中華文化博大精深,需要我們一代代傳承,英語作為目前時間最廣泛的語言,那麼如何用英文弘揚我們的中華文化呢?首先分享這幾個表達中華文化相關的特色詞彙:

國粹術語

生 (男性正面角色) the male character type in Peking opera (the positive male role)

旦 (女性正面角色) the female character type in Peking opera (the positive female role)

淨 (性格鮮明的男性配角) the “painted face”, a character type in Peking opera

醜 (幽默滑稽或反面角色) clown in Peking opera

四大名著

《三國演義》 The Romance of the Three Kingdoms

《西遊記》 Journey to the West; Pilgrimage to the West

《水滸傳》 All Men Are Brothers

《紅樓夢》 A Dream of the Red Mansions

戲劇文化

京劇人物臉譜 Peking Opera makeup

木偶戲puppet show

獨角戲monodrama; one-man play

皮影戲shadow play; leather-silhouette show

摺子戲opera highlights

戲劇小品skit

啞劇dumb show; mime; mummery; pantomime

單口相聲monologue comic talk

雙口相聲witty dialogue

口技vocal imitations; ventriloquism

說書monologue story-telling

雜技acrobatic performance

疊羅漢making a human pyramid

特技stunt

睬高蹺stilt walk

馬戲circus performances

京韻大鼓 story-telling in Beijing dialect with drum accompaniment

秦腔 Shaanxi opera

文化遺產

重要文化遺產 major cultural heritage

優秀民間藝術 outstanding folk arts

文物 cultural relics

中國畫 traditional Chinese painting

書法 calligraphy

水墨畫 Chinese brush drawing; ink and wash painting

工筆 traditional Chinese realistic painting

中國結 Chinese knot

旗袍 cheongsam