七夕节:the Magpie Festival / Double Seventh Day (中国情人节)
中元节:the Hungry Ghost Festival
中秋节:the Mid-Autumn Festival
重阳节:the Double Ninth Festival
腊八节:the Laba Festival
泼水节:the Water-Splashing Day
2.相关节日活动
剪纸:paper cutting
书法:calligraphy
对联:couplets
红双喜:double happiness
红包(压岁钱):red envelope
压岁钱:lucky money
3.传统饮食
小吃摊:Snack Bar / Snack Stand
元宵:sweet rice dumpling
火锅:hot pot
春卷:spring roll(s)
莲藕:lotus(荷花/荷叶)root
北京烤鸭:Beijing roast duck
馄饨:wonton
花卷:steamed twisted(扭曲的) rolls
羊肉泡馍:pita bread soaked (浸)in lamb soup
冰糖葫芦:a stick of sugar-coated haws
八宝饭:eight-treasure rice pudding(布丁/甜食)
粉丝:glass noodles
豆腐脑:jellied (煮成胶冻状的)bean curd(凝乳)
东坡肉:Dongpo Pork
咸水鸭:boiled salted duck
鸭血粉丝汤:duck blood and silk noodles soup
4.传统建筑
长城:The Great Wall
故宫博物院:The Palace Museum
天坛:The Temple of Heaven
敦煌莫高窟:Mogao Caves
兵马俑:Cotta Warriors / Terracotta Army
5.文学艺术
《诗经》:The Book of Songs
《史记》:Historical Records / Records of the Grand Historian
《红楼梦》:A Dream of Red Mansions(公馆)
《西游记》:The Journey to the West
孔子:Confucius
孟子:Mencius
京剧:Beijing Opera / Peking Opera
黄梅戏:Huangmei Opera
秦腔:Crying of Qin People / Qin Opera
太极拳:TaiChi
文房四宝 (笔墨纸砚) :the Four Treasure of the Study / Brush, Inkstick, Paper, and Inkstone
宣纸:rice paper
相声:cross-talk / comic(滑稽的) dialogue
木偶戏:puppet(木偶)show
小品:witty(机智的)skits(滑稽剧。幽默短文)
武术:Wushu / Chinese Martial Arts
中庸:the way of medium / golden means
6.四大发明
火药:gunpowder
指南针:compass
造纸术:Papermaking
印刷术:Printing Technique