一. 100个中国传统文化名词
1.元宵节: Lantern Festival
2.刺绣：Embroidery
3.重阳节：Double-Ninth Festival
4.清明节：Tomb Sweeping Day
5.剪纸：Paper Cutting
6.书 法： Calligraphy
7.对联：Spring Festival Couplets
8.象形文字：Pictograms/Pictographic Characters
9.雄黄酒：Realgar Wine
10.四合院：Siheyuan/Quadrangle
cheongsam11.战国：Warring States
12.风水 ：Fengshui/Geomantic Omen
13.昆曲 ：Kunqu Opera
14.长 城 ：The Great Wall
15.集体舞 ：Group Dance
16.黄土高原 ：Loess Plateau
17.红白喜事：Weddings and Funerals
18.中秋节：Mid-Autumn Day
19.花鼓戏：Flower Drum Song
20.儒家文化：Confucian Culture
21.中国结：Chinese knottin
22.古装片：Costume Drama
23.武打片：Chinese Swordplay Movie
24.元宵：Tangyuan/Sweet Rice Dumpling Soup
25.越剧：Yue Opera
26.火锅：Hot Pot
27.江南：South Regions of the Yangtze Rive
28.诗经：The Book of Songs
29.谜语：Riddle
30.史记：Historical Records/Records of the Grand Historian
31.红楼梦：A Dream of Red Mansions
32.西游记：The Journey to the West
33.除夕：Chinese New Year's Eve/Eve of the Spring Festival
34.针灸 ：Acupuncture
35.唐三彩 ：Tri-color Pottery of the Tang Dynasty/ The Tang Tri-colored pottery
36.二人转 : Errenzhuan
37.偏旁 :Radical
38.孟子：Mencius
39.亭/阁：Pavilion/Atti
40.黄梅戏 :Huangmei Opera
41.火 药 ：Gunpowder
42.农历 ：Lunar Calendar
43.印/玺 ：Seal/Stamp
44.腊 八 节 ：The laba Rice Porridge Festival
45.京 剧 ：Beijing Opera/Peking Opera
46.秦腔 ：Crying of Qin People/Qin Opera
47.太极拳 ：TaiChi
48.本草纲目: Compendium of Materia Medica
49.天坛 ：Altar of Heaven in Beijing
50.小吃摊 ：Snack Bar/Snack Stand
51.红双喜 ：Double Happiness
52.文房四宝笔墨纸砚: The Four Treasure of the Study/Brush,Inkstick,Paper,and Inkstone
53.春卷 ：Spring Rolls
54.莲藕 ：Lotus Root
55.罗盘 ：Luopan
56.故宫博物院 ：The Palace Museum
57.相声：Cross-talk/Comic Dialogue
58.五行 ：Five Phases
59.北京烤鸭 : Beijing Roast Duck
60.桃花扇：The Peach Blossom Fan
61.木偶戏：Puppet Show
62.敦煌莫高窟：Mogao Caves
63.电视小品：TV Sketch/TV Skit
64.甲骨文：Oracle Bone Inscriptions
65.古筝：Chinese Zither
66.二胡 ：Urheen
67.门当户对：Perfect Match/Exact Match
68.水浒: Water Margin/Outlaws of the Marsh
69.除夕：Chinese New Years Eve
70.国子监 ：Imperial Academy
71.兵马俑: Cotta Warriors/Terracotta Army
72.旗袍：Cheongsam
73.指南针：Compass
74.泼水节：Water-Splashing Day
75.馄饨：Wonton
76. 花卷：Steamed Twisted Rolls
77.羊肉泡馍：Pita Bread Soaked in Lamb Soup
78.冰糖葫芦：A stick of sugar-coated haws or apples,etc.
79.八宝饭：Eight-Treasure Rice Pudding
80.粉丝：Glass Noodles
81.豆腐脑：Jellied Bean Curd
82.小品：Witty Skits
83.孝顺：To Show Filial Obedience
84.武术：WushuChinese Martial Arts
85.宣纸：Rice Paper
86.衙门： Yamen
87.叩头：Kowtow
88. 中庸：The Way of Mediumcf. Golden Means
89.牌楼：PailouPai-Loo
90.东坡肉：Dongpo Pork
91.中山陵：The Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum
92.秦淮河：Qinhuai River
93.玄武湖：Xuanwu Lake
94.夫子庙：the Confucian Temple
95.鸭血粉丝：Duck Blood Fans
96.盐水鸭：Yanshuiya, or Salted and Baked Duck
97.大煮干丝：Gansi
98.小笼包：Steamed Buns
99.明孝陵：Ming Tomb
100.云锦：Nanjing brocade
范文
1.腊八节The Laba Festival
中文腊八节在农历的腊月初八;在这天,中国人有喝腊八粥的习俗;一般腊八粥是甜味粥,里面有红小豆、江米、核桃、花生、小米等;过了腊八节,各家就开始置办年货,打扫卫生,正式开始为春节的到来做准备了;
英语The Laba Festival falls on the eighth day of the twelfth month in the lunar calendar. On that day, the majority Chinese have long followed the tradition of eating laba porridge. Usually, the rice porridge tastes sweet, with Vigna angularis,glutinous rice,walnuts,peanuts and millet and so on. The Laba Festival also marks the beginning of preparing for the Spring Festival. Some families begin to do Spring Festival shopping and clean their houses after that day.
特词汇
扫房 spring cleaning; general house-cleaning
除尘 sweep the dust
买年货 do special purchases for the Spring Festival
2.春节The Spring Festival
中文对中国人来说,春节是最重要的节日;除夕这天,全家人要一起吃团圆饭;这是最好的一次家宴,不仅仅因为菜品丰富,更因为这是个全家人相聚的日子;年夜饭后,全家通常一起看春晚;过年的时候,各家都放鞭炮,贴春联;还有一件事也很重要,那就是守岁,在旧年的最后一天夜里不睡觉,熬夜迎接新一年的到来;
英语The Spring Festival is the most important festival for Chinese. On Chinese New Year's Eve, family members have reunion dinner together. This would be the best dinner, not only because we have various dishes, but it's the day we could meet all our family me
mbers. After supper, we usually watch the Spring Festival Gala together. Each family would let off firecrackers and paste Spring Festival couplets. Another thing is also important, which is people should stay up late all night on Chinese New Year's Eve to welcome the new year.
特词汇
剪纸/福/年画 paper-cuts/Fu/New Year pictures
敬酒 propose a toast
放烟花 let/set off fireworks
压岁钱 lucky money
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