中国民俗文化英语词汇荟萃解读
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 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 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 1 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 Childrens Day 妇女节 Womens 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 Valentines Day 重阳节Double Ninth Day/the Aged Day 3.民俗词汇 赋诗 inscribe a poem 2 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 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-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 3 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