【基本词汇与短语】：

　　【Greeting Season】:

　　春节 The Spring Festival 农历 lunar calendar

　　正月 lunar January; the first month by lunar calendar

　　除夕 New Year‘s Eve; eve of lunar New Year

　　初一 the beginning of New Year 元宵节 The Lantern Festival

　　【Customs】：

　　过年 Guo-nian; have the Spring Festival

　　对联 poetic couplet: two successive rhyming lines in poetry

　　春联 Spring Festival couplets 剪纸 paper-cuts

　　买年货 special purchases for the Spring Festival ; do Spring Festival shopping

　　年画 New Year paintings 敬酒 propose a toast

　　灯笼 lantern: a portable light 烟花 fireworks

　　爆竹 firecrackers (People scare off evil spirits and ghosts with the loud pop.)

　　红包 red packets (cash wrapped up in red paper, symbolize fortune and wealth in the coming year.)

　　舞狮 lion dance (The lion is believed to be able to dispel evil and bring good luck.)

　　舞龙 dragon dance (to expect good weather and good harvests)

　　戏曲 traditional opera 杂耍 variety show; vaudeville

　　灯谜 riddles written on lanterns 灯会 exhibit of lanterns

　　守岁 staying-up 禁忌 taboo

　　拜年 pay New Year‘s call; give New Year‘s greetings; New Year‘s visit

　　去晦气 get rid of the ill- fortune

　　祭祖宗 offer sacrifices to one‘s ancestors

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

　　【Culture Note】：In the old days, New Year‘s money was given in the form of one hundred copper coins strung together on a red string and symbolized the hope that one would live to be a hundred years old. Today, money is placed inside red envelopes in denominations considered auspicious and given to represent luck and wealth

　　辞旧岁 bid farewell to the old year

　　扫房 spring cleaning; general house-cleaning

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（编辑：杨帆）