除夕：New Year's Eve
正月：lunar January
初一：the beginning of New Year
元宵节：the Lantern Festival
春龙节：the Dragon-head-raising Festival (龙抬头)
寒食节：the Cold Food Festival
清明节：Tomb Sweeping Day
端午节：the Dragon Boat Festival (龙舟节)
七夕节：the Magpie Festival / Double Seventh Day (中国情人节)
中元节：the Hungry Ghost Festival
中秋节：the Mid-Autumn Festival
重阳节：the Double Ninth Festival
腊八节：the Laba Festival
泼水节：the Water-Splashing Day

书法：calligraphy

对联：couplets

红双喜：double happiness

红包(压岁钱)：red envelope

压岁钱：lucky money

元宵：sweet rice dumpling

火锅：hot pot

春卷：spring roll(s)

莲藕：lotus（荷花/荷叶）root

北京烤鸭：Beijing roast duck

馄饨：wonton

花卷：steamed twisted（扭曲的） rolls

羊肉泡馍：pita bread soaked （浸）in lamb soup

冰糖葫芦：a stick of sugar-coated haws

八宝饭：eight-treasure rice pudding（布丁/甜食）

粉丝：glass noodles

豆腐脑：jellied （煮成胶冻状的）bean curd（凝乳）

东坡肉：Dongpo Pork

咸水鸭：boiled salted duck

鸭血粉丝汤：duck blood and silk noodles soup

故宫博物院：The Palace Museum

天坛：The Temple of Heaven

敦煌莫高窟：Mogao Caves

兵马俑：Cotta Warriors / Terracotta Army

《史记》：Historical Records / Records of the Grand Historian

《红楼梦》：A Dream of Red Mansions(公馆)

《西游记》：The Journey to the West

孔子：Confucius

孟子：Mencius

京剧：Beijing Opera / Peking Opera

黄梅戏：Huangmei Opera

秦腔：Crying of Qin People / Qin Opera

太极拳：TaiChi

文房四宝 (笔墨纸砚) ：the Four Treasure of the Study / Brush, Inkstick, Paper, and Inkstone

宣纸：rice paper

相声：cross-talk / comic（滑稽的） dialogue

木偶戏：puppet（木偶）show

小品：witty（机智的）skits（滑稽剧。幽默短文）

武术：Wushu / Chinese Martial Arts

中庸：the way of medium / golden means