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Spring Festival Words
Greeting Season:
´º½Ú The Spring Festival
Å©Àú lunar calendar
ÕýÔÂ lunar January; the first month by lunar calendar
³ýϦ New Year's Eve; eve of lunar New Year
³õÒ» the beginning of New Year
ÔªÏü½Ú The Lantern Festival
Food names:
Äê¸â Nian-gao; rice cake; New Year cake
ÍÅÔ²·¹ family reunion dinner
ÄêÒ¹·¹ the dinner on New Year's Eve
½È×Ó Jiao-zi; Chinese meat ravioli
ÌÀÔ² Tang-yuan; dumplings made of sweet rice, rolled into balls and stuffed with either sweet or spicy fillings
°Ë±¦·¹ eight treasures rice pudding
ÌǹûÅÌ candy tray
ʲ½õÌÇ assorted candies - sweet and fortune
ÃÛ¶¬¹Ï candied winter melon - growth and good health
Î÷¹Ï×Ó red melon seed - joy, happiness, truth and sincerity
½ð½Û cumquat - prosperity
ÌÇÁ«×Ó candied lotus seed - many descendents to come
ÌÇź candied lotus root - fulfilling love relationship
ºìÔæ red dates - prosperity
»¨ÉúÌÇ peanut candy - sweet
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Customs:
¹ýÄê Guo-nian; have the Spring Festival
¶ÔÁª poetic couplet: two successive rhyming lines in poetry
´ºÁª Spring Festival couplets
¼ôÖ½ paper-cuts
Äê» New Year paintings
ÂòÄê»õ special purchases for the Spring Festival ; do Spring Festival shopping
¾´¾Æ propose a toast
µÆÁý lantern: a portable light
ÑÌ»¨ fireworks
񪙤 firecrackers (People scare off evil spirits and ghosts with the loud pop.)
ºì°ü red packets (cash wrapped up in red paper, symbolize fortune and wealth in the coming year.)
Îèʨ lion dance (The lion is believed to be able to dispel evil and bring good luck.)
ÎèÁú dragon dance (to expect good weather and good harvests)
Ï·Çú traditional opera
ÔÓË£ variety show; vaudeville
µÆÃÕ riddles written on lanterns
µÆ»á exhibit of lanterns
ÊØËê staying-up
°ÝÄê pay New Year's call; give New Year's greetings; New Year's visit
½û¼É taboo
È¥»ÞÆø get rid of the ill- fortune
¼À׿×Ú offer sacrifices to one's ancestors
ѹËêÇ® gift money; money given to children as a lunar New Year gift
´Ç¾ÉËê bid farewell to the old year
ɨ·¿ spring cleaning; general house-cleaning
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