1 版画 engraving 彩塑 painted sculpture 瓷器 porcelain; china 刺绣 embroidery 宫灯/花灯 palace/festival lantern 剪纸 papercutting 景德镇瓷器 Jingdezhen porcelain 木/石/竹刻 wood/stone/bamboo carving 唐三彩 tri-colored glazed pottery of the Tang Dynasty 中国水墨画 Chinese ink and wash painting 陶器 pottery 微雕 miniature engraving 象牙雕刻 ivory carving 京剧脸谱facial make-up in Peking Opera 木刻版画 wood engraving 木偶戏 puppet show 独角戏 monodrama; one-man show 皮影戏 shadow play; leather-silhouette show 京剧 Peking Opera 秦腔 Shaanxi Opera 单口相声 monologue comic talk 双口相声 witty dialogue 口技 vocal imitation 说书 monologue story-telling 杂技 acrobatic performance 叠罗汉 making a human pyramid 特技 stunt 哑剧 dumb show; mime 马戏 circus performance 2 春节 the Spring Festival 元宵 sweet dumplings made of glutinous rice flour 秧歌 yangko
年底大扫除 the year-end household cleaning 灯谜 lantern riddle 登高 hill climbing
拜年 paying a New Year call 鞭炮 firecracker
年画 (traditional) New Year picture 舞龙 dragon dance
春联 Spring Festival couplets 元宵节 the Lantern Festival 植树节 Tree-Planting Day 除夕 New Year's Eve
端午节 the Dragon Boat Festival 龙灯舞 dragon lantern dance 庙会 temple fair
年夜饭 family reunion dinner on New Year's Eve 清明节 Tomb-Sweeping Day
扫墓 pay respects to a dead person at his tomb 赏月 admire the moon
压岁钱 money given to children as a lunar New Year gift; gift money
辞旧迎新 ring out the old year and ring in the new year 中秋节 Mid-Autumn Day
重阳节 the Double Ninth Festival 十二生肖 Chinese Zodiac 七夕节 Double Seventh Day
粽子 traditional Chinese rice-pudding; zong zi 中餐烹饪 Chinese cuisine 粤菜Cantonese cuisine 淮扬菜 Huaiyang cuisine 鲁菜 Shandong cuisine 川菜 Sichuan cuisine 3
佛教 Buddhism
佛寺 Buddhist temple 道教 Taoism
道观 Taoist temple 道士 Taoist priest 儒教 Confucianism
儒家文化 Confucian culture 墨家 Mohism 法家 Legalism
孔庙 Confucian Temple 孔子 Confucius
《春秋》 The Spring and Autumn Annals 《史记》 Historical Records 《诗经》 The Book of Songs 《书经》 The Book of History 《易经》 The Book of Changes 《礼记》 The Book of Rites 四书 The Four Books
《大学》 The Great Learning
《中庸》 The Doctrine of the Mean 《论语》 The Analects of Confucius 《孟子》 The Mencius
《山海经》 The Claic of Mountains and Rivers 《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica 《资治通鉴》 History as a Mirror
《西厢记》 The Romance of West Chamber 《西行漫记》 Red Star Over China
《三国演义》 The Romance of the Three Kingdoms 《水浒传》 Water Margin
《聊斋志异》 Strange Tales of a Lonely Studio
《红楼梦》 A Dream of Red Mansions; The Story of the Stone
《西游记》 Pilgrimage to the West; A Journey to the West 武侠小说 martial arts novel 言情小说 romantic fiction 八股文 eight-part eay; stereotyped writing 五言绝句 five-character quatrain 七言律诗 seven-character octave 4 民间艺术 folk art 高雅艺术 refined art 戏剧艺术 theatrical art 电影艺术 film art 爱国主义精神 patriotism 文化产业 cultural industry 文化事业 cultural undertaking 文化交流 cultural exchange 文化冲突 cultural shock; cultural conflict 乡村文化 rural culture 民族文化 national culture 表演艺术 performing art 文化底蕴 cultural deposit 华夏祖先 the Chinese ancestor 同宗同源 be of the same origin 中国文学 Chinese literature 中国武术 Chinese martial arts; Kung Fu 中国书法 Chinese calligraphy 火药 gunpowder 印刷术 printing; art of printing 造纸术 papermaking technology 指南针 compa 中国结 Chinese knot 青铜器 bronze ware 武术门派 style/school of martial arts习武健身 practice martial arts for fitne 古代格斗术ancient form of combat 武林高手 top martial artist
气功 qigong 5
无与伦比的文学创作 unmatched literary creation 汉语的四声调 the four tones of Chinese 工艺 workmanship; craftsmanship 手工艺品 handicraft 泥人 clay figurine
苏绣 Suzhou embroidery 寓言 fable
神话 mythology 传说 legend
公历 the Gregorian calendar 阴历 the Lunar calendar 天干 Heavenly Stems 篆刻 seal cutting 闰年 leap year
二十四节气 24 solar terms 传统节日 traditional holiday
才子佳人 gifted scholar and beautiful lady 中华文明 Chinese civilization
中外学者 Chinese and overseas scholar 寺庙 temple 汉学家 sinologist
考古学家 archaeologist 人类学家 anthropologist 历史学家 historian 地理学家 geographer 宿命论 determinism
守岁 stay up late on New Year's Eve 桂花 sweet osmanthus
中药 traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) 文明摇篮 cradle of civilization
明清两代 the Ming and Qing Dynasties
江南South of the Yangtze River 水乡景色 riverside scenery
上海大剧院 Shanghai Grand Theater 样板戏 model opera
《霸王别姬》 Farewell to My Concubine 佛经 Buddhist scripture 都江堰 Dujiang Weir
《孙子兵法》 The Art of War
《三字经》 Three-Character Scripture 旗袍 cheongsam; chi-pao 中山装 Chinese tunic suit
唐装 Traditional Chinese garment; Tang suit 风水 geomancy 胡同 alley; hutong
《神农本草经》 Shen Nong's Herbal Claic 针灸 acupuncture 推拿 medical maage 切脉 feel the pulse
旧石器时代 the Paleolithic Period 母系氏族社会 matriarchal clan society 封建(制度)的 feudal 秦朝 the Qin Dynasty 汉朝 the Han Dynasty 唐朝 the Tang Dynasty 宋朝 the Song Dynasty 元朝 the Yuan Dynasty 明朝 the Ming Dynasty 清朝 the Qing Dynasty
秦始皇 the First Qin Emperor 皇太后 empre dowager
春秋时期 the Spring and Autumn Period
