In the season of joy I present my sincere wishes and kind thoughts. May this New Year outshine all the rest！
新春佳节
1.传统中国节日 traditional Chinese festival
2.农历 lunar calendar
3.腊八节 Laba Festival
4.小年 Little New Year
5.除夕 Lunar New Year's Eve
6.春节 the Spring Festival
7.正月 lunar January；the first month by lunar calendar
8.正月初一 the Lunar New Year's Day
9.元宵节 the Lantern Festival
10.二月二 Dragon Heads-raising Day
美食小吃
1.年糕 rice cake;New Year's cake
2.团圆饭 family reunion dinner
3.年夜饭 the dinner on New Year's Eve
4.饺子 dumplings
5.汤园 Tang-yuan;dumplings made of sweet rice
6.什锦糖 assorted candies
7.糖莲子 candied lotus seed
8.蜜冬瓜 candied winter melon
9.去晦气 get rid of the ill-fortune
10.兆头 omen
11.禁忌 taboo
12.敬酒 propose a toast
阖家团圆
1.吃团圆饭 have a family reunion dinner
2.年夜饭 New Year's Eve dinner
3.全家团圆 family reunion
4.办年货 do Spring Festival shopping
5.敬酒 propose a toast
6.穿新衣 wear new clothes
7.红包 red envelops
8.压岁钱 gift money;money given to children as a Lunar New Year gift
民间艺术
1.泥人 clay figure
2.皮影戏 shadow puppetry
3.木偶戏 puppet show
4.刺绣 embroidery
5.剪纸 paper-cut
6.中国结 Chinese knot
7.年画 New Year painting
8.吹糖人 sugar-figure blowing
9.舞龙 dragon dance
10.舞狮 lion dance
11.秧歌 Yongko dance；rural folk dance
曲艺表演
1.戏曲 traditional opera
2.折子戏 opera highlights
3.相声 comic dialogue；cross talk
4.小品 skits；sketch
5.口技 vocal imitations；ventriloquism
6.杂技 acrobatic performance
7.马戏 circus performance
8.京韵大鼓 drum song of Peking
9.踩高跷 walk on stilts
10.杂耍 variety show;vaudeville
娱乐节目
1.打麻将 playing mahjong
2.庙会 Temple Fair
3.春节联欢晚会 Spring Festival gala
4.灯会 exhibit of lanterns
5.送贺卡 sending New Year's greeting cards
6.理发 have a haircut
7.放烟花 set off fireworks
8.放鞭炮 set off firecrackers
9.灯迷 riddles written on lanterns
各路神仙
1.门神 the God of Door
2.灶神 the God of Kitchen
3.财神 the God of Wealth
4.土地爷 the God of Land
5.火神 the God of Fire
6.喜神 the God of Happiness
7.八仙 the Eight Immortals
8.福禄寿三星 the three gods of fortune. prosperity and longevity
