传统节日口语词组

过年 celebrate the spring festival

春联 spring festival couplets

剪纸 paper-cuts

年画 new year paintings

买年货 do shopping for the spring festival ; do spring festival shopping

敬酒 propose a toast

灯笼 lantern

烟花 fireworks

爆竹 firecrackers

红包 red packets

舞狮 lion dance

舞龙 dragon dance

戏曲 traditional opera

杂耍 variety show

灯谜 riddles written on lanterns

灯会 exhibit of lanterns

守岁 staying-up

拜年 pay new year give new years greetings; pay new years visit

禁忌 taboo

去晦气 get rid of the ill- fortune

祭祖宗 offer sacrifices to ones ancestors

压岁钱 gift money; money given to children as a lunar new year gift

culture note: in the old days, new years money was given in the form of one hundred copper coins strung together on a red string and symbolized the hope that one would live to be a hundred years old. today, money is placed inside red envelopes in denominations considered auspicious and given to represent luck and wealth