过年 celebrate the Spring Festival
春联 Spring festival couplets
对联 antithetical couplet & couplets
年画 New Year paintings
团圆饭（年夜饭） Family reunion dinner
年糕 rise cake & new year cake
粽子 Traditional Chinese rice-pudding
饺子 Dumplings
压岁钱 Lucky money
红包 Red envelopes (cash wrapped up in redpaper，symbolize fortune and wealth in the coming year.)
门神[1] Door-god
扫房 spring cleaning; generalhouse-cleaning
买年货 do shopping for the spring festival & do spring festival shopping
剪纸 Paper-cut
敬酒 Propose a toast
灯笼 Lantern
烟花 Fireworks
爆竹 Firecrackers (people scare off evilspirits and ghosts with the loud pop)
舞狮 lion dance (the lion is believed tobe able to dispel evil and bring good luck.)[2]
舞龙 dragon dance (to expect good weatherand good harvests)
戏曲 traditional opera
杂耍 variety show & acrobatics
灯谜 Latern riddles & riddles written on lanterns
灯会 exhibit of lanterns
拜年 pay new year's call & give new year's greetings & pay new year's visit
禁忌 taboo
祭祖宗 offer sacrifices to one's ancestors
去晦气 get rid of the ill- fortune
辞旧岁 Bid farewell to the old year
迎新年 welcome in a new year
