宗教 Religions
　　佛教 Buddhism
　　釋迦牟尼 Sakyamuni
　　佛寺 Buddhist temple
　　大雄寶殿 the Great Buddha’s Hall
　　藏經樓 depositary of Buddhist texts
　　金剛經 Vajracchedika-sutra
　　素菜館 vegetarian restaurant
　　羅漢堂 arhat hall
　　觀音 Guanyin; Goddess of Mercy; Avalokitesvara
　　地藏 God of Earth
　　四大金剛 Four Heavenly Guardians (at the entrance to a Buddhism temple);Four Devarajas
　　四大天王 Four Heavenly Kings
　　因果報應 karma
　　藏傳佛教 Lamaism
　　大藏經 Tripitaka
　　轉世靈童 reincarnated soul boy
　　喇嘛廟 lamasery
　　道教 Taoism
　　道觀 Taoist temple
　　道士 Taoist priest

　　關帝廟 temple of Lord Guan
　　儒教 Confucianism
　　孔子廟 Confucian temple
　　孔子 Confucius
　　義，禮，智，信，忠，恕，孝，悌
　　rightness, propriety , wisdom , trustworthiness , loyalty , reciprocity ,filial piety , brotherly love
　　學兒優則仕 A good scholar can become an official ./ He who excels in study can follow an official career .
　　禪宗 Zen Buddhism
　　不立別傳，不立文字，直指人心，見性成佛。
　　There belief is passed on outside the religion
　　There is no reliance on written scripts
　　It goes straight into people’s minds .
　　One becomes a Buddha the moment
　　He sees his own Buddha nature .
　　伊斯蘭教 Islam
　　清真寺 mosques
　　古蘭經 the Koran
　　耶穌教 Christianity

　　傳統節日 Traditional Festivals
　　拜年 paying a New Year call
　　爆竹 firecracker
　　鞭炮 a string of small firecrackers
　　除夕 New Year’s Eve
　　春節 Spring Festival
　　春聯 Spring Festival couplets (conveying best wishes for the year )
　　辭舊迎新 bid farewell to the old and usher in the new ; ring out the old year and ring in the new
　　大掃除 year-end household cleaning
　　燈謎 lantern riddles
　　登高 hill climbing
　　端午節 Dragon Boat Festival
　　恭喜發財 May you be prosperous! / Wish you all the best !
　　觀燈 viewing the lanterns
　　賀年片 New Year film
　　餃子 dumplings (with meat and vegetable stuffing )
　　龍燈舞 dragon lantern dance
　　廟會 temple fair
　　年畫 New Year picture
　　年夜飯 family reunion dinner on Lunar New Year’s Eve
　　壓歲錢 money given to children as a Lunar New Year gift

　　烹飪 Culinary Arts
　　美食節 gourmet festival
　　中餐烹飪 Chinese cuisine
　　色，香，味俱全 perfect combination of color , aroma , taste and appearance
　　四大菜系：山東菜，四川菜，粵菜，揚州菜
　　four major Chinese cuisines: Shandong cuisine , Sichuan cuisine , Canton cuisine and Yangzhou cuisine
　　南淡北咸，東甜西辣 the light southern cuisine , and the salty northern cuisine ;the sweet eastern cuisine , and the spicy western cuisine
　　八寶菜 eight-treasure pickles ( assorted walnut meats , asparagus , lettuce , almonds , cucumber and peanuts , etc . pickled in soy sauce )
　　八寶飯 eight-treasure rice pudding (glutinous rice steamed with preserved fruits , sweetened bean paste , lotus seeds , longan , etc.)
　　白斬雞 tender boiled chicken (made by boiling a whole chicken in water and cutting into cubes , then dipping into seasonings )
　　臭豆腐 odd-odour bean curb
　　粉蒸肉 pork streamed with rice flour
　　風味小吃 local delicacy
　　腐竹 rolls of dried bean milk cream
　　冷盤 hors d’oeuvres
　　薩其馬 Manchu candied fritter cut in squares