中国节日英文对照表:
1、元旦(1月1日)NewYear'sDay
2、春节(农历一月一日)theSpringFestival
3、元宵节(农历一月十五日)theLanternFestival
4、国际劳动妇女节(3月8日)International Working Women's Day
5、植树节(3月12日)ArborDay
6、邮政节(3月20日)PostalDay
7、世界气象节(3月23日)WorldMeteorologyDay
8、清明节(4月5日)ChingMingFestival;Tomb-sweepingFestival
9、国际劳动节(5月1日)InternationalLabourDay
10、中国青年节(5月4日)ChineseYouthDay
11、护士节(5月12日)Nurses'Festival
12、端午节(农历五月初五)theDragonBoatFestival
13、国际儿童节(6月1日)InternationalChildren'sDay
14、中国共产党成立纪念日(7月1日)theParty'sBirthday
15、建军节(8月1日)theArmy'sDay
16、中秋节(农历八月十五)Mid-autumn(Moon)Festival
17、教师节(9月10日)Teachers'Day
18、重阳节(农历九月九日)Double-ninthDay
19、国庆节(10月1日)NationalDay
20、除夕(农历十二月三十日)NewYear'sEve
中国假期的英文定义
1、元旦
New Year is the time at which a new calendar year begins and the calendar's count increments by one. Many cultures celebrate the event in some manner.
2、春节
Chinese New Year, known in modern Chinese as the "Spring Festival", is an important Chinese festival celebrated at the turn of the traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar. Celebrations traditionally run from the evening preceding the first day, to the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first calendar month.
3、清明节
The Qingming, also known as Tomb-Sweeping Day in English, is a traditional Chinese festival. Qingming Festival is when Chinese people visit the columbaria, graves or burial grounds to pray to their ancestors.
4、劳动节
International Workers' Day, also known as Labour Day in some places, is a celebration of labourers and the working classes that is promoted by the international labour movement, socialists, communists and anarchists and occurs every year on 1 May
5、端午节
The Dragon Boat Festival, is a traditional and statutory holiday originating in China.The story best known in modern China holds that the festival commemorates the death of the poet and minister Qu Yuan of the ancient state of Chu during the Warring States period of the Zhou Dynasty. Acadet member of the Chu royal house, Qu served in high offices. However, when the king decided to ally with the increasingly powerful state of Qin, Qu was banished for opposing the alliance and even accused of treason. During his exile, QuYuan wrote a great deal of poetry. Twenty-eight years later, Qin captured Ying, the Chu capital. In despair, Qu Yuan committed suicide by drowning himself in the Miluo River.