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节日 jié rì holiday / festival / CL:個|个[ge4]
节 jié festival / holiday / node / joint / section / segment / part / to economize / to save / to abridge / moral integrity / classifier for segments, e.g. lessons, train wagons, biblical verses / CL:個|个[ge4]
节庆 jié qìng festival
春节 Chūn jié Spring Festival (Chinese New Year)
电影节 diàn yǐng jié film festival / CL:屆|届[jie4]
中秋 Zhōng qiū the Mid-autumn festival, the traditional moon-viewing festival on the 15th of the 8th lunar month
过节 guò jié to celebrate a festival / after the celebrations (i.e. once the festival is over)
艺术节 yì shù jié arts festival
中秋节 Zhōng qiū jié the Mid-Autumn Festival on 15th of 8th lunar month
端午节 Duān wǔ jié Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of the 5th lunar month)
元宵 yuán xiāo Lantern Festival / night of the 15th of the first lunar month / see also 元夜[yuan2 ye4] / sticky rice dumplings
影展 yǐng zhǎn film festival / photography exhibition
元宵节 Yuán xiāo jié Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春節|春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar
七夕 Qī xī double seven festival, evening of seventh of lunar seventh month / girls' festival / Chinese Valentine's day, when Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女 / are allowed their annual meeting
音乐节 yīn yuè jié music festival
汤圆 tāng yuán boiled or deep-fried balls of glutinous rice flour, usually eaten during Lantern Festival
金马奖 Jīn mǎ jiǎng Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards
重阳 Chóng yáng Double Ninth or Yang Festival / 9th day of 9th lunar month
清明节 Qīng míng jié Qingming or Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day, celebration for the dead (in early April)
踏青 tà qīng lit. tread the green / go for a walk in the spring (when the grass has turned green) / spring hike season around Qingming festival 清明, 4th-6th April
花灯 huā dēng colored lantern (used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节)
春联 chūn lián Spring Festival couplet (the first line of which is pasted on the right side of a doorway at New Year, and the second on the left side)
灯会 dēng huì carnival during the Lantern Festival, with lantern displays and traditional folk performances such as stilt walking and lion dance
灯谜 dēng mí riddles written on lanterns (e.g. for the Lantern Festival at the end of Chinese New Year)
重阳节 Chóng yáng jié Double Ninth or Yang Festival / 9th day of 9th lunar month
花会 huā huì flower fair or festival
祭典 jì diǎn sacrificial ceremony / religious festival
啤酒节 pí jiǔ jié Beer Festival
香包 xiāng bāo a small bag full of fragrance used on Dragon boat Festival
走马灯 zǒu mǎ dēng lantern with carousel of paper horses, rotating under convection, used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节 / fig. constant busy circulation of people
年节 nián jié the New Year festival
寒食 hán shí cold food (i.e. to abstain from cooked food for 3 days around the Qingming festival 清明節|清明节) / the Qingming festival
灯节 dēng jié the Lantern Festival (15th of first month of lunar calendar)
火把节 huǒ bǎ jié Torch Festival
社火 shè huǒ festival entertainment (lion dance, dragon lantern etc)
七夕节 Qī xī jié Qixi Festival or Double Seven Festival on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month / girls' festival / Chinese Valentine's day, when Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女[niu2 lang3 zhi1 nu:3] are allowed their annual meeting
金狮奖 jīn shī jiǎng Golden Lion, award at the Venice Film Festival
明日黄花 míng rì huáng huā lit. chrysanthemums after the Double Ninth Festival (idiom) / fig. outdated / thing of the past / dead letter
重九 chóng jiǔ the Double Ninth Festival (9th day of the 9th lunar month)
雄黄酒 xióng huáng jiǔ realgar wine (traditionally drunk during the Dragon Boat Festival 端午節|端午节[Duan1 wu3 jie2])
中元节 Zhōng yuán jié Ghost Festival on 15th day of 7th lunar month when offerings are made to the deceased
古尔邦节 Gǔ ěr bāng jié Eid al-Adha or Festival of the Sacrifice (Qurban), celebrated on the 10th day of the 12th month of the Islamic calendar
花朝月夕 huā zhāo yuè xī a beautiful day / cf Birthday of the Flowers on lunar 15th February and Mid-autumn Festival on lunar 15th August
五月节 Wǔ yuè jié Dragon Boat Festival (the 5th day of the 5th lunar month)
汨罗 Mì luó Miluo city in Hunan / Miluo river in Hunan, famous for Dragon Boat festival
那达慕 Nà dá mù Nadam or Games, Mongolian national harvest festival in July-August
游艺会 yóu yì huì folk festival / fair / carnival
中元 Zhōng yuán Ghost Festival on 15th day of 7th lunar month when offerings are made to the deceased
中元普渡 zhōng yuán pǔ dù Ghosts' festival on 15th day of 7th moon
九九重阳 Jiǔ jiǔ chóng yáng Double Ninth or Yang Festival / 9th day of 9th lunar month
九月九日忆山东兄弟 jiǔ yuè jiǔ rì yì Shān dōng xiōng dì Remembering my brothers in faraway Shandong on the double ninth festival (poem by Tang Wang Wei's 王維|王维)
介之推 Jiè Zhī tuī Jie Zhitui (7th century BC), legendary selfless subject of Duke Wen of Jin 晉文公|晋文公[Jin4 Wen2 gong1], in whose honor the Qingming festival 清明[Qing1 ming2] (Pure brightness or tomb-sweeping festival) is said to have been initiated
元夜 yuán yè Lantern Festival / night of 15th of first lunar month / see also 元宵[yuan2 xiao1]
台北金马影展 Tái běi Jīn mǎ Yǐng zhǎn Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival
基督圣体节 Jī dū Shèng tǐ jié Corpus Christi (Catholic festival on second Thursday after Whit Sunday)
天使报喜节 Tiān shǐ bào xǐ jié Annunciation (Christian festival on 25th March) / Lady day
拜节 bài jié to pay respects during a festival
收获节 shōu huò jié harvest festival
春灯谜 Chūn dēng mí Spring lantern riddles (guessing game at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节, at the end of Spring festival 春節|春节)
月夕 yuè xī Mid-autumn Festival on lunar 15th August
棕枝全日 zōng zhī quán rì Palm Sunday (Christian Festival one week before Easter)
牧神节 mù shén jié Lupercalia, Roman festival to Pan on 15th February
节期 jié qī festival season
耶稣升天节 Yē sū Shēng tiān jié Ascension Day (Christian festival forty days after Easter)
圣母升天节 Shèng mǔ shēng tiān jié Assumption of the Virgin Mary (Christian festival on 15th August)
圣烛节 Shèng zhú jié Candlemas (Christian Festival on 2nd February)
圣神降临 Shèng shén jiàng lín Whit Sunday (Christian Festival celebrating the Holy Spirit)
圣体节 Shèng tǐ jié Corpus Christi (Catholic festival on second Thursday after Whit Sunday)
腊八节 là bā jié Laba rice porridge festival, on the 8th day of the 12th lunar month
花朝节 huā zhāo jié Birthday of the Flowers, spring festival on lunar 12th or 15th February
万灵节 Wàn líng jié All Saints' Day (Christian festival on 2nd November)
萨噶达娃节 Sà gá dá wá jié Tibetan festival on 15th April marking Sakyamuni's birthday
评审团特别奖 píng shěn tuán tè bié jiǎng Special Jury Prize, award at the Venice Film Festival
迎神赛会 yíng shén sài huì folk festival, esp. involving shrine or image of God
酸奶节 Suān nǎi jié Lhasa Shoton festival or yogurt banquet, from first of July of Tibetan calendar
重五 chóng wǔ Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of 5th lunar month)
重午 chóng wǔ Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of 5th lunar month)
金熊奖 jīn xióng jiǎng Golden Bear, award at the Berlin International Film Festival
银熊奖 yín xióng jiǎng Silver Bear, award at the Berlin International Film Festival
银狮奖 yín shī jiǎng Silver Lion, award at the Venice Film Festival
杂戏 zá xì acrobatics / entertainment at folk festival
雪顿 Xuě dùn Lhasa Shoton festival or yogurt banquet, from first of July of Tibetan calendar
雪顿节 Xuě dùn jié Lhasa Shoton festival or yogurt banquet, from first of July of Tibetan calendar
瓦加杜古泛非电影电视节 wǎ jiā dù gǔ fàn fēi diàn yǐng diàn shì jié Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou
世界青年和学生节  World Festival of Youth and Students
青年和学生节  Festival of Youth and Students
儿童和平文化节  Culture of Peace Festival for Children
聋人语文、文化、历史国际节和会议  International Festival and Conference on the Language, Culture and History of Deaf People
世界黑人非洲人文化艺术节  World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture
宽容节 kuān róng jié Festival for Tolerance
世界青年民间音乐节  World Youth Folk Festival
不结盟和其他发展中国家电影节  Film Festival of Non-Aligned and other Developing Countries
联合国纪录片电影节  United Nations Documentary Film Festival
世界才艺妇女节  World Festival of Creative Women
加勒比创作艺术节  Caribbean Festival of Creative Arts
天穿日 tiān chuān rì a Hakka festival held on the 20th day of the first lunar month
三月街 Sān yuè Jiē Third Month Fair, traditional festival of the Bai Nationality 白族[Bai2 zu2]
正日 zhèng rì the day (of a festival, ceremony etc)
大节 dà jié major festival / important matter / major principle / high moral character
圣佛明节 Shèng fó míng jié Fiesta de Saint Fermin, festival held annually in Pamplona, Spain
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