Appendix　中国传统文化名词及其英译

腊八节：The Laba Rice Porridge Festival/Laba Festival

小年：Little New Year

除夕：New Year’s Eve

春节：The Spring Festival

春运：Spring Festival travel rush

正月：the first month of the lunar year

元宵节：Lantern Festival

清明节：Qingming Festival/Tomb-Sweeping Day

端午节：Dragon Boat Festival

七夕节：Double Seventh Festival

中秋节：Mid-Autumn Festival

重阳节：Double Ninth Festival

春联：Spring Festival couplets

拜年：pay a New Year call

鲁菜：Shandong cuisine

川菜：Sichuan cuisine

粤菜：Guangdong cuisine

湘菜：Hunan cuisine

淮扬菜：Huai yang cuisine

春卷：spring roll

粽子：zongzi/rice dumpling

月饼：moon cake

馄饨：wonton/Chinese dumpling soup

北京烤鸭：Beijing roast duck

豆浆：soybean milk

馒头：mantou/steamed bun

火锅：hot pot

麻辣烫：spicy hot pot

炸酱面：noodles with soybean paste

拉面：Lamian noodles

豆腐：Doufu/bean curd

米线：rice noodles

白酒：liquor and spirits

米酒：rice wine

糕点：cakes and pastries

《史记》：The Historical Records

《诗经》：The Book of Songs

《春秋》：The Spring and Autumn Annals

《论语》：The Analects of Confucius

《三国演义》：Romance of the Three Kingdoms

《水浒传》：Water Margin/Outlaws of the Marsh

《西游记》：Pilgrimage to the West/Journey to the West

《红楼梦》：A Dream in Red Mansions/The Story of the Stone

《山海经》：The Classic of Mountains and Rivers

《三字经》：Three-Character Scripture

《资治通鉴》：History as a Mirror

长城：the Great Wall

泰始皇陵：Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor

兵马俑：Terra-Cotta Warriors

敦煌莫高窟：Mo Kao Grotto at Dunhuang

鼓楼：drum-tower

故宫：the Forbidden City/the Palace Museum

天坛：Temple of Heaven

西湖：West Lake

日月潭：Sun-moon Lake/Riyuetan Pool

明十三陵：the Ming Tombs

苏州园林：Suzhou Garden（s）

太和殿：the Hall of Supreme Harmony

养心殿：the Hall of Mental Cultivation

慈宁宫：the Palace of Compassion and Tranquility

御花园：the Imperial Garden

四大发明：the four great inventions of ancient China

火药：gunpowder

印刷术：printing/art of printing

造纸术：papermaking technology

指南针：compass

中国结：Chinese knot

青铜器：bronze ware

瓷器：china/porcelain

刺绣：embroidery

中药：TCM/traditional Chinese medicine

唐三彩：Tang Tri-Color Glazed Ceramics

剪纸：paper cuttings

中国画：Chinese paintings

丝织品：silk fabrics/silks

景泰蓝：Cloisonne

四合院：courtyard

京剧：Peking Opera

皮影成：shadow puppets

太极：Tai Chi

对口相声：cross talk

杂技：acrobatics

中国武术：Chinese martial arts/Kung Fu

越剧：Yue Opera

唐装：Tang suit

旗袍：cheongsam

古筝：Chinese zither

二胡：erhu

甲骨文：oracle bone script

世袭制度：hereditary system

朝代：dynasty

战国时期：the Warring States Period

三国：the Three Kingdoms

秦始皇：the First Emperor of Qin

皇太后：Empress Dowager

士大夫：scholar-officials/literati and officialdom （in feudal China）

诸侯：vassal

宰相：prime minister （in feudal China）

西域：the Western Regions

武侠小说：martial arts novel

八股文：stereotyped writing/the eight-part essay

五言绝句：five-character quatrain

七言律诗：seven-character octave

朦胧诗：misty poetry

诗人：poet

六艺：six classic arts

民间艺术：folk art

中国文学：Chinese literature

中国书法：Chinese calligraphy

古装片：costume film

国画 Chinese painting

儒学：Confucianism

孔子：Confucius

孟子：Mencius

法家：Legalism

墨家：Mohism

孝顺：filial piety

中庸：Doctrine of the Mean

神话：mythology

玉皇大帝：the Jade Emperor

美猴王：Handsome Monkey King

才子佳人：gifted scholars and beautiful ladies

来源：《公共服务领域英文译写规范》等