中国古代文化词汇英文版

The four great inventions of ancient china中国古代四大发明Printing 印刷术

Paper making 造纸术

The compass指南针

Calligraphy书法

The four treasure of study: brush ,ink-stick, paper, ink-stone文房四宝

中国艺术

Peking opera 京剧

Qin opera秦腔

Comic cross talk 相声

Acrobatics杂技

Stilt walk 踩高跷

Puppet show 木偶戏

Shadow play 皮影戏

Opera highlight 折子戏

Clay figure 泥人

Ventriloquism口技

Festival lantern花灯

Lantern riddle 灯谜

Embroidery刺绣

Paper cutting剪纸

Acupuncture 针灸

Traditional chinese painting 中国画Chinese brush painting水墨画Chinese knot中国结

中国美食

Snack bar小吃摊

Moon cake 月饼

Rice cake年糕

Deep fired dough sticks 油条Soybean milk 豆浆

Steamed buns 馒头

Hand-stretched noodles拉面

Tofu ;bean curd 馄饨

Fired rice with egg 蛋炒饭

中国节日

The lantern festival 元宵节

The tomb-sweeping day 清明节The dragon-boat festival 端午节The mid-autumn day 中秋节

The double-ninth day重阳节

The double-seventh day 七夕节

中国古典名著

《大学》the great learning

《中庸》the doctrine of the mean

《论语》the analects of confucius

《孟子》the mencius

《孙子兵法》the art of war

《三国演义》three kingdoms

《西游记》journey to the west

《红楼梦》dream of the red mansions

《水浒传》heroes of the marshes

《山海经》the classic of mountains and rivers 《资治通鉴》history as a mirror

《春秋》the spring and autumn annals

《史记》historical records

《诗经》the book of songs

《礼记》the book of rites

《三字经》three-character scriptures

中国旅游景点

兵马俑the mausoleum of emperor

大雁塔terracotta warriors and horses

丝绸之路the silk road

敦煌莫高窟Mogao grottoes

华清池huaqing hot springs

五台山jiuhua mountain