元宵节 Lantern Festival
刺绣 Embroidery
重阳节 Double-Ninth Festival
清明节 Tomb sweeping day
剪纸 Paper Cutting
书法 Calligraphy
对联 （Spring Festival） Couplets
象形文字 Pictograms/Pictographic Characters
雄黄酒 Realgar wine
四合院 Siheyuan/Quadrangle

战国 Warring States
风水 Fengshui/Geomantic Omen
昆曲 Kunqu Opera
长城 The Great Wall
集体舞 Group Dance
黄土高原 Loess Plateau
红白喜事 Weddings and Funerals
中秋节 Mid-Autumn Day
花鼓戏 Flower Drum Song
儒家文化 Confucian Culture
中国结 Chinese knotting
古装片 Costume Drama
武打片 Chinese Swordplay Movie
元宵 Tangyuan/Sweet Rice Dumpling
越剧 Yue Opera
火锅 Hot Pot
江南 South Regions of the Yangtze River
谜语 Riddle

《诗经》 The Book of Songs
《史记》 Historical Records/Records of the Grand Historian
《红楼梦》A Dream of Red Mansions
《西游记》 The Journey to the West

除夕 Chinese New Year’s Eve/Eve of the Spring Festival
针灸 Acupuncture
唐三彩 Tri-color Pottery of the Tang
Dynasty/ The Tang Tri-colored pottery
孔子 Confucius
偏旁 Radical
孟子 Mencius
亭/阁 Pavilion/ Attic
黄梅戏 Huangmei opera
火药 Gunpowder
农历 Lunar Calendar
印/玺 Seal/Stamp
腊八节 The laba Rice Porridge Festival
京剧 Beijing Opera/Peking Opera
秦腔 Crying of Qin People/Qin Opera
太极拳 TaiChi
《本草纲目》 Compendium of Materia Medica

天坛 Altar of Heaven in Beijing
小吃摊 Snack Bar/Snack Stand
红双喜 Double Happiness
文房四宝(笔墨纸砚） The Four Treasure of the Study（Brush,Inkstick,Paper,and Inkstone）
春卷 Spring Roll(s)
莲藕 Lotus Root
罗盘 Luopan/compass
故宫博物院 The Palace Museum
相声 Cross-talk/Comic Dialogue

五行 Five Phases
北京烤鸭 Beijing Roast Duck
《桃花扇》 The Peach Blossom Fan
木偶戏 Puppet Show
敦煌莫高窟 Mogao Caves
电视小品 TV Sketch/TV Skit
甲骨文 Oracle Bone Inions
古筝 Chinese Zither
杂技 acrobatics
门当户对 Perfect Match/Exact Match

《水浒》Water Margin/Outlaws of the Marsh
除夕 Chinese New Year's Eve
国子监 Imperial Academy
兵马俑 Cotta Warriors/ Terracotta Army
旗袍 Cheongsam
中国古代四大发明the four great inventions of ancient China
火药 gunpowder
印刷术 printing
造纸术paper-making
指南针the compass
泼水节Water-Splashing Day

馄饨 Wonton
花卷 Steamed twisted rolls
羊肉泡馍 Pita Bread Soaked in Lamb Soup
冰糖葫芦 A stick of sugar-coated haws (or apples,etc.)
八宝饭 Eight-treasure rice pudding
粉丝 Glass Noodles
豆腐脑 Jellied bean curd
小品 Witty Skits
孝顺 To show filial obedience
武术 Wushu(Chinese Martial Arts)
宣纸 Rice Paper
陶器 pottery/earthenware
佛教 Buddhism
中庸 The way of medium(Golden Means)

爆竹 firecracker
东坡肉 Dongpo Pork
中山陵 The Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum
秦淮河 Qinhuai River
玄武湖 Xuanwu Lake
夫子庙 The Confucian Temple
鸭血粉丝 Duck blood fans
盐水鸭 Yanshuiya, or salted and baked duck
大煮干丝 Gansi
小笼包 Steamed buns
明孝陵 Ming Tomb
云锦 Nanjing brocade