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