發(fā)源地 the birthplace

　　禁忌 taboo

　　壓歲錢 gift money; money given to children as a lunar new year gift

　　祭祖宗 offer sacrifices to one’s ancestors

　　元宵 rice dumpling

　　踩高蹺 stilt walking

　　扭秧歌 yangge dance

　　掃墓 sweep graves of one’s ancestors or loved ones

　　賽龍舟 dragon-boat racing

　　粽子 zongzi (sticky rice dumpling wrapped in reed or bamboo leaves)

　　月餅 moon cake

　　賞月 appreciate the glorious full moon

　　賞菊 admire the beauty of chrysanthemum

　　登高 climb mountain

　　孔子 Confucius

　　孟子 Mencius

　　老子 Lao Zi

　　儒學(xué) Confucian School

　　論語 Analects of Confucius

　　發(fā)明紙和瓷器 invented paper and porcelain

　　發(fā)明火藥 invention of gunpowder

　　發(fā)明印刷術(shù) block printing was invented

　　科舉制 Imperial Examination for recruiting civil servants

　　絲綢之路 Silk Route

　　長(zhǎng)征 Long March

　　解放戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng) War of Liberation

　　改革開放 reform and opening up

　　黃河 Yellow River

　　長(zhǎng)江 Yangtze River

　　珠江 Pearl River

　　太湖 Lake Tai

　　鄱陽湖 Lake Po yang

　　洞庭湖 Lake Dong ting

　　青藏高原 Tibet Plateau

　　東北平原 Northeast China Plain

　　華北平原 North China Plain

　　長(zhǎng)江中下游平原 Plain of Middle and Lower Reaches of Chang jiang River

　　南沙群島 Nan sha Island