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 Po yang

　　洞庭湖 Lake Dong ting

　　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 Chang jiang River

　　南沙群岛 Nan sha Island