Festivals: advanced 节日：高级

你们家腊八节也喝腊八粥吗？

Nǐmen jiā làbājié yě hē làbāzhōu ma?

Does your family also have Laba porridge on Laba Festival?

寺庙在腊八节会免费给游客分粥。

Sìmiào zài làbājié huì miǎnfèi gěi yóukè fēn zhōu.

On Laba Festival, the temple hands out porridge to visitors for free.

你今年打算在哪儿守岁？

Nǐ jīnnián dǎsuàn zài nǎr shǒusuì?

Where are you planning to see in the New Year this year?

除夕夜，全家人围着电视守岁。

Chúxīyè, quánjiā rén wéizhe diànshì shǒusuì.

On New Year's Eve, the whole family stayed up around the TV to see the night through.

舞龙需要很多人配合，不容易。

Wǔlóng xūyào hěn duō rén pèihé, bù róngyì.

The dragon dance takes many people working together, so it isn't easy.

元宵节晚上，广场上有舞龙表演。

Yuánxiāojié wǎnshang, guǎngchǎng shàng yǒu wǔlóng biǎoyǎn.

On the night of the Lantern Festival, there is a dragon dance performance in the square.

商店开业那天，门口请人舞狮。

Shāngdiàn kāiyè nàtiān, ménkǒu qǐng rén wǔshī.

On the day the shop opened, they hired people to do a lion dance at the entrance.

春节的时候，街上有舞狮表演。

Chūnjié de shíhou, jiēshang yǒu wǔshī biǎoyǎn.

During the Spring Festival, there are lion dance performances in the street.

中元节是农历七月十五。

Zhōngyuánjié shì nónglì qīyuè shíwǔ.

The Ghost Festival falls on the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month.

你喝过雄黄酒吗？

Nǐ hēguo xiónghuángjiǔ ma?

Have you ever drunk realgar wine?

雄黄酒的味道很冲。

Xiónghuángjiǔ de wèidao hěn chōng.

Realgar wine has a very pungent smell.

奶奶正在准备祭灶的糖。

Nǎinai zhèngzài zhǔnbèi jìzào de táng.

Grandma is getting the sweets ready for the Kitchen God offering.

腊月二十三，我们家要祭灶。

Làyuè èrshí sān, wǒmen jiā yào jìzào.

On the twenty-third of the twelfth month, our family makes offerings to the Kitchen God.