曲水流觞饮黄酒，挥毫泼墨写诗词

Drinking wine and writing poetry

千年前，

A thousand years ago

东晋大书法家王羲之邀挚友于兰亭

A thousand years ago, Wang Xizhi, a great calligrapher of the Eastern Jin Dynasty(317AD -420AD) invited his close friends to Orchid Pavilion (a place in Shaoxing)

邀挚友于兰亭

Invited his close friends to Orchid Pavilion

曲水流觞、饮酒赋诗、泼墨挥毫、交流书艺

Drinking, writing poetry, practicing calligraphy and exchanging calligraphy skills

天下第一行书《兰亭集序》闻名中外，历久不衰

<Italic>Preface of the Orchid Pavilion </Italic> the well-known cursive hand writing 

闻名中外，历久不衰

is Is renowned at home and abroad 

千年后，书法之乡绍兴承袭先贤雅韵，续写兰亭雅会佳话

Thousands of years later Shaoxing is still dedicated to preserving and promotingpