传统节日以中国的农历为依据。农历年的岁首为春节，俗称 “过年” ，有祈年等多 种习俗， 是中国人民最隆重的传 统节日， 象征团结兴旺。
其他主要的节日有元宵节、清明节、 端午节、七夕节、中秋节、重阳节、冬至节、腊八节等等。每个节日都有其来源讲究和风俗习惯。
今天就来分别介绍一下这几个最著名也是最常考的几个英语节日和其相关习俗的英语表达吧
1.除夕(农历十二月三十日) New Year's Eve
2.春节(农历一月一日) Spring Festival；Chinese New Year'sDay
3.元宵节(农历一月十五日) Lantern Festival
4.清明节(4月5日)Tomb-Sweeping Day
5.端午节(农历五月初五) Dragon Boat Festival
6.中秋节(农历八月十五) Mid-Autumn (Moon)Festival
7.重阳节(农历九月九日) Double-ninth Day
8.除夕(农历十二月三十日)New Year's Eve
下面罗列所有相关的专业术语翻译
过年 celebrate the Spring Festival
春联 Spring festival couplets
对联 antithetical couplet & couplets
年画 New Year paintings
团圆饭（年夜饭） Family reunion dinner
年糕 rise cake & new year cake
粽子 Traditional Chinese rice-pudding
饺子 Dumplings
压岁钱 Lucky money
红包 Red envelopes (cash wrapped up in redpaper，symbolize fortune and wealth in the coming year.)
门神[1] Door-god
扫房 spring cleaning; generalhouse-cleaning
买年货 do shopping for the spring festival & do spring festival shopping
剪纸 Paper-cut
敬酒 Propose a toast
灯笼 Lantern
烟花 Fireworks
爆竹 Firecrackers (people scare off evilspirits and ghosts with the loud pop)
舞狮 lion dance (the lion is believed tobe able to dispel evil and bring good luck.)[2]
舞龙 dragon dance (to expect good weatherand good harvests)
戏曲 traditional opera
杂耍 variety show & acrobatics
灯谜 Latern riddles & riddles written on lanterns
灯会 exhibit of lanterns
拜年 pay new year's call & give new year's greetings & pay new year's visit
禁忌 taboo
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
迎新年 welcome in a new year
