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
2.相关节日活动
剪纸：paper cutting
书法：calligraphy
对联：couplets
红双喜：double happiness
红包(压岁钱)：red envelope
压岁钱：lucky money
3.传统饮食
小吃摊：Snack Bar / Snack Stand
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
4.传统建筑
长城：The Great Wall
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
5.文学艺术
《诗经》：The Book of Songs
《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
6.四大发明
火药：gunpowder
指南针：compass
造纸术：Papermaking
印刷术：Printing Technique