Spring Festival Vocabulary

Guo-nian; have the Spring Festival    过年 www.1155815.cn

poetic couplet: two successive ryhming lines in poetry  对联 民俗节庆门户网站

Spring Festival 春节 wish.1155815.com

New Year paintings 年画

special purchases for the Spring Festival  买年货 Chinese Folklores & Festivals Website

propose a toast 敬酒

lantern 灯笼

fireworks 烟花

firecrackers 爆竹

red packets 红包 www.1155815.com

liion dance 舞师 www.1155815.com

dragon dance 舞龙

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traditional opera 戏曲

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variety show; vaudeville 杂耍 1155815.cn

riddles written on lanterns 灯谜 民俗节庆门户网站

exhibit of lanterns 灯会

pay New Year's call, give New Year's greetings 拜年 1155815.cn

taboo 禁忌

get rid of the ill-fortune 去晦气

offer sacrifices to one's ancestors 祭祖宗 民俗节庆门户网站

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

bid farewell to the old year 辞旧岁 Chinese Folklores & Festivals Website

spring cleaning, general house-cleaing 扫房