春节民俗

春节带来热闹和喜气，处处张灯结彩，人们喜笑颜开，在老外眼里，这个传统文化浓烈的节日就如我们眼里的圣诞节，但是不经过我们的介绍老外他们可领悟不到中国传统文化的神秘与涵义，一块来学习用英语向老外介绍这些民俗吧。

扫尘spring cleaning

春联Spring Festival couplets

年画New Year paintings

剪纸paper-cuts

年夜饭Chinese New Year's Eve dinner

压岁钱 gift money/money given to children as a lunar New Year gift

烟花fireworks

爆竹firecrackers

舞龙灯dragon lantern dance

舞狮lion dance

拜年pay New Year visits

庙会temple fair

敬酒 propose a toast

守岁 staying-up

祭祖宗 offer sacrifices to one's ancestors

去晦气 get rid of the ill- fortune

辞旧岁 bid farewell to the old year

八宝饭 eight treasures rice pudding

禁忌 taboo

糖果盘 candy tray

灯会 exhibit of lanterns

腊八粥laba rice porridge