下面给童鞋们带来一些关于文化传统及地理方面的词汇~

发源地 the birthplace 

禁忌 taboo

压岁钱 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  

踩高跷 stilt walking  

扭秧歌 yangge dance 

扫墓 sweep graves of one’s ancestors or loved ones  

赛龙舟 dragon-boat racing

粽子 zongzi (sticky rice dumpling wrapped in reed or bamboo leaves)  

月饼 moon cake

赏月 appreciate the glorious full moon  

赏菊 admire the beauty of chrysanthemum  

登高 climb mountain

孔子 Confucius  

孟子 Mencius  

老子 Lao Zi

儒学 Confucian School  

论语 Analects of Confucius

发明纸和瓷器 invented paper and porcelain  

发明火药 invention of gunpowder

发明印刷术 block printing was invented

科举制 Imperial Examination for recruiting civil servants  

丝绸之路 Silk Route  

长征 Long March

解放战争 War of Liberation

改革开放 reform and opening up  

黄河 Yellow River  

长江 Yangtze River 

珠江 Pearl River  

太湖 Lake Tai

鄱阳湖 Lake Poyang  

洞庭湖 Lake Dongting  

青藏高原 Tibet Plateau

东北平原 Northeast China Plain  

华北平原 North China Plain

长江中下游平原 Plain of Middle and Lower Reaches of Changjiang River  

南沙群岛 Nansha Island