用英语表达中国传统文化

一. 100个中国传统文化名词
1.元宵节: Lantern Festival
2.刺绣：Embroidery
3.重阳节：Double-Ninth Festival
4.清明节：Tomb Sweeping Day
5.剪纸：Paper Cutting
6.书 法： Calligraphy
7.对联：(Spring Festival) Couplets
8.象形文字：PictogramsPictographic Characters
9.雄黄酒：Realgar Wine
10.四合院：SiheyuanQuadrangle
11.战国：Warring States
12.风水 ：FengshuiGeomantic Omen
13.昆曲 ：Kunqu Opera
14.长 城 ：The Great Wall
15.集体舞 ：Group Dance
16.黄土高原 ：Loess Plateau
17.红白喜事：Weddings and Funerals
18.中秋节：Mid- Autumn Day
19.花鼓戏：Flower Drum Song
20.儒家文化：Confucian Culture
21.中国结：Chinese knottin
22.古装片：Costume Drama
23.武打片：Chinese Swordplay Movie

24.元宵：TangyuanSweet Rice Dumpling (Soup)
25.越剧：Yue Opera
26.火锅：Hot Pot
27.江南：South Regions of the Yangtze Rive
28.《诗经》：The Book of Songs
29.谜语：Riddle
30.《史记》：Historical RecordsRecords of the Grand Historian
31.《红楼梦》：A Dream of Red Mansions
32.《西游记》：The Journey to the West
33.除夕：Chinese New Year's EveEve of the Spring Festival
34.针灸 ：Acupuncture
35.唐三彩 ：Tri- color Pottery of the Tang Dynasty The Tang Tri- colored pottery
36.二人转 : Errenzhuan
37.偏旁 :Radical
38.孟子：Mencius
39.亭阁：PavilionAtti
40.黄梅戏 :Huangmei Opera
41.火 药 ：Gunpowder
42.农历 ：Lunar Calendar
43.印玺 ：SealStamp
44.腊 八 节 ：The laba Rice Porridge Festival
45.京 剧 ：Beijing OperaPeking Opera
46.秦腔 ：Crying of Qin PeopleQin Opera
47.太极拳 ：TaiChi

48.《本草纲目》: Compendium of Materia Medica
49.天坛 ：Altar of Heaven in Beijing
50.小吃摊 ：Snack BarSnack Stand
51.红双喜 ：Double Happiness
52.文房四宝(笔墨纸砚): The Four Treasure of the StudyBrush,Inkstick,Paper,and Inkstone
53.春卷 ：Spring Roll(s)
54.莲藕 ：Lotus Root
55.罗盘 ：Luopan
56.故宫博物院 ：The Palace Museum
57.相声：Cross-talkComic Dialogue
58.五行 ：Five Phases
59.北京烤鸭 : Beijing Roast Duck
60.《桃花扇》：The Peach Blossom Fan
61.木偶戏：Puppet Show
62.敦煌莫高窟：Mogao Caves
63.电视小品：TV SketchTV Skit
64.甲骨文：Oracle Bone Inscriptions
65.古筝：Chinese Zither
66.二胡 ：Urheen
67.门当户对：Perfect MatchExact Match
68.《水浒》: Water MarginOutlaws of the Marsh
69.除夕：Chinese New Years Eve
70.国子监 ：Imperial Academy
71.兵马俑: Cotta WarriorsTerracotta Army

