1、MajorTraditional Festivals1 the Spring Festival2 the Lantern Festival3 the Qingming Festival(Clear and Bright Day, Pure Brightness Day)4 the Dragon Boat Festival5 the Double Seventh Festival6 the Mid-Autumn Festival7 the Double Ninth FestivalSpring Festival春节Spring Festival Evenian ,a ferocious(凶猛的）
2、monsterstick on the doors Spring Festival couplets written on red papers(对联）set off/light firecrackers and fireworkskeep ones houses brilliantly illuminatedgo to ones relatives and friends to send ones regards and congratulationsthe Spring Festival Gala春节联欢晚会laba porridge ,a delicious kind of porrid
3、ge made with glutinous rice(糯米)，millet(小米），seeds of Jobs tears（薏米）,dates (枣）,lotus seeds（莲子）,raisins（葡萄干)，beans,peanut kernels（花生仁）,etc.Preliminary Eve小年offer sacrifices to the Kitchen God祭奠灶王爷paste traditional Chinese paper-cuts on windowsinvert the drawing of the character “blessing”贴福a sumptuous
4、family dinner家庭大餐auspicious吉祥的abundant富足的blessed有福的niangao，New Year cake made of glutinous rice flour年糕higher and higher, one year after anotherbidding farewell to the old and ushering in the new辞旧迎新gold nuggets金元宝drive away evil spiritsdress upextend greetings to问候lucky money for the Spring Festiva
5、l ,a New Year gift for children ,wrapped up in redpaper/envelope压岁钱handicraft手工艺品Lantern Festival元宵节ice lanternsguess riddles pasted onto lanternsyuanxiao（also called tangyuan)，or rice dumplings, small dumpling balls made ofglutinous rice flour with a filling(馅）,such as black sesame(黑芝麻)，bean paste
6、(豆沙)，date paste (枣泥)，etc.reunion团圆Qingming Festival清明节mourn(哀悼) the dead24 seasonal division points节气spring plowing and sowing春耕the Hanshi Day（or Cold Food Day)寒食节put out the kitchen firepay respect to ancestors at their tombstomb sweepingsweep tombs/gravesDragon Boat Festival端午节in memory of Qu Yuan
7、State of Chuduring the Warring States periodexile放逐zongzi, pyramid-shaped dumplings made of glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo orreed leavesrealgar wine雄黄酒wormwood艾蒿fragrant pouches香袋colored silk threadsdragon boat racingDouble Seventh Festival七夕节Cowherd牛郎Girl Weaver/Weaver Maid织女the Empress of Heaven
8、王母娘娘gold hairpins (发簪）celestial river (天河）magpie喜鹊Mid-Autumn Festival中秋节Hou YiChang EMount Kunlunshoot down nine sunsascend to Heaven升天elixir长生不老药，灵丹妙药，圣水a celestial being神仙worship/appreciate the full and bright moon赏月Double Ninth Festival重阳节Chongyang FestivalSenior CitizensDayrevere the aged/the elderly/elders尊敬老人，老人不用old，old表示身体不好的有病的yin，or the feminine阴yang , or the masculine阳The Book of Changes易经
