大露LOVE五月天演唱會

3.正月 lunar January; the first month by lunar calendar

4.除夕 New Year's Eve; eve of lunar New Year

5.初一 the beginning of New Year

6.元宵節 The Lantern Festival

7.農曆春節假期 Chinese New Year Festivities

Custom 過年習俗 相關英文詞彙：

過年 Guo-nian; have the Spring Festival

對聯 poetic couplet: two successive rhyming lines in poetry

春聯 Spring Festival couplets

剪紙 paper-cuts

年畫 New Year paintings

買年貨 special purchases for the Spring Festival ; do Spring Festival shopping

敬酒 propose a toast

燈籠 lantern: a portable light

煙花 fireworks

爆竹 firecrackers (People scare off evil spirits and ghosts with the loud pop.)

紅包 red packets = red envelope

舞獅 lion dance (The lion is believed to be able to dispel evil and bring good luck.)

舞龍 dragon dance (to expect good weather and good harvests)

戲曲 traditional opera

燈謎 riddles written on lanterns

燈會 exhibit of lanterns

守歲 staying-up

拜年 pay New Year's call; give New Year's greetings; New Year's visit

壓歲錢 lucky money= New Year's Money

年夜圍爐; 團圓飯 reunion dinner

福、春倒貼 = 福到、春到  put fu and chun upside down

年終獎金 year-end bonus ＝ december bonus 

Chinese New Year’s Eve 除夕夜

New Year's Eve Dinner 年夜飯

around the fireplace ＝  surrounding the stove圍爐

bringing in the new year  守歲

incense 香

burn an incense stick 燒香

burn incense and pray燒香拜佛

religious festival 拜拜

worship a diety  去拜拜

ask the gods for a prophecy 求神問卜

set off firecrackers 放鞭炮

make a New Year's visit ＝make a ceremonial call 拜年

play mahjong 打麻將

play cards打牌

the lunar/solar calendar 農曆 / 陽曆

sweet glutinous rice pudding ＝  nian gao 年糕

ancestor 祖先

worship ancestors 祭祖

temple 寺廟