中国文化特色词语英译 （一）宗教及传统文
拜年: pay a New Year call 财运: luck in making money
江南水乡: the south of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River 禅宗: Chan Sect/Zen Sect 出家人: ascetic 祠堂:memorial temple
倒春寒：an unusually cold spell in an otherwise warm early spring 道教：Taoism 道士：Taoist priest
法师：Master 方丈：Buddhist abbot 佛教：Buddhism
恭喜发财：May you be prosperous 和尚：Buddhism monk
华表：ornamental column/cloud pillar/stele
红包：red envelope containing money as a gift; bribe/kickback（贬义用法） 华盖：canopy 回教：Islam
慧根：the organ of wisdom
甲骨文：inscriptions on oracle bones 戒律：precept/discipline 金刚经：Diamond Sutra 京剧票友：Perking Opera fan
京剧人物脸谱：types of facial make-up in Perking Opera/Perking Opera masks 旧教/天主教：Catholicism 坎儿井：karez 喇嘛：Lama
老字号：an old and famous shop/enterprise 尼姑：Buddhism nun 涅槃：Nirvana 旗袍：cheongsam 三藏经：Tripitaka
三教（儒、释、道）：Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism 时运：luck/fortune
四大皆空：all space directions being void 新教，耶稣教：Protestantism 真人：Taoism pure man 族人：clansman
坐禅：sitting in meditation
（二）名胜古迹 阿里山：Ali Mountain 碑林：Forest of Steles
兵马俑：the Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses 布达拉宫：Potala Palace
长春观：Changchun Taoism Temple
承德避暑山庄：Chengde Mountain Resort /the Imperial Mountain Summer Resort 大屿山：Lantau Island
大运河：Grand Canal 滇池：Dianci Lake 都江堰：Dujiangyan Weir
二七纪念馆：February 7 Memorial Hall 鼓浪屿：Gulang yu Islet/Gulang yu Island 归元寺：Guiyuan Buddhist Temple 龟山：Tortoise Hill
华清池：Huaqing Hot Spring 黄鹤楼：Yellow Crane Tower 居庸关：Juyongguan Pass 橘子洲：Orange Island
孔庙/夫子庙：the Temple of Confucius 坤宁宫：Palace of Earthly Tranquility 乐山大佛：Leshan Giant Buddha 灵隐寺：Temple of Soul’s Retreat 龙门石窟：Longmen Grottoes 芦笛岩：Reed Flute Cave
毛主席纪念堂：Chairman Mao Memorial Hall 莫高窟：Mogao Grotto in Dunhuang 蓬莱阁：Penglai Pavilion
人民大会堂：the Great Hall of the People
人民英雄纪念碑：Monument of the People’s Heroes 日月潭：Sun Moon Lake
三峡：the Three Gorges on the Yangtze River/ the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River
少林寺：Shaolin Temple/ Shaolin Monastery 蛇山：Snake Hill 狮子林：Lion Grove 十三陵：the Ming Tombs 石林：Stone Forest
苏州园林：Suzhou Gardens/the Gardens of Suzhou 太和殿：Hall of Supreme Harmony 太湖：Lake Taihu
天安门广场：Tian An Men Square 天坛：the Temple of Heaven 外滩：the Bund
武侯祠：Temple Dedicated to the Memory of Zhuge Liang 西湖：the West Lake 象鼻山：Elephant Trunk Hill 养心殿：Hall of Mental Cultivation
颐和园（夏宫）：the Imperial Garden /the Summer Palace 雍和宫：Yonghegong Lamasery
雨花台：the Terrace of the Raining Flowers 玉渊潭公园：Jade Abyss Pool Park
豫园（上海城隍庙）：Yuyuan Garden/Shanghai’s Town God’s Temple 岳阳楼：Yueyang Tower
中山陵：Dr. Sun Yet-sen’s Mausoleum 紫金山天文台：Purple Hills Observatory 紫竹院公园：Purple Bamboo Court Park
（三）二十四节气 二十四节气：the twenty-four solar terms 立春：the Beginning of Spring (1st solar term) 雨水：Rain Water(2nd solar term)
惊蛰：the Walking of Insects(3rd solar term) 春分：the Spring Equinox(4th solar term) 清明：Pure Brightness(5th solar term) 谷雨：Grain Rain(6th solar term)
立夏：the Beginning of Summer(7th solar term) 小满：Grain Full(8th solar term) 芒种：Grain in Ear(9th solar term)
夏至：the summer solstice（10th solar term） 小暑：Slight Heat(11th solar term) 大暑：Great Heat(12th solar system)
立秋：the Beginning of Autumn(13th solar term) 处暑：the Limit of Heat(14th solar term) 白露：White Dew(15th solar term)
秋分：the Autumnal Equinox(16th solar term) 寒露：Cold Dew(17th solar term) 霜降：Frost’s Descent(18th solar term) 立冬：the Beginning of Winter(19th solar term) 小雪： Lesser Snow(20th solar term) 大雪：Greater Snow(21st solar term) 冬至：the Winter Solstice(22nd solar term)
中国文化特色词语英译3
