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