歷史與文化 京劇 Peking opera 秦腔 Qin opera 功夫Kungfo 太極Tai Chi 口技 ventriloquism 木偶戲puppet show 皮影戲 shadowplay 折子戲 opera highlights 雜技 acrobatics 相聲 witty dialogue comedy 刺繡 embroidery 蘇繡 Suzhou embroidery 泥人 clay figure 書法 calligraphy 中國畫 traditional Chinese painting 水墨畫 Chinese brush painting 中國結 Chinese knot 中國古代四大發明 the four great inventions of ancient China 火藥 gunpowder 印刷術printing 造紙術 paper-making指南針 the compass 青銅器 bronze ware 瓷器 porcelain; china 唐三彩 tri-color glazed pottery of the Tang Dynasty 景泰藍cloisonne 武術 martial arts 儒家思想Confucianism 儒家文化 Confucian culture 道教 Taoism 墨家Mohism 法家 Legalism 佛教 Buddhism 孔子 Confucius 孟子 Mencius 老子 Lao Tzu 莊子 Chuang Tzu 墨子 Mo Tzu 孫子Sun Tzu 象形文字 pictographic characters 文房四寶(筆墨紙觀)the Four Treasures of the Study (brush, ink stick, paper, and ink stone) 《大學》The Great Learning 《中庸》The Doctrine of the Mean論語》The Analects of Confucius 《孟子》The Mencius 《孫子兵法》The Art of War 《三國演義》Three Kingdoms 《西游記》Journey to the West 《紅樓夢》Dream of the Red Mansions 《水滸傳》Heroes of the Marshes 《山海經》The Classic of Mountains and Rivers 《資治通鑒》History as a Mirror 《春秋》The Spring and Autumn Annals 《史記》Historical Records 《詩經》The Book of Songs 《易經》The I Ching; The Book of Changes 《禮記》The Book of Rites 《三字經》Three-character Scriptures 八股文 eight-part essay 五言絕句 five-character quatrain 七言律詩 seven-character octave 旗袍 cheongsam 中山裝 Chinese tunic suit 唐裝 Tang suit 風水 Fengshui; geomantic omen 陽歷 Solar calendar 陰歷 Lunar calendar 閏年 leap year 十二生肖zodiac 春節 the Spring Festival 元宵節 the Lantern Festival 清明節 the Tomb-sweeping Day 端午節 the Dragon-boat Festival 中秋節 the Mid-autumn Day 重陽節 the Double-ninth Day 七夕節 the Double-seventh Day 春聯 spring couplets 廟會 temple fair 爆竹 firecracker 年畫(traditional) New Year pictures 壓歲錢 New Year gift-money 舞龍dragon dance 元宵 sweet sticky rice dumplings 花燈 festival lantern 燈謎 lantern riddle 舞獅 lion dance 踩高蹺 stilt walking 賽龍舟 dragon boat race 胡同hutong 長城 the Great Wall of China 烽火臺 beacon tower 秦士臺皇陵 the Mausoleum of Emperor Qinshihuang 兵馬俑 Terracotta Warriors and Horses 大雁塔 Big Wild Goose Pagoda絲綢之路the Silk Road 敦煌莫高窟Mogao Grottoes 華清池 Huaqing Hot Springs 五臺山"Wutai Mountain 九華山 Jiuhua Mountain 蛾眉山Mount Emei 泰山 Mount Tai 黃山 Mount Huangshan; the Yellow Mountain 故宮 the Imperial Palace 天壇 the Temple of Heaven 午門 Meridian Gate 大運河 Grand Canal 護城河the Moat 回音壁Echo Wall 居庸關 Juyongguan Pass 九龍壁 the Nine Dragon Wall 黃帝陵 the Mausoleum of Emperor Huangdi 十三陵 the Ming Tombs 蘇州園林 Suzhou gardens 西湖 West Lake 九寨溝 Jiuzhaigou Valley 日月潭 Sun Moon Lake 布達拉宮Potala Palace 鼓樓 drum tower四合院 quadrangle; courtyard complex 孔廟 Confucius Temple 喇嘛Lama樂山大佛 Leshan Giant Buddha 十八羅漢 the Eighteen Disciples of the Buddha