Major Traditional Festivals
1the Spring Festival
2the Lantern Festival
3the Qingming Festival(Clear and Bright Day,Pure Brightness Day)
4the Dragon Boat Festival
5the Double Seventh Festival
6the Mid-Autumn Festival
7the Double Ninth Festival
Spring Festival春节
~Spring Festival Eve
~nian,a ferocious(凶猛的）monster
~stick on the doors Spring Festival couplets written on red papers(对联）
~set off/light firecrackers and fireworks
~keep one’s houses brilliantly illuminated
~go to one’s relatives and friends to send one’s regards and congratulations
~the Spring Festival Gala春节联欢晚会
~laba porridge,a delicious kind of porridge made with glutinous rice(糯米)，millet(小米），seeds of Job’s tears（薏米）,dates(枣）,lotus seeds（莲子）,raisins （葡萄干)，beans,peanut kernels（花生仁）,etc.
~Preliminary Eve小年
~offer sacrifices to the Kitchen God祭奠灶王爷
~paste traditional Chinese paper-cuts on windows
~invert the drawing of the character“blessing”贴福
~a sumptuous family dinner家庭大餐
~auspicious吉祥的
~abundant富足的
~blessed有福的
~niangao，New Year cake made of glutinous rice flour年糕
~higher and higher,one year after another
~bidding farewell to the old and ushering in the new辞旧迎新
~gold nuggets金元宝
~drive away evil spirits
~dress up
~extend greetings to……问候
~lucky money for the Spring Festival,a New Year gift for children,wrapped up in red paper/envelope压岁钱
~handicraft手工艺品
Lantern Festival元宵节
~ice lanterns
~guess riddles pasted onto lanterns
~yuanxiao（also called tangyuan)，or rice dumplings,small dumpling balls made of glutinous rice flour with a filling(馅）,such as black sesame(黑芝麻)，bean paste(豆沙)，date paste(枣泥)，etc.
~reunion团圆
Qingming Festival清明节
~mourn(哀悼)the dead
~24seasonal division points节气
~spring plowing and sowing春耕
~the Hanshi Day（or Cold Food Day)寒食节
~put out the kitchen fire
~pay respect to ancestors at their tombs
~tomb sweeping
~sweep tombs/graves
Dragon Boat Festival端午节
~in memory of Qu Yuan
~State of Chu
~during the Warring States period
~exile放逐
~zongzi,pyramid-shaped dumplings made of glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves
~realgar wine雄黄酒
~wormwood艾蒿
~fragrant pouches香袋
~colored silk threads
~dragon boat racing
Double Seventh Festival七夕节
~Cowherd牛郎
~Girl Weaver/Weaver Maid织女
~the Empress of Heaven王母娘娘
~gold hairpins(发簪）
~celestial river(天河）
~magpie喜鹊
Mid-Autumn Festival中秋节
~Hou Yi
~Chang E
~Mount Kunlun
~shoot down nine suns
~ascend to Heaven升天
~elixir长生不老药，灵丹妙药，圣水
~a celestial being神仙
~worship/appreciate the full and bright moon赏月
Double Ninth Festival重阳节
~Chongyang Festival
~Senior Citizens’Day
~revere the aged/the elderly/elders尊敬老人，老人不用old，old表示身体不好的有病的
~yin，or the feminine阴
~yang,or the masculine阳
~The Book of Changes易经