雅思必备词汇之传统文化篇

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春联 Spring Festival couplets

年画 New Year pictures

剪纸 paper-cuts

红包 red packets (cash wrapped up in red paper)

舞狮 lion dance

舞龙 dragon dance

灯笼 lantern

灯谜 riddles written on lanterns

灯会 exhibit of lanterns

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

祭祖 offer sacrifices to one' s ancestors

元宵 rice dumpling

踩高跷 stilt walking

扭秧歌 yangge dance

扫墓 sweep graves of one' s ancestors or loved ones

赛龙舟 dragon-boat racing

粽子 zongzi (sticky rice dumpling wrapped in reed or bamboo leaves)

月饼 moon cake

赏月 appreciate the glorious full moon

农历正月初一春节 the Spring Festival

农历正月十五元宵节 Lantern Festival

农历五月初五端午节 the Dragon-Boat Festival

农历七月初七乞巧节(中国情人节）Double-Seventh Day

农历八月十五中秋节 the Mid-Autumn Festival

农历九月初九重阳节 the Double Ninth Festival

农历腊月初八腊八节 the laba Rice Porridge Festival

工笔 elaborate style

毛笔 writing brush

书法 calligraphic art

楷体 formal script/regular script

行书 running script

unset Song-dynasty script