Spring Festival 春节联欢晚会 Spring Festival Gala / Chinese New Year Gala 农历 lunar calendar 正月 lunar January; the first month by lunar calendar 除夕 Lunar New Year's Eve 初一 the beginning of New Year 元宵节 the Lantern Festival习俗相关词汇：
对联 poetic couplet: two succeive rhyming lines in poetry 春联 Spring Festival couplets 剪纸 paper-cuts 年画 New Year paintings 买年货 special purchases for the Spring Festival 食物相关词汇：
年糕 rice cake; New Year cake 团圆饭 family reunion dinner 年夜饭 the dinner on New Year's Eve 饺子 Jiao-zi; Chinese meat ravioli 汤圆 dumplings made of sweet rice 八宝饭 Chinese rice pudding 糖果盘 candy tray 糖莲子 candied lotus seed 1 / 2 花生糖 peanut candy 其他词汇：
敬酒 propose a toast 烟花 fireworks 爆竹 firecrackers 红包 red envelopes 灯谜 riddles written on lanterns 灯会 exhibit of lanterns 守岁 staying-up 拜年 make New Year's call 祭祖宗 offer sacrifices to one's ancestors 压岁钱 gift money;
辞旧岁 bid farewell to the old year 扫房 spring cleaning; general house-cleaning
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