺绣embroidery
剪纸paper-cut 中国结Chinese knot
年画New Year painting 吹糖人sugar-figure blowing
舞龙dragon dance 舞狮lion dance
秧歌Yongko dance; rural folk dance 灯笼lantern
曲艺表演
戏曲traditional opera 折子戏opera highlights
相声comic dialogue; cross talk 小品skits; sketch
口技vocal imitations; ventriloquism 杂技acrobatic performance
马戏circus performance 京韵大鼓drum song of Peking
踩高跷walk on stilts 杂耍variety show; vaudeville
娱乐活动
打麻将playing mahjong 庙会Temple Fair
春节联欢晚会Spring Festival gala 灯会exhibit of lanterns
送贺卡sending New Year’s greeting cards 理发have a haircut
放烟花set off fireworks 放鞭炮set off firecrackers
灯谜riddles written on lanterns
各路神仙
门神the God of Door 灶神the God of Kitchen
财神the God of Wealth 土地爷the God of Land
火神the God of Fire 喜神the God of Happiness
八仙the Eight Immortals
福禄寿三星the three gods of fortune, prosperity and longevity
其他
生肖、属相Chinese zodiac 微信红包WeChat red envelope
年兽Nian; Year monster 立春the Beginning of Spring
24节气24 Solar Terms 本命年the animal year in which one was born
春运Spring Festival travel rush
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