中国民俗文化英语词汇荟萃
1． 常见传统节日及其活动
春节Spring Festival
拜年pay a New Year visit
鞭炮，爆竹 firecracker
除夕Eve of Chinese New Year
春联Spring couplets
辞旧迎新ring out the old year and ring in the new
饺子 Jiaozi, boiled dumpling
锅贴 pot sticker
庙会temple fair
鸣钟辞旧岁 ring out the old year
年画(traditional) New Year pictures
年夜饭 the Eve Feast; family reunion dinner on Lunar New Year’s Eve
年终大扫除 year-end household cleaning
守岁stay up late on the New Year’s Eve
团圆饭family reunion dinner
压岁钱 New Year gift-money; money given to children as a New Year gift
舞龙dragon dance
元宵节Lantern Festival (15th day of the first lunar month)
元宵sweet sticky rice dumplings
花灯festival lantern
灯谜 lantern riddle
狮子舞lion dance
踩高跷 stilt walking
清明节 Pure Brightness Festival/Tomb-sweeping Day (April the 5th)
扫墓sweep tomb sites of loved ones
祭祖offer sacrifices to the ancestors
踏青 go for an outing in spring
端午节dragon Boat Festival (5th of the fifth lunar month)
赛龙舟 dragon boat race
粽子zongzi (pyramid-shaped dumpling made by glutinous rice wrapped in reed or bamboo leaves)
亡灵Departed soul
忠臣loyal minister
诗人屈原Quyuan the poet
中秋节Moon Festival/Mid- Autumn Day (15th of eighth lhunar month)
月饼 mooncake
赏月appreciate the glorious full moon
团圆 reunion
桂花 sweet osmanthus
重阳节Double Ninth Day/the Aged Day
赏菊 admire the beauty of chrysanthemum
登高climb mountain
中药 TCM (traditional Chinese medicine)
秦始皇帝First Emperor, Emperor Chin
2.传统节日词汇
春节 Spring Festival
元宵节 Lantern Festival
端午节 Dragon Boat Festival
儿童节 Children’s Day
妇女节 Women’s Day
泼水节 Water-Splashing Day
五四青年节 Youth Day
国庆节 National Day
中秋节 Mia-Autumn Festival
荔枝节 the Litchi Festival
西瓜节 the Water Melon Festival
风筝节 the Kate Festival
教师节 the Teachers’ Day
建军节 the Army Day
七夕节 Chinese Valentine’s Day
重阳节Double Ninth Day/the Aged Day
3.民俗词汇
赋诗 inscribe a poem
对对联matching an antithetical couplet
轿子sedans
风车 pinwheel
杂技 acrobatics
魔术 magic
拨浪鼓 shaking drum
竹苗 bamboo flute
皮影 shadow puppet
糖人 sugar-molded
四合院 courtyard homes
踩高跷 stilt walk
武术 martial arts
人力车 rickshaw
宫灯 palace lantern
猜拳 finger-guessing game
说书 monologue story-telling
老字号 time-honored
相声 cross talk
拜年 pay a new year call
爆竹 firecracker
鞭炮 a string of small fire crackers
大扫除 year-end household
灯谜 lantern riddles
庙会 temple fair
年画 new year’ s picture
挂年画 to hang out new year’s picture
年夜饭 family reunion dinner on lunar new year
守岁 to stay awake all night
年糕 glutinous cake for new year
大年初一 the first day of the first lunar month
八宝饭 eight-treasure rice pudding
对联 poetic couplets
贴春联 to put up antithetical couplets
糊窗花 to put up window paper-cuts
压岁钱 money given to children as a lunar new year gift
4. 中国古代四大发明
火药 gunpowder
指南针 compass
造纸术 paper-making techniques
印刷术 paper-printing techniques
5. 京剧相关词汇
地方戏：local opera
戏剧脸谱theatrical mask
生 male characters
旦 female characters
净 painted face characters
末 middle-aged male characters
丑 clown
6. 中国特有的事务
民间传说folklores
寓言 fable
传说legend
神话mythology
玉皇大帝God of Heaven
八仙 the Eight Immortals
嫦娥Chang’e, the Chinese moon goddess
伏羲F u Xi, God of Fishery and Husbandry
福禄寿三星god of fortune, god of prosperity, and god of longevity
财神god of fortune
灶神 god of the kitchen
公神 Gonggong, God of Water
后羿Houyi (a legendary hero who shot down nine suns)
黄帝 Yellow Emperor
夸父Kuafu (a fabled sun-chasing giant )
女娲 Nuwa: a goddess who patches up the sky
盘古Pan Gu, creator of the universe
神农Patron of Agriculture
禹 Yu, the reputed founder of the Xia Dynasty
祝融Zhurong, God of Fire
阳历solar calendar
公历Gregorian calendar
阴历lunar calendar
天干 heavenly stem spring4四合院论坛
地支 earthly branch
闰年leap year
二十四节气the twenty-four solar terms
十二生肖zodiac
鼠rat
牛ox
虎 tiger
兔 hare
龙dragon
蛇 snake
马horse
羊 sheep
猴 monkey
鸡 rooster
狗 dog
猪pig
猴年year of monkey
本命年 one’s year of birth considered in relation to the 12 Terrestrial Branches
武术 martial arts
气功 Qigong
打擂台 to fight a challenge fight in an arena
听评书 to listen to historical or traditional stories
下象棋 to play Chinese chess
练习书法 to make special studies of calligraphy
画国画 to do traditional Chinese painting
题诗 to inscribe a poem
求对 to match an antithetical couplet

7.画类
壁画 mural
国画 Chinese traditional painting
水墨画 ink and wash painting
绢画 silk painting
木刻画 wood engraving
版画 engraving
贝雕画 shell carving painting
年画 new year picture

8.陶器类
陶器 pottery ware
玉器 jade article
瓷器 china ware
青瓷 celadon
青铜器 bronze ware
景泰蓝 cloisonné enamel
漆器 lacquer ware
彩陶 painted pottery
唐三彩 trio-colored glazed pottery of the Tang Dynasty

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