一、传统节日：

1.腊八节 The Laba Rice Porridge Festival/Laba Festival

2.除夕New Year s Eve

3.春节 The Spring Festival

4.元膏节 Lantern Festival

5.清明节 Qingming Festival/Tomb-Sweeping Day

6.端午节Dragon Boat Festival

7.七夕节 Double Seventh Festival

8.中秋节 Mid-Autumn Festival

9.重阳节 Double Ninth Festival

10.春联 Spring Festival couplets

11.拜年 Paying a New Year call

二、传统美食：

12.北京烤鸭 Beijing roast duck

13.豆藂 Soybean milk

14.馒头 Mantou/steamed bun

15.火锅 Hot pot

16.春卷 Spring roll

17.炸酱面Noodles with soybean paste

18.麻花Fried dough twist

19.粽子Zongzi/rice dumpling

20.拉面Hand-pulled noodles/stretched noodles

21.馄饨Wonton/chinese dumplingsoup

22.豆腐Tofu/bean curd

其它传统美食：

年糕：Rice cake；New Year cake

饺子：Dumplings；jiaozi

汤圆：Dumplings made of sweet rice

春卷：Spring roll

八宝饭：Eight-treasure rice pudding (steamed glutinous rice with bean paste, lotus seeds, preserved fruit, etc.)

花生糖：Peanut candy

瓜子：Red melon seeds

红枣：Red dates

冰糖葫芦：Candied haws on a stick

腊肠：Chinese sausage

腊肉：Preserved meat

糖炒栗子：Sugar chestnut

三、传统名著

23.《史记》The Historical Records

24.《诗经》The Book of Songs

25.《春秋》The SSpring and Autumn Annals

26.《论语》The Analects of Confucius

27.《三国演义》Romance of the Three Kingdoms

28.《术游传》Water Margin/Outlaws of the Marsh

29.《西游记》Pilgrimage to the West/丁oumey to the West

30.《红楼梦》A Dream in Red Mansions/The Story of the Stone

31.《山海经》The Classic of Mountains and Rivers

32.《三字经》Three-Character scripture

33.《资治通鉴》History as a Mirror

四、著名景点

34.长城The Great Wall

    35.泰始皇陵Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor

36.兵马偏Terra-Cotta Warriors

37.敦煌莫高Mo Kao Grotto at Dunhuang

38.敲楼Drum-tower

39.故宫The Forbidden City/the Palace Museum

40.天坛Temple of Heaven

41.西湖West Lake

42.日月潭Sun Moon Lake/Riyuetan Pool

43.十三陵The Ming Tombs

44.苏州园林Suzhou Garden(s)

五、古代发明

45.四大发明The four great inventionsof ancient China

46.火药Gunpowder

47.印刷术Printing/arts of printing

48.造纸术Papermaking technology

49.指南针Compass

50.中国结Chinese knot

51.青钥器Bronzeware

52.瓷器china/porcelain

53.刺绣Embroidery

54.中药TCM/traditional chinese medicine

55.四合院Courtyard

六、传统艺术

56.京剧Peking opera

57.皮影戏Shadow play

58.太极Tai Chi

59.对口相声Cross talk

60.杂技Acrobatics/acrobatic performance

61.中国武术Chinese martial arts/Kung Fu

62.越剧Yue opera

63.唐装Tang suit

64.旗抱Cheongsam

65.古筝Chinese zither

66.二胡 Erhu

其它曲艺表演：

戏曲：Traditional opera

折子戏：Opera highlights

相声：Comic dialogue；cross talk

小品：Skits；sketch

口技：Vocal imitations；ventriloquism

马戏：Circus performance

京韵大鼓：Drum song of Peking

踩高跷：Walk on stilts

杂耍：Cariety show；vaudeville

其它民间艺术：

泥人：Clay figure

木偶戏：Puppet show

刺绣：Embroidery

剪纸：Paper-cut

中国结：Chinese knot

年画：New Year painting

吹糖人：Sugar-figure blowing

舞龙：Dragon dance

舞狮：Lion dance

秧歌：Yongko dance；rural folk dance

灯笼：Lantern

七、朝代传承

67.甲骨文Oracle bone script

68.世慈制度Hereditary system

69.朝代Dynasty

70.战国时期The Warring States Period

71.三国The Three Kingdoms

72.泰始皇The First Emperor of Qin

73.皇太后Empress Dowager

74.士大夫Scholar-officials/Literati and officialdom

75.诸侯Vassal

76.宰相Prime minister in feudal China

77.西域The Western Regions

各路神仙

门神：The God of Door

灶神：The God of Kitchen

财神：The God of Wealth

土地爷：The God of Land

火神：The God of Fire

喜神：The God of Happiness

福禄寿三星：The three gods of fortune, prosperity and longevity

八仙：The Eight Immortals

八、古代文学

78.武侠小说Martial arts novel

79.八股文The eight-part essay/stereotyped writing

80.五言绝句Five-character quatrains

81.七言律诗Seven-character octave

82.朦胧诗Misty poetry

83.诗人Poet

84.六艺The classic six arts

85.民间艺术Folk art

86.中国文学Chinese literature

87.中国书法Chinese calligraphy

88.古装片Costume flim

89.国画Chinese painting

九、传统文化名人

90.儒学Confucianism

91.孔子Confucius

92.孟千Mencius

93.法家Legalism

94.墨家Mohism

95.孝顺Filial

96.中庸Doctrine of golden mean

97.神话Mythology

98.玉皇大帝The Jade Emperor

99.美猴王Handsome Monkey King

100.中千佳人Gifted scholars andbeautiful ladies

传统娱乐活动：

打麻将：Play mahjong

庙会：Temple fair

春节联欢晚会：Spring Festival Gala Evening

灯会：Exhibit of lanterns

送贺卡：Send New Year's greeting cards

理发：Have a haircut

放烟花：Set off fireworks

放鞭炮：Set off firecrackers

灯谜：Riddles written on lanterns