中国-北京传统文化--英文释义

中国/北京传统文化

中国主要传统节日Traditional Chinese Festivals:

1. 春节(农历一月一日)

the Spring Festival

2. 除夕(农历十二月三十日)

the New Year's Eve

3. 中秋节(农历八月十五)

the Mid-Autumn Festival

4. 元宵节(农历一月十五日)

the Lantern Festival

5. 端午节(农历五月初五)

the Dragon Boat Festival

to commemorate Qu Yuan, a great Chinese patriotic poet 6. 清明节 (4月5日)

the Qingming Festival;

the Tomb-Sweeping Day

7. 重阳节 (农历九月九日)

the Double Ninth Festival

8. 元旦(1月1日)

New Year's Day

新年习俗New Year customs:

过年

celebrate the Spring Festival

拜年

pay a New Year visit ; give New Year's greetings;

pay a New Year's call

看春节联欢晚会

watch the CCTV New Year's Gala

贴春联

put up/ paste Spring Festival couplets; put up New Year scrolls

串亲戚

pay a New Year visit to relatives and friends

逛庙会

go to the temple fair

看花灯

watch flower lanterns

放鞭炮

set off firecrackers; let off firecrackers

放烟花

set off fireworks

春联

the Spring Festival couplets

剪纸

paper cut paper-cut

压岁钱

gift money; money given to children as a lunar new year gift

舞龙

dragon dance (to expect good weather and good harvests) (play dragon dance)

舞狮

lion dance (the lion is believed to be able to dispel evil and bring good luck.)

中国主要传统文化Traditional Chinese culture:

剪纸

paper cut

中国结

Chinese knot

风筝

kite

脸谱

facial mask

京剧

Beijing Opera/Peking Opera

太极拳

Tai Chi

汉字

Chinese character

筷子

chopsticks

中国功夫

Kung fu

儒家文化

Confucian culture

中国传统戏曲

Chinese traditional opera

传统中国建筑

traditional Chinese architecture

souvenir

北京著名景点Places of interest in Beijing:

南锣鼓巷

Nanluoguxiang Hutong；Nanluoguxiang；

帽儿胡同

Maoer Hutong

故宫

the Forbidden City / the Palace Museum / the Imperial Palace 颐和园

the Summer Palace

圆明园

the Yuanmingyuan Park

长城

the Great Wall

天安门广场

Tian’anmen Square

天坛

the Temple of Heaven

鸟巢

the Bird Nest

水立方

the Water Cube

香山

the Fragrant Hill

国家博物馆

the National Museum of China

首都博物馆

the Capital Museum

王府井大街

Wangfujing Street

老舍茶馆

Laoshe Teahouse

北京小吃Beijing snacks:

饺子

jiaozi; dumplings ; Chinese meat ravioli

包子

steamed stuffed buns

noodles（

在北京一家面馆at a local Beijing noodle restaurant

炸酱面

Beijing fried sauc1e noodles；Beijing noodles with fried bean and meat sauce

年糕

rice cake; new year cake；Niangao

火锅

hot pot