文化

除夕Chinese New Year’s Eve八卦Eight Trigram风水fengshui/geomancy

华表cloud pillar; ornamental column还愿redeem a wish兼爱discriminate love

礼制ethical codes农历Chinese lunar calendar气节moral integrity谥号temple title

姻缘prefixed fate of marriage五经Five Classics中和harmony

《国策》Discourses of the States

《史记》Records of the Historian《离骚》Sorrow after Departure

《左传》The Spring and Autumn Annals八股文eight-legged; official stereotyped writing

本命年one’s animal year道德观moral outlook端午节Dragon Boat Festival

翰林院Imperial Academy和为贵harmony is most precious礼之本essence of the rites

年夜饭family reunion dinner仁之本the foundation of harmony文化界cultural circles

孝与敬filial piety and reverence

压岁钱red envelope/money given to children as a lunar New Year gift

中山装Chinese tunic suit/Mao suit重阳节the Double Ninth Festival

《道德经>>Tao Te Ching/Classic of the Way of Virtue《弟子规》Disciples Regulation

《百家姓》Pamphlet of Chinese Surnames/Book of (China’s) Family Names

《战国策》Strategies of the Warring States道德修养moral self-cultivation

道法自然Tao models itself after nature博大精深broad and profound

出土文物unearthed relics传统美德traditional virtues传统文化traditional culture

风土人情local conditions and customs

刚柔并济combination of softness and hardness和谐文化harmonious culture

厚德载物great virtue promotes growth皇城根儿the foot of the imperial city

精神文明spiritual civilization; advanced culture and ethics

敬老慈幼respect the old and love the young孔孟之道Confucius-Mencius doctrines

孔子学院Confucius Institute礼乐文化rites and music culture

礼仪之邦a land of ceremony and decorum

礼义廉耻Courtesy, Justice, Integrity and Sense of Shame

龙的传人the generation of dragon

民本思想populist ideas民间文化folk culture民俗庙会temple fair of folk custom

民族文化national culture民族自豪national pride墨家学派 the Mohist school

内外兼修whole care隋唐佛学The Buddhist philosophy during Sui and Tang dynasties

天干地支Heavenly Stems and Earthy Branches天人合一unity of man and nature

天下为公the world or country for all文化宝藏cultural treasures文化产业cultural industry

农耕文化farming culture善养浩气skillful in nourishing virtual force

慎言敏行 diligent in duties and careful in speech十二生肖 Chinese Zodiac

思维方式 the way of thinking文化创新 cultural innovation文化事业cultural undertakings

文化视点cultural perspective文化需求cultural needs文化摇篮cradle of culture

文化遗迹cultural relics文化重建cultural reconstruction文化自觉cultural awareness

无为而治letting nature take its own course/govern by noninterference

乡土文化native culture炎黄子孙a Chinese descendant/the Chinese nation

以德行仁practice humanity with virtue源远流长have a long history

中国意识Chineseness中国元素China’s elements

中庸之道doctrine of the mean二十四节气24 solar terms民间工艺品fold arts and crafts

文化多样性cultural diversification文化软实力cultural soft power

传统文化知识traditional cultural know-how对外文化贸易international cultural trade

思想道德建设raise ideological and ethical standards

《四库全书》Complete Works of Chinese Classics文化产业基地cultural industrial base

文化传播渠道channels of cultural transmission文化创意产业cultural creative industry

文化体制改革reform of cultural administrative system; cultural restructuring

骨干文化企业leading/key cultural enterprises

文化资源整合integration of cultural resources

新兴文化业态emerging cultural formats改造落后的文化transform the backward culture

世界文化遗产地world cultural heritage site

弘扬民族优秀文化advance and enrich the fine cultural heritage of the nation

文化下乡长效机制long-term mechanism for developing culture in rural areas

重大文化产业项目major cultural industrial projects

国家一类文物保护单位cultural relics (units) under first-grade state protection