国粹术语
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 role
歌舞喜剧 musical
滑稽场面，搞笑小噱头 shtick
滑稽短剧 skit
京剧人物脸谱 Peking Opera Mask
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, standup comedy
特技表演 stunt
相声 witty dialogue comedy, comic cross talk
杂技 acrobatics
京韵大鼓 the traditional story-telling in Beijing dialect with drum accompaniment
秦腔 Shaanxi opera
中国瑰宝
习武健身 practice martial art for fitness
气功 qigong，deep breathing exercises
篆刻 seal cutting upriteous
工艺，手艺 workmanship / craftsmanship
卷轴 scroll
蜡染 batik
泥人 clay figure
漆画 lacquer painting
唐三彩 Trio-colored glazed pottery of the Tang Dynasty
景泰蓝 cloisonné
文房四宝 The four stationery treasures of the Chinese study —— a writing brush，an ink stick，an ink stone and paper
天干地支
阳历 solar calendar
公历 Gregorian 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 folklores
寓言 fable
传说 legend
神话 mythology
古为今用，洋为中用 make the past serve the present and the foreign serve china
对对联 matching an antithetical couplet
传统节日
十二生肖 the twele Chinese zodiac signs
本命年 one's year of birth considered in relation to the 12 Terrestrial Branches
春节 theSpring Festival
元宵节 the Lantern Festival （15th day of the first lunar month）
清明节 the Pure Brightness Festival / the Tomb-sweeping Day （April the 5th）
端午节 the Dragon Boat Festival （5th of the fifth lunar month）
中秋节 the Moon Festival / the Mid-Autumn Day （15th of the eight lunar month）
重阳节 the Double Ninth Day / the Aged Day
