初中英语写作素材：中国传统文化的高频表达

一节日词汇 二十四节气 the twenty-four solar terms 春节 the Spring Festival 元宵节 the Lantern Festival 清明节 the Tomb-sweeping Day 端午节 the Dragon Boat Festival 中秋节 the Moon Festival/the Mid-Autumn Day 重阳节 the Double Ninth Day/the Aged Day 阳历 solar calendar 阴历 lunar calendar 1.the Spring Festival 春节 falls on the 1st day of the first lunar month paste couplets 贴对联 on New Years Eve 在除夕之夜 have a family reunion dinner 吃团圆饭 make dumplings 包饺子 set off firecrackers/fireworks 放鞭炮/放礼花 stay up late or all night on New Year’s Eve 守岁 give/get lucky money 给/得到压岁钱 pay a new year’s visit to our relatives or friends 拜年 2.the lantern Festival 元宵节 on the 15th day of the first lunar month eat Yuanxiao 吃元宵 watch lanterns 观灯 guess lantern riddles 猜灯谜 play the lion dance 耍狮子 play dragon lantern dance 舞龙灯 3.the Dragon Boat Festival 端午节 on the 5th day of the 5th lunar month race dragon boats 赛龙舟 eat rice dumplings 吃粽子 4.the Mid-autumn Festival 中秋节 on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month eat mooncakes 吃月饼 admire the moon at night 夜间赏月 family members get together and have a big meal 家人团聚吃大餐 二 其他词汇 Confucius 孔子 Confucian culture 儒家文化 Confucius Institute 孔子学院 Tang Poetry 唐诗 Tang Dynasty 唐朝 汉字 Chinese character 诗经The Books of Songs/The Book of Odes 孙子兵法The Art of War 史记Historical Records/Records of the Grand Historian 红楼梦A Dream of Red Mansions 西游记The Journey to the West 水浒Water Margin 三国演义Romance of Three Kingdoms 中国画 traditional Chinese painting 书法 calligraphy 茶文化 tea culture 茶道 tea ceremony 戏曲文化 opera culture 传统手工艺 traditional handicraft 糖人 sugar man 泥人 clay figurine 陶艺 pottery 水墨画 Chinese brush painting / ink and wash painting 寓言 fable 传说 legend 神话 mythology 重要文化遗产 major cultural heritage 文物 cultural relics 中华文明 Chinese civilization 文明摇篮 cradle of civilization 火药 gunpowder 印刷术 printing 造纸术 paper-making 指南针 compass 中国结 Chinese knot 旗袍 Cheongsam 皮影戏 shadow play 说书 story-telling 戏剧小品 skit 相声 comic cross talk 京剧 Beijing Opera/Peking Opera 京剧人物脸谱 Peking Opera Mask 武术 martial art 功夫 kung fu 太极拳 TaiChi 北京烤鸭 Beijing Roast Duck 火锅 Hot Pot 中华民族 the Chinese nation 传统美德 traditional virtues 尊敬老人 respect the elderly 赡养父母 support/take care of parents 继承 inherit 后人 later generation 保佑平安 keep sb safe 强身健体 improve the physical health; strengthen the body 三常用搭配 （一） 1.中国传统文化 traditional Chinese culture 2.被认为是 be considered/regarded as 3.文明摇篮 cradle of civilization 4.古文明 ancient civilization 5.博大精深 be extensive and profound 6.享有的声誉 enjoy a good/high reputation for 7.被誉为 be honored/crowned as 8.文化交流 cultural exchange 9.文化差异 cultural difference 10.占据重要地位 play a significant role; have/ occupy a significant place 11.推广中国文化