1、四大名著三国演义 Three Kingdoms西游记 Journey to the West; Pilgrimage to the West水浒传 Heroes of the Marshes; Tales of the Water Margin红楼梦 Dream of the Red Mansions经典作品史记 Historical Records资治通鉴 History as aMirror; Comprehensive History Retold as a Mirror for Rulers山海经The Classic of Mountains andRivers孝经 Book of
2、Filial Piety孙子兵法The Art of War三字经The Three-CharacterScripture; The Three-Word Chant西厢记The Romance of the WesternChamber聊斋志异Strange Tales of a LonelyStudio; Strange Tales from Make-Do Studio近现代佳作围城 Fortress Besieged阿Q正传 The True Story of Ah Q吾国吾民 My Country and My People京华烟云 Moment in Peking骆驼祥子 Rick
3、shawBoy茶馆 Teahouse边城 The Border Town倾城之恋 Love in a Fallen City四书五经四书五经The Four Books and The FiveClassics1、四书 the Four Books大学The Great Learning中庸The Doctrine of the Mean论语The Analects of Confucius孟子The Mencius/The Works of Mencius2、五经 The Five Classics春秋the Spring and Autumn Annals诗经The Book of Son
4、gs; The Book ofOdes易经/周易 I Ching; The Book of Changes礼记The Book of Rites尚书/书经The Book of History传统节日十二生肖the twelve Chinese zodiac signs本命年ones year of birth considered in relationto the 12 Terrestrial Branches传统节日traditional holidays春节the Spring Festival元宵节the Lantern Festival清明节 thePureBrightnessFe
5、stival/the Tomb-SweepingDay端午节 theDragonBoatFestival中秋节 theMoonFestival/theMid-AutumnDay重阳节 theDoubleNinthDay/theAgedDay文化遗产重要文化遗产 major cultural heritage优秀民间艺术 outstanding folk arts文物 cultural relics中国画 traditional Chinese painting书法 calligraphy水墨画 Chinese brush painting; ink andwash painting工笔 tra
6、ditional Chinese realistic painting中国结 Chinese knot旗袍 Cheongsam中山装 Chinese tunic suit唐装 traditional Chinese garments(clothing); Tang suit艺术词汇文人 men of letters雅士 refined scholars表演艺术 performing art现代流行艺术 popular art; pop art纯艺术 high art高雅艺术 refined art电影艺术 cinematographic art戏剧艺术 theatrical art才子佳人 g
7、ifted scholars and beautiful ladies天干地支阳历 solar calendar阴历 lunar calendar天干 heavenly stem地支 earthly branch闰年 leap year二十四节气 the twenty-four solar terms民间传说 folklore寓言 fable传说 legend神话 mythology古为今用，洋为中用make the pastserve the present and the foreign serve China赋诗 inscribe a poem对对联 matching a couplet
8、中国瑰宝习武健身 practice martial art for fitness气功 qigong; deepbreathing exercises篆刻 seal cutting工艺，手艺 workmanship;craftsmanship卷轴 scroll蜡染 batik泥人 clay figure漆画 lacquer painting唐三彩 Tri-colored glazed pottery of the Tang Dynasty景泰蓝 cloisonn文房四宝 The four stationery treasures of the Chinese studya writing br
9、ush, anink stick, an ink stone and paper.戏剧文化皮影戏 shadow play; leather-silhouette show说书 story-telling叠罗汉 make a human pyramid折子戏 opera highlights踩高跷 stilt walk哑剧 pantomime; mime哑剧演员 pantomimist戏剧小品 skit马戏 circus show单口相声 monologue comic talk;stand up comedy特技表演 stunt相声 witty dialogue comedy;comic cr
10、oss talk杂技 acrobatics京韵大鼓 the traditional story-telling in Beijing dialect with drum accompaniment秦腔 Shaanxi opera生（男性正面角色）male(the positive male role)旦（女性正面角色）female(the positive female role)净（性格鲜明的男性配角）a supporting male role with striking character丑（幽默滑稽或反面角色）a clown or a negative role花脸 painted r
11、ole音乐剧 musical京剧人物脸谱Peking Opera masks汉语言汉字 Chinese character单音节 single syllable汉语四声调 the four tones of Chinese characters阳平 level tone阴平 rising tone上声 falling-rising tone去声 falling tone五言绝句 five-character quatrain七言律诗 seven-character octave中国意念词八卦 Trigram阴、阳 yin, yang道 Dao道教Daoism (Taoism)中国特色传统饮食馄饨 wonton锅贴 guotie(fried jiaozi)花卷 steamed twisted rolls豆腐 tofu米粉 rice noodles冰糖葫芦 a stick of sugar-coated haws (or apples, etc.)火锅 hot pot八宝饭 eight-treasure ricepudding豆腐脑 jellied bean curd
