1、過年 Guo-nian; have the Spring Festival

2、除夕 New Year"s Eve;

3、初一 the beginning of New Year

4、元宵節 The Lantern Festival

5、餃子 dumpling

6、辭舊歲 bid farewell to the old year

7、掃房 spring cleaning; general house-cleaning Blessings

8、守歲 staying-up

9、餃子 dumpling

10、放鞭炮： squibbing firecrackers

11、貼春聯： paste the New Year couplets

12、吃年夜飯： take/have New Year"s Eve Dinner

13、看春節晚會：watch Spring Festival Gala on TV

14、發紅包： hand out red envelopes

15、買年貨： special purchases for the Spring Festival ; do Spring Festival shopping

16、敬酒： propose a toast

17、守歲： staying-up

18、拜年： give New Year"s greetings; New Year"s visit

19、吃湯圓： eat Tangyuan (Glutinous Rice Balls)

20、燈會： exhibit of lanterns

21、祭祖宗 offer sacrifices to one"s ancestor

22、舞獅 lion dance

23、舞龍 dragon dance

24、剪紙 paper-cuts

25、年畫 New Year paintings