firecracker 鞭炮，爆竹

　　Eve of Chinese New Year 除夕

　　Spring couplets 春聯(lián)

　　ring out the old year and ring in the new 辭舊迎新

　　Jiaozi, boiled dumpling 餃子

　　pot sticker 鍋貼

　　temple fair 廟會(huì)

　　ring out the old year 鳴鐘辭舊歲

　　(traditional) New Year pictures 年畫(huà)

　　the Eve Feast; family reunion dinner on Lunar New Year’s Eve 年夜飯

　　year-end household cleaning 年終大掃除

　　stay up late on the New Year’s Eve 守歲

　　family reunion dinner 團(tuán)圓飯

　　New Year gift-money; money given to children as a New Year gift 壓歲錢(qián)

　　dragon dance 舞龍

　　Lantern Festival (15th day of the first lunar month) 元宵節(jié)

　　sweet sticky rice dumplings 元宵

　　festival lantern 花燈

　　lantern riddle 燈謎

　　lion dance 獅子舞

　　stilt walking 踩高蹺

　　Pure Brightness Festival/Tomb-sweeping Day (April the 5th) 清明節(jié)

　　sweep tomb sites of loved ones 掃墓

　　offer sacrifices to the ancestors 祭祖

　　go for an outing in spring 踏青

　　dragon Boat Festival (5th of the fifth lunar month) 端午節(jié)

　　dragon boat race 賽龍舟

　　zongzi (pyramid-shaped dumpling made by glutinous rice wrapped in reed or bamboo leaves) 粽子

　　Departed soul 亡靈

　　loyal minister 忠臣