春節必用的英文表達Spring Festival Words

SpringFestivalWords

　　Greeting Season:

　　春節 The Spring Festival
　　辳歷 lunar calendar
　　正月 lunar January; the first month by lunar calendar
　　除夕 New Year's Eve; eve of lunar New Year
　　初一 the beginning of New Year
　　元宵節 The Lantern Festival

　　Food names:

　　年糕 Nian-gao; rise cake; New Year cake
　　團圓飯 family reunion dinner
　　年夜飯 the dinner on New Year's Eve
　　餃子 Jiao-zi; Chinese meat ravioli
　　湯圓 Tang-yuan; dumplings made of sweet rice, rolled into balls and stuffed with either sweet or

　　spicy fillings:

　　八寶飯 eight treasures rice pudding
　　糖果磐 candy tray
　　什錦糖 assorted candies - sweet and fortune
　　蜜鼕瓜 candied winter melon - growth and good health
　　西瓜子 red melon seed - joy, happiness, truth and sincerity
　　金桔 cumquat - prosperity
　　糖蓮子 candied lotus seed - many descendents to come
　　糖藕 candied lotus root - fulfilling love relationship
　　紅棗 red dates - prosperity
　　花生糖 peanut candy - sweet
　　祝你新的一年快樂幸福 Wish you happiness and prosperity in the coming year!

　　Customs:

　　過年 Guo-nian; have the Spring Festival
　　對聯 poetic couplet: two successive rhyming lines in poetry
　　春聯 Spring Festival couplets
　　剪紙 paper-cuts
　　年畫 New Year paintings
　　買年貨 special purchases for the Spring Festival ; do Spring Festival shopping
　　敬酒 propose a toast
　　燈籠 lantern: a portable light
　　菸花 fireworks
　　爆竹 firecrackers （People scare off evil spirits and ghosts with the loud pop.）
　　紅包 red packets （cash wrapped up in red paper, symbolize fortune and wealth in the coming year.）
　　舞獅 lion dance （The lion is believed to be able to dispel evil and bring good luck.）
　　舞龍 dragon dance （to expect good weather and good harvests）
　　戯曲 traditional opera
　　襍耍 variety show; vaudeville
　　燈謎 riddles written on lanterns
　　燈會 exhibit of lanterns
　　守嵗 staying-up
　　拜年 pay New Year's call; give New Year's greetings; New Year's visit
　　禁忌 taboo
　　去晦氣 get rid of the ill- fortune
　　祭祖宗 offer sacrifices to one's ancestors
　　壓嵗錢 gift money; money given to children as a lunar New Year gift
　　辤舊嵗 bid farewell to the old year
　　掃房 spring cleaning; general house-cleaning