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1、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
2、饭 the Eve Feast; family reunion dinner on Lunar New Years Eve 年终大扫除 year-end household cleaning 守岁 stay up late on the New Years 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)
3、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 t
4、he 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 m
5、oon 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 Childrens Day 妇女节 Womens Day
6、 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 Valentines 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 antithetic
7、al 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 firec
8、racker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 years 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-
9、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 gift4. 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 techniques5. 京剧相关词汇地方戏：local opera戏剧脸谱 theatrical mask生 male ch
10、aracters旦 female characters净 painted face characters末 middle-aged male characters丑 clown6. 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 Change, the Chinese moon goddess 伏羲 F u Xi, God of Fishery and Husbandry 福禄寿三星 god of fortune, god of prosperi
11、ty, 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 Agricultur
12、e 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 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
13、 狗 dog 猪 pig 猴年 year of monkey 本命年 ones 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 d
14、o traditional Chinese painting题诗 to inscribe a poem求对 to match an antithetical couplet7.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 picture8.陶器类陶器 pottery ware玉器 jade article瓷器 china ware青瓷 cel
15、adon青铜器 bronze ware景泰蓝 cloisonn enamel漆器 lacquer ware彩陶 painted pottery唐三彩 trio-colored glazed pottery of the Tang Dynasty9.雕刻类冰雕 ice carving玉雕 jade carving石雕 stone carving骨雕 bones carving贝雕 shell carving木雕 wood carving根雕 tree root carving瓷器雕 porcelain carving象牙雕 ivory carving10.塑像类彩塑 painted sculpt
16、ure画塑 dough figurine泥人儿 clay figure11.扇类绢扇 silk fan檀香扇 sandal wood fan折扇 folding fan12.宝石类珍珠 pearl玛瑙 agate珊瑚 coral翡翠 green jade琥珀 玉 jade13.工艺类刺绣 embroidery双面秀 two-sided embroidery挂毯 tapestry蜡染 batik藤条制品 wickerwork真丝 pure silk烟嘴 cigarette holder 鼻烟壶 snuff bottle图章 seal盆景 potted landscape屏风 screen14.其他解放 the Liberation in 1949建国 the founding of the Peoples Republic of China in 1949改革开放 to carry out reforms and adopt open policies基层 at g
