雅思词汇:过春节必用词汇　　Spring Festival Words 　　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 eve of lunar New Year 　　初一 the beginning of New Year 　　元宵节 The Lantern Festival 　　Food names: 　　年糕 Nian-gao; rise cake; New Year cake 　　团圆饭 family reunion dinner 　　年夜饭 the dinner on New Years Eve 　　饺子 Jiao-zi; Chinese meat ravioli 　　汤圆 Tang-yuan; dumplings made of sweet rice, rolled into balls and stuffed with either sweet or 　　spicy fillings 　　八宝饭 eight treasures rice pudding 　　糖果盘 candy tray 　　什锦糖 assorted candies - sweet and fortune 　　蜜冬瓜 candied winter melon - growth and good health 　　西瓜子 red melon seed - joy, happiness, truth and sincerity 　　金桔 cumquat - prosperity 　　糖莲子 candied lotus seed - many descendents to come 　　糖藕 candied lotus root - fulfilling love relationship 　　红枣 red dates - prosperity 　　花生糖 peanut candy - sweet 　　祝你新的一年快乐幸福 Wish you happiness and prosperity in the coming year!
　　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 　　遥竹 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 Year 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 　　压岁遥 gift money; money given to children as a lunar New Year gift 　　辞旧岁 bid farewell to the old year 　　扫房 spring cleaning; general house-cleaning