雅思常用分类词汇：春节习俗

　　雅思常用分类词汇

　　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

　　年画　New Year paintings

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

　　敬酒　propose a toast

　　灯笼　lantern: a portable light

　　烟花　fireworks

　　爆竹　firecrackers

　　红包　red packets

　　舞狮　lion dance

　　舞龙　dragon dance

　　戏曲　traditional opera

　　杂耍　variety show; vaudeville

　　灯谜　riddles written on lanterns

　　灯会　exhibit of lanterns

　　守岁　staying-up

　　拜年　pay New Years call; give New Years greetings; New Years visit

　　禁忌　taboo

　　去晦气　get rid of the ill-fortune

　　祭祖宗　offer sacrifices to ones ancestors

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

　　Culture Note: In the old days, New Years 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