20 English Words About Chinese New Year

Greeting Season:

The Spring Festival The Spring Festival lunar calendar

New Year's Eve; the first month by lunar calendar

New Year's Eve; eve of lunar New Year

Christmas Day the beginning of the New Year The Lantern Festival

Customs:

New Year's Eve; eve of lunar New Year

Customs:

New Year's Eve; eve of lunar New Year

New Year's Day. have the Spring Festival

Couplet poetic couplet: two successive rhyming lines in poetry

Spring Festival couplets paper-cut paper-cuts

Buying New Year's goods. special purchases for the Spring Festival ; do Spring Festival shopping

New Year paintings propose a toast

Lantern: a portable light fireworks

Lantern: a light that is used to light fireworks

red packets red packets (cash wrapped up in red paper, symbolize fortune and wealth in the Spring Festival; do Spring Festival shopping)

Red packets (cash wrapped up in red paper, symbolize fortune and wealth in the Spring Festival). paper, symbolize fortune and wealth in the coming year.)

Lion dance (The lion is believed to be able to dispel evil and bring good luck.)

Dragon dance dragon dance (to expect expect good luck). dragon dance dragon dance (to expect good weather and good harvests)

Opera traditional opera variety show; vaudeville

Lantern riddles riddles written on lanterns 灯会 exhibit of lanterns

keeping-up staying-up taboo taboo

拜年 pay New Year's call; give New Year's greetings; New Year's visit

Traditional opera 杂耍 variety show; vaudeville Year's visit

Get rid of the ill- fortune

Offer sacrifices to one's ancestors

Lunar New Year's money gift money. money given to children as a lunar New Year gift

Culture Note: In the old days, New Year's money was given in the form of one hundred copper coins strung together on a metal plate. In the old days, New Year's 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

Farewell to the old year bid farewell to the old year

Sweep the house spring cleaning; general house-cleaning

Food names:

Nian-gao; rise cake; New Year cake

Reunion dinner family reunion dinner the dinner on New Year's Eve

Dumplings Jiao-zi; Chinese meat ravioli Eight treasures rice pudding

Tang-yuan; dumplings made of sweet rice, rolled into balls and stuffed

Nian-gao; rise cake; New Year cake

Reunion dinner family reunion dinner Tang-yuan; dumplings made of sweet rice , rolled into balls and stuffed with either sweet or spicy fillings

Candy tray: Assorted candies - sweet and fortune

Honey winter melon candied winter melon - growth and good health

Watermelon seeds red melon seed - joy, happiness, truth and sincerity

Kumquat cumquat - prosperity red dates red dates - prosperity

Candy tray: assorted candies with either sweet or spicy fillings

Candy tray. prosperity

Candied lotus seed - many descendents to come

Candied lotus root - fulfilling love relationship

Peanut candy - sweet

Peanut candy candy - sweet

Blessing:

Treasures fill the home, finance the home

Business flourishes

Peace all year round

Wishing you prosperity

Peace all year round

Wishing you prosperity

People are happy. You prosperity brings wealth

Harmony brings wealth

May all your wishes come true

Everything goes well

The country The country flourishes and people live in peace The country is rich and strong, the people are well off

Money and treasures will be plentiful The source of wealth is plentiful

Wishing you every success Promoting to a higher position Position Promoting to a higher position

Safe trip wherever you go

Wish you happiness and prosperity in the coming year!

Wish you success in your career and happiness of your life

Wish you success in your career and happiness of your life

Wish you success in your career and happiness of your life. you success in your career and happiness of your family!