發源地 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 Confucian School

論語 Analects of Confucius

發明紙和瓷器 invented paper and porcelain

發明火藥 invention of gunpowder

發明印刷術 block printing was invented

科舉制 Imperial Examination for recruiting civil servants

絲綢之路 Silk Route

長征 Long March

解放戰爭 War of Liberation

改革開放 reform and opening up

黃河 Yellow River

長江 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

長江中下游平原 Plain of Middle and Lower Reaches of Chang jiang River

南沙群島 Nan sha Island