1. Customs Birth Marriage Death

2. Birth newborn (baby)a baby’s completion of its first month of life first birthday 周岁 celebrating a birthdaybirthday cake the grabbing test on the occasion of a baby’s first birthday 抓周 congratulatory gift congratulate (an elderly person on his or her birthday) birthday noodles 长寿面 peach-shaped birthday cakes 寿桃

3. marriage matchmaking service 婚姻介绍所 consultant 咨询员 marriage registration 结婚登记 marriage certificate wedding photographwedding dresswedding ring wedding ceremony 结婚典礼 wedding invitation card wedding banquetfestooned vehicle; bridal carconfetti wedding cakedouble happiness 双喜字 coloured lanternwine offered to guests at a wedding (of friends and relatives) teasing the newlyweds on the wedding night bridal chamber 洞房 dowry; trousseau 嫁妆 bridegroombride group weddinghoneymoonmarriage trip

4. Funeral hearse 灵车 memorial ceremony 追悼会 portrait of the deceased cinerary casket 骨灰盒 remains (of the dead) 遗体 the ceremony of paying ones last respects to the deceased 遗体告别仪式 the ceremony of laying the ashes to rest 骨灰安放仪式 credentials to deposit the ashes 骨灰寄存证 the funeral committee 治丧委员会 memorial speech 悼词 attendees 列席者 black armband white flower wreathelegiac couplet mourning hall 火葬场的礼堂 crematorium; crematory 火葬场 carry a coffin to the cemetery; hold a funeral procession 送葬 bier 灵柩 coffin 棺材 cerements 寿衣 paper moneygrave; tomb