传统节日 Traditional Festivals

　　拜年 paying a New Year call

　　爆竹 firecracker

　　鞭炮 a string of small firecrackers

　　除夕 New Year's Eve

　　春节 Spring Festival

　　春联 Spring Festival couplets (conveying best wishes for the year )

　　辞旧迎新 bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new

　　大扫除 year-end household cleaning

　　灯谜 lantern riddles

　　登高 hill climbing

　　端午节 Dragon Boat Festival

　　恭喜发财 May you be prosperous! / Wish you all the best!

　　观灯 viewing the lanterns

　　贺岁片 New Year film

　　饺子 dumplings (with meat and vegetable stuffing )

　　龙灯舞 dragon lantern dance

　　庙会 temple fair

　　年画 New Year picture

　　年夜饭 family reunion dinner on Lunar New Year's Eve

　　清明节 Tomb-sweeping Festival 　　扫墓 paying respect to the dead 　　赏菊 enjoying chrysanthemum 　　赏月 enjoying the full moon

　　狮子舞 lion dance

　　压岁钱 money given to children as a Lunar New Year gift

　　秧歌舞 yangge dance

　　元宵 sweet rice-flour dumplings (eaten on the Lantern Festival )

　　元宵节 Lantern Festival

　　月饼 moon cake

　　植树节 Tree-planting Day

　　中秋节 Mid-autumn Festival

　　重阳节 Double Ninth Festival

　　粽子 a pyramid-shaped dumpling made of glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves艺术及工艺 Arts and Crafts

　　版画 engraving

　　贝雕画 shell carving picture

　　彩塑 painted sculpture

　　瓷器 porcelain; china

　　刺绣 embroidery

　　雕刻 carving

　　宫灯 palace lantern

　　国画 Chinese painting

　　剪纸 paper-cut

　　景德镇瓷 Jingdezhen porcelain

　　景泰蓝 cloisonné enamel

　　蜡染 batik

　　卖秸画 straw patchwork

　　木/石/竹刻 wood/stone/bamboo carving

　　木刻画 wood engraving

　　泥人儿 clay figure

　　皮影 shadow puppet

　　漆画 lacquer painting