72.旗袍：Cheongsam
73.指南针：Compass
74.泼水节：Water-Splashing Day
75.馄饨：Wonton
76. 花卷：Steamed Twisted Rolls
77.羊肉泡馍：Pita Bread Soaked in Lamb Soup
78.冰糖葫芦：A stick of sugar-coated haws (or apples,etc.)
79.八宝饭：Eight-Treasure Rice Pudding
80.粉丝：Glass Noodles
81.豆腐脑：Jellied Bean Curd
82.小品：Witty Skits
83.孝顺：To Show Filial Obedience
84.武术：Wushu(Chinese Martial Arts)
85.宣纸：Rice Paper
86.衙门： Yamen
87.叩头：Kowtow
88. 中庸：The Way of Medium(cf. Golden Means)
89.牌楼：Pailou(Pai-Loo)
90.东坡肉：Dongpo Pork
91.中山陵：The Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum
92.秦淮河：Qinhuai River
93.玄武湖：Xuanwu Lake
94.夫子庙：the Confucian Temple
95.鸭血粉丝：Duck Blood Fans

96.盐水鸭：Yanshuiya, or Salted and Baked Duck
97.大煮干丝：Gansi
98.小笼包：Steamed Buns
99.明孝陵：Ming Tomb
100.云锦：Nanjing brocade

范文
1.腊八节(The Laba Festival)
【中文】腊 八节在农历的腊月初八。在这天，中国人有喝腊八粥的习俗。一般腊八粥是甜味粥，里面有
红小豆、江米 、核桃、花生、小米等。过了腊八节，各家就开始置办年货，打扫卫生，正式开始为春节
的到来做准备了 。
【英语】The Laba Festival falls on the eighth day of the twelfth month in the lunar calendar. On that
day, the majority Chinese have long followed the tradition of eating laba porridge. Usually, the rice
porridge tastes sweet, with Vigna angularis，glutinous rice，walnuts，peanuts and millet and so on. The
Laba Festival also marks the beginning of preparing for the Spring Festival. Some families begin to do
Spring Festival shopping and clean their houses after that day.
【特色词汇】
扫房 spring cleaning; general house-cleaning
除尘 sweep the dust
买年货 do special purchases for the Spring Festival

2.春节(The Spring Festival)
【中 文】对中国人来说，春节是最重要的节日。除夕这天，全家人要一起吃团圆饭。这是最好的一次家
宴，不 仅仅因为菜品丰富，更因为这是个全家人相聚的日子。年夜饭后，全家通常一起看春晚。过年的

< br>时候，各家都放鞭炮，贴春联。还有一件事也很重要，那就是守岁，在旧年的最后一天夜里不睡觉，熬夜迎接新一年的到来。
【英语】The Spring Festival is the most important festival for Chinese. On Chinese New Year's Eve,
family members have reunion dinner together. This would be the best dinner, not only because we
have various dishes, but it's the day we could meet all our family members. After supper, we usually
watch the Spring Festival Gala together. Each family would let off firecrackers and paste Spring
Festival couplets. Another thing is also important, which is people should stay up late all night on
Chinese New Year's Eve to welcome the new year.
【特色词汇】
剪纸福年画 paper-cutsFuNew Year pictures
敬酒 propose a toast
放烟花 letset off fireworks
压岁钱 lucky money

3.元宵节(The Lantern Festival)
【中文】农历正月十五是元宵节 ,它标志着中国春节的结束，通常这天家家都会吃元宵。元宵节的传统活
动是赏花灯和猜灯谜。元宵节赏 花灯也为大家提供了交朋友的机会。这天我们还会看到舞龙和舞狮的表
演。
【英语】The Lantern Festival marks the end of the celebrations of the Chinese New Year, and it's on
the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. People usually eat sweet dumplings made of glutinous rice
flour. Traditional activities are enjoying the display of various lanterns and guessing lantern riddles.
Enjoying beautiful lanterns also offers an opportunity for singles to make friends. Dragon and lion
dances can also been seen on that day.
【特色词汇】

糯米 glutinous rice
踩高跷 walk on stilts
扭秧歌 do the yangko dance
腰鼓舞 waist drum dance
烟火大会 fireworks party

4.清明节(The Qingming FestivalTomb Sweeping Day)
【中文】清明节是我国传统节日，也是最重 要的祭祀节日，是祭祖和扫墓的日子。清明节是二十四节气
之一，预示着春耕的好时节已经到了。清明节 又叫踏青节，因为一般在四月五日左右，正值春天，人们
喜欢郊游踏青，还喜欢在清明节放风筝。
【英语】The Tomb Sweeping Day is a traditional festival of China, and is also the most important
sacrifice festival. On that day, people worship ancestors and clean the tombs. It is one of the 24 solar
terms, which means that it's good time for spring ploughing. The Tomb Sweeping Day falls around
outing in spring. People also love to fly kites during the festival.
【特色词汇】
焚香 burn incense
扫墓者 tomb sweeper
致哀 sendoffer your condolences

5.端午节(The Dragon Boat FestivalDuanwu Festival)
【中文】农历五月初五是端午节，它是为了纪念中国伟大的爱国诗人屈原。端午节有吃粽子和赛龙舟的< br>习俗。粽子是一种用竹叶或芦苇叶包成棱形状的饭团子。我们将艾蒿放在门上辟邪，艾蒿还有驱除蚊虫的作用。

【英语】The festival is in memory of a great patriotic poet of China — Qu Yuan. It falls on the fifth day
of the fifth month in the lunar calendar. There are the customs of eating zongzi and having
dragon-boat race on that day. Zongzi is a pyramid-shaped dumpling made of glutinous rice and
wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves to give it a special flavor. We put Chinese mugwort on the door to
exorcise evil, and it also has insect-repellent function.
【特色词汇】
雄黄酒 realgar wine
香包 sachet
祛病 ward off disease

6.中秋节(The ）
【中文】每年的农历八月十五是中秋节。对中国人来说圆月代表着幸福圆满，所以中秋节时中国人全家
团聚，一同赏月、吃月饼。月饼大多是圆形的糕点，大多数月饼皮薄酥软，馅足香甜。
【英语】The Mid-autumn Festival falls on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar Chinese, the
full moon means blessedness and unity. Traditionally, on that day, family members and friends will
gather to admire the bright full moon and eat moon cakes. Typical moon cakes are round pastries.
Most moon cakes consist of a thin tender skin and a sweet filling.
【特色词汇】
合家团圆 family reunion
秋高气爽 the autumn sky is clear and the air is bracing
皎洁 (of moonlight) bright and clean

7.重阳节(The Double Ninth Festival) 【中文】农历的九月初九就是重阳节，是为了提倡大家多孝敬老人，特别是要孝敬自己的父母。很多人

会和自己的父母团聚。有些人会在这一天爬山，喝菊花茶。
【英语】The Double Ninth Festival is observed on the ninth day of the ninth month in the Chinese lunar
calendar. It is celebrated to advocate the filial devotion to the aged among people, especially to their
own parents. Many people will have get togethers and spend time with their parents. Some will go
mountain climbing and enjoy chrysanthemum tea.
【特色词汇】
赏菊花 enjoy chrysanthemum flowers
登高 climb mountains
孝心 filial sentimentsdevotion

8.一些常见句子
【1】Traditional cultural spirit and modern times’ cultural spirit interweave and struggle.
传统文化精神与近现代文化精神交织并搏斗。
【2】Zhouyi is the origin of Chinese traditional culture because of its profoundness.
《周易》内容博大精深，是中国几千年传统文化的渊源。
【3】The folk songs of SHE-Minority are the treasure of She traditional culture.
畲族民歌是畲族传统文化中的瑰宝。
【4】Water has its fountainhead and tree has its root. China traditional culture's basic is in Pre- qin
Dynasty.
水有源，树有根，中国传统文化的根源在先秦。
【5】During this period, Dai learned traditional Chinese culture from art masters such as Zhang Daqian
and Ye Qianyu.
在此期间，她与艺术大师张大千、叶浅予等交往学习中国传统文化。
【6】Because it embodied the traditional cultural values of clarity, fineness, simplicity and

far- sightedness
因其特有的音质和品格，集中体现了传统文化追求的清、微、淡、远的审美意境和艺术精神