The Dragon Boat Festival ,also called the Duanwu Festival ,is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese calendar.People always eat rice dumplings and watch dragon boat races to celebrate it.
各种的中介绍
1. 春节(农历一月一日) Spring Festival传统节日英文翻译；Chinese New Year’sDay
2. 元宵节(农历一月十五日) Lantern Festival
3. 清明节(4月5日)Tomb-Sweeping Day
4. 端午节(农历五月初五) Dragon Boat Festival
5.中秋节(农历八月十五) Mid-Autumn (Moon)Festival
6. 重阳节(农历九月九日) Double-ninth Day
7.. 除夕(农历十二月三十日)New Year’s Eve
【中国常见传统活动中英对照】
过年 celebrate the spring festival
春联 spring festival couplets
剪纸 paper-cuts
年画 new year paintings
买年货 do shopping for the spring festival；dospring festival shopping
敬酒 propose a toast
灯笼 lantern
烟花 fireworks
爆竹 firecrackers (people scare off evilspirits and ghosts with the loud pop.)
红包 red packets (cash wrapped up in redpaper，symbolize fortune and wealth in the coming year.)
舞狮 lion dance (the lion is believed tobe able to dispel evil and bring good luck.)
舞龙 dragon dance (to expect good weatherand good harvests)
戏曲 traditional opera
杂耍 variety show
灯谜 riddles written on lanterns
灯会 exhibit of lanterns
守岁 staying-up
拜年 pay new year’s call；givenew year’s greetings；pay new year’s visit
禁忌 taboo
去晦气 get rid of the ill- fortune
祭祖宗 offer sacrifices to one’s ancestors
压岁钱 gift money；moneygiven to children as a lunar new year gift culture note；inthe old days， new year’s money was given in theform of one hundred copper coins strung together on a red string and symbolizedthe hope that one would live to be a hundred years old. today, money is placedinside red envelopes in denominations considered auspicious and given torepresent luck and wealth
辞旧岁 bid farewell to the old year
扫房 spring cleaning; generalhouse-cleaning
年糕 nian-gao; rise cake; new year cake
团圆饭 family reunion dinner
年夜饭 the dinner on new year’s eve
饺子 jiao-zi/dumpling; chinese meatravioli
粽子 rice dumpling