中国传统文化英文词汇100个

1.元宵节Lantern Festival

2.刺绣embroidery

3.重阳节Double-Ninth Festival

4.清明节Tomb Sweeping Day

5.剪纸paper cutting

6.书法calligraphy

7.对联(Spring Festival) couplets

8.象形文字pictograms/pictographic characters

9.雄黄酒realgar wine

10.四合院Siheyuan/Quadrangle

11.战国Warring States

12.风水Fengshui/Geomantic Omen

13.昆曲Kunqu Opera

14.长城Great Wall

15.集体舞Group Dance

16.黄土高原Loess Plateau

17.红白喜事weddings and funerals

18.中秋节Mid-Autumn Day

19.花鼓戏Flower Drum Song

20.儒家文化Confucian Culture

21.中国结Chinese knotting

22.古装片Costume Drama

23.武打片Chinese Swordplay Movie

24.元宵Tangyuan/Sweet Rice Dumpling (Soup)

25.越剧Yue Opera

26.火锅hot pot

27.江南South Regions of the Yangtze River

28.《诗经》The Book of Songs

29.谜语riddle

30.《史记》Historical Records/Records of the Grand Historian

31.《红楼梦》A Dream of Red Mansions

32.《西游记》The Journey to the West

33.除夕Chinese New Year’s Eve/Eve of the Spring Festival

34.针灸acupuncture

35.唐三彩tri-color pottery of the Tang Dynasty/Tang tri-colored pottery

36.二人转Errenzhuan

37.偏旁radical

38.孟子Mencius

39.亭/阁pavilion/attic

40.黄梅戏Huangmei Opera

41.火药gunpowder

42.农历lunar calendar

43.印/玺seal/stamp

44.腊八节Laba Rice Porridge Festival

45.京剧Beijing Opera/Peking Opera

46.秦腔Qin Opera

47.太极拳tai chi

48.《本草纲目》Compendium of Materia Medica

49.天坛Altar of Heaven in Beijing

50.小吃摊snack bar/snack stand

51.红双喜Double Happiness

52.国子监Imperial Academy

53.春卷spring roll

54.莲藕lotus root

55.罗盘luopan

56.故宫博物院Palace Museum

57.相声cross-talk/comic dialogue

58.五行Five Phases

59.北京烤鸭Beijing roast duck

60.《桃花扇》The Peach Blossom Fan

61.木偶戏puppet show

62.敦煌莫高窟Mogao Caves

63.电视小品TV sketch/TV skit

64.甲骨文oracle bone inscription

65.古筝Chinese zither

66.二胡urheen

67.门当户对perfect match/exact match

68.《水浒传》Water Margin/Outlaws of the Marsh

69.除夕Chinese New Year’s Eve

70.文房四宝（笔墨纸砚）Four Treasures of the Study (Brush, Inkstick, Paper and Inkstone)

71.兵马俑Cotta Warriors/Terracotta Army

72.旗袍cheongsam

73.指南针compass

74.泼水节Water-Splashing Day

75.馄饨wonton

76.花卷steamed twisted roll

77.羊肉泡馍pita bread soaked in lamb soup

78.冰糖葫芦a stick of sugar-coated haws (or apples, etc.)

79.八宝饭eight-treasure rice pudding

80.粉丝glass noodle

81.豆腐脑jellied been curd

82.小品witty skit

83.孝顺to show filial obedience

84.武术wushu (Chinese martical arts)

85.宣纸rice paper

86.衙门yamen

87.叩头kowtow

88.中庸way of medium (Golden Means)

89.牌楼pailou

90.东坡肉dongpo pork

91.中山陵Sun Yan-sen Mausoleaum

92.秦淮河Qinhuai River

93.玄武湖Xuanwu River

94.夫子庙Confucian Temple

95.鸭血粉丝duck blood soup

96.盐水鸭salted and baked duck

97.大煮干丝gansi

98.小笼包steamed bun

99.明孝陵MingTomb

100.云锦Nanjing brocade