腊八节一过,就象征着春节马上要到了。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 Chinesefestival 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’sDay 元宵节 the Lantern Festival
正月 the first month of the lunaryear 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 Godof 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 ofWealth 春联 Spring Festival couplets
去晦气 get rid of theill-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 reuniondinner 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 tochildren as a Lunar New Year gift
美食小吃
年糕 rice cake; New Yearcake 饺子 dumpling; Chinese meat ravioli
汤圆 dumplings made of sweetrice 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 folkdance 灯笼 lantern
曲艺表演
戏曲 traditional opera 折子戏 opera highlights
相声 comic dialogue; crosstalk 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 greetingcards 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