如何用英文介绍中国传统文化
春节文化
In the old days, New Year's money was given in the form of one hundred copper coins strung together on a red string and symbolized the hope that one would live to be a hundred years old. Today, money is placed inside red envelopes in denominations considered auspicious and given to represent luck and wealth。
辞旧岁：bid farewell to the old year
扫房：spring cleaning; general house-cleaning
新春佳节
1.传统中国节日：traditional Chinese festival
2.农历：lunar calendar
3.腊八节：Laba Festival
4.小年：Little New Year
5.除夕：Lunar New Year's Eve
6.春节：the Spring Festival
7.正月初一：Lunar New Year's Day
8.元宵节：the Lantern Festival
9.正月：the first month of the lunar year
10.二月二：Dragon Heads-raising Day
传统习俗
11.喝腊八粥：eat Laba porridge
12.扫尘：sweep the dust
13.扫房：spring cleaning
14.祭灶：offer sacrifices to the God of Kitchen
15.守岁：stay up
16.拜年：pay a New Year's call
17.祭祖：offer sacrifices to one's ancestors
18.祭财神：worship the God of Wealth
19.春联：Spring Festival couplets
20.贴倒福：paste the Chinese character "Fu" upside down
21.去晦气：get rid of the ill-fortune
22.辞旧岁：bid farewell to the old year
23.兆头：omen
24.禁忌：taboo
25.烧香：burn incense
阖家团圆
26.吃团圆饭：have a family reunion dinner
27.年夜饭：New Year's Eve dinner
28.全家团圆：family reunion
29.办年货：do Spring Festival shopping
30.敬酒：propose a toast
31.穿新衣：wear new clothes
32.红包：red envelops
33.压岁钱：gift money；money given to children as a Lunar New Year gift
美食小吃
34.年糕：rice cake；New Year cake
35.饺子：dumplings；Chinese meat ravioli
36.汤圆：dumplings made of sweet rice
37.八宝饭：eight-treasure rice pudding (steamed glutinous rice with bean paste, lotus seeds, preserved fruit, etc.)
38.什锦糖：assorted candies
39.糖莲子：candied lotus seed
40.花生糖：peanut candy
41.蜜冬瓜：candied winter melon
42.瓜子：red melon seeds
43.金桔：cumquat
44.红枣：red dates
45.春卷：spring roll
46.冰糖葫芦：candied haws on a stick
47.驴肉火烧：donkey burger
48.腊肠：Chinese sausage
49.米酒：rice wine
50.腊肉：preserved meat
51.糖板栗：sugar chestnut
52.四喜丸子：four-joy meatballs
民间艺术
53.泥人：clay figure
54.皮影戏：shadow puppetry
55.木偶戏：puppet show
56.刺绣：embroidery
57.剪纸：paper-cut
58.中国结：Chinese knot
59.年画：New Year painting
60.吹糖人：sugar-figure blowing
61.舞龙：dragon dance
62.舞狮：lion dance
63.秧歌：Yongko dance；rural folk dance
64.灯笼：lantern
曲艺表演
65.戏曲：traditional opera
66.折子戏：opera highlights
67.相声：comic dialogue；cross talk
68.小品：skits；sketch
69.口技：vocal imitations；ventriloquism
70.杂技：acrobatic performance
71.马戏：circus performance
72.京韵大鼓：drum song of Peking
73.踩高跷：walk on stilts
74.杂耍：variety show；vaudeville
娱乐活动
75.打麻将：play mahjong
76.庙会：temple fair
77.春节联欢晚会：Spring Festival gala
78.灯会：exhibit of lanterns
79.送贺卡：send New Year's greeting cards
80.理发：have a haircut
81.放烟花：set off fireworks
82.放鞭炮：set off firecrackers
83.灯谜：riddles written on lanterns
各路神仙
84.门神：the God of Door
85.灶神：the God of Kitchen
86.财神：the God of Wealth
87.土地爷：the God of Land
88.火神：the God of Fire
89.喜神：the God of Happiness
90.福禄寿三星：the three gods of fortune, prosperity and longevity
91.八仙：the Eight Immortals
其他
92.生肖、属相：Chinese zodiac
93.鸡年：the Year of the Rooster
