在中國,流傳着許多傳統的風俗與悠久的宗教文化。下面,我們來盤點一下四六級中國風俗與宗教的詞彙。
風俗:Customs and habits
牌坊:memorial archway
燈謎:lantern riddles
登高:hill climbing
端午節:Dragon Boat Festival
恭喜發財:May you be prosperous! / Wish you all the best!
觀燈:viewing the lanterns
賀年片:New Year film
餃子:dumplings (with meat and vegetable stuffing )
龍燈舞:dragon lantern dance
廟會:temple fair
年畫:New Year picture
年夜飯:family reunion dinner on Lunar New Year’s Eve
清明節:Tomb-sweeping Festival
掃墓:paying respect to the dead
賞菊:enjoying chrysanthemum
賞月:enjoying the full moon
獅子舞:lion dance
壓歲錢: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 )
元宵節:Lantern Festival
月餅:moon cake
植樹節:Tree-planting Day
中秋節:Mid-autumn Festival
重陽節:Double Ninth Festival
粽子:a pyramid-shaped dumpling made of glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves
宗教:Religions
佛教:Buddhism
釋迦牟尼:Sakyamuni
佛寺:Buddhist temple
大雄寶殿:the Great Buddha’s Hall
藏經樓:depositary of Buddhist texts
金剛經:Vajracchedika-sutra
素菜館:vegetarian restaurant
羅漢堂:arhat hall
觀音:Guanyin; Goddess of Mercy; Avalokitesvara
地藏:God of Earth
四大金剛:Four Heavenly Guardians (at the entrance to a Buddhism temple);Four Devarajas 四大天王:Four Heavenly Kings
因果報應:karma
藏傳佛教:Lamaism
大藏經:Tripitaka
轉世靈童:reincarnated soul boy
喇嘛廟:lamasery
道教:Taoism
道觀:Taoist temple
、道士:Taoist priest
關帝廟:temple of Lord Guan
儒教:Confucianism
孔子廟:Confucian temple 孔子:Confucius
義,禮,智,信,忠,恕,孝,悌:rightness, propriety , wisdom , trustworthiness , loyalty , reciprocity ,filial piety , brotherly love
禪宗:Zen Buddhism
伊斯蘭教:Islam
清真寺:mosques
古蘭經:the Koran
耶穌教:Christianity
耶穌基督:Jesus Christ
洗禮:baptism
天主教:Catholicism
天主教堂:Catholic church