传统节日 Traditional Festivals
拜年 paying a New Year call
爆竹 firecracker
鞭炮 a string of small firecrackers
除夕 New Year’s Eve
春节 Spring Festival
春联 Spring Festival couplets (conveying best wishes for the year )
辞旧迎新 bid farewell to the old and usher in the new ; ring out the old year and ring in the new
大扫除 year-end household cleaning
灯谜 lantern riddles
登高 hill climbing
端午节 Dragon Boat Festival
恭喜发财 May you be prosperous! / Wish you all the best !
观灯 viewing the lanterns
贺年片 New Year film
饺子 dumplings (with meat and vegetable stuffing )
龙灯舞 dragon lantern dance
庙会 temple fair
年画 New Year picture
年夜饭 family reunion dinner on Lunar New Year’s Eve
清明节 Tomb-sweeping Festival
扫墓 paying respect to the dead
赏菊 enjoying chrysanthemum
赏月 enjoying the full moon
狮子舞 lion dance
压岁钱 money given to children as a Lunar New Year gift
秧歌舞 yangge dance
元宵 sweet rice-flour dumplings (eaten on the Lantern Festival )
元宵节 Lantern Festival
月饼 moon cake
植树节 Tree-planting Day
中秋节 Mid-autumn Festival
重阳节 Double Ninth Festival
粽子 a pyramid-shaped dumpling made of glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves
烹饪 Culinary Arts
美食节 gourmet festival
中餐烹饪 Chinese cuisine
色,香,味俱全 perfect combination of color , aroma , taste and appearance
四大菜系:山东菜,四川菜,粤菜,扬州菜 four major Chinese cuisines: Shandong cuisine , Sichuan cuisine , Canton cuisine and Yangzhou
cuisine
南淡北咸,东甜西辣 the light southern cuisine , and the salty northern cuisine ;the sweet eastern cuisine , and the spicy western cuisine
八宝菜 eight-treasure pickles ( assorted walnut meats , asparagus , lettuce , almonds , cucumber and peanuts , etc . pickled in soy sauce )
八宝饭 eight-treasure rice pudding (glutinous rice steamed with preserved fruits , sweetened bean paste , lotus seeds , longan , etc.)
白斩鸡 tender boiled chicken (made by boiling a whole chicken in water and cutting into cubes , then dipping into seasonings )
臭豆腐 odd-odour bean curb
粉蒸肉 pork streamed with rice flour
风味小吃 local delicacy
腐竹 rolls of dried bean milk cream
冷盘 hors d’oeuvres
萨其马 Manchu candied fritter cut in squares
刀切,火候 Cutting and Slicing Techniques , Heat Control
切片 slicing
切条 cutting to strips
切丝 shredding
切柳 filleting
切丁 dicing
切碎 mincing
磨碎 grinding
大/旺/武火 strong heat
中火 medium heat
小/微/文火 gentle heat
烹饪方法 Cooking Techniques
煎 pan-frying
炒 stir-frying
爆 quick-frying
炸 deep-frying
烩 stewing
熏 smoking
煨 simmering
煮 boiling
烘 baking
烤 roasting
蒸 steaming
红烧 braising (with soy sauce )
涮羊肉 dip-boiled mutton slices
羊肉串小摊 mutton barbecue stall
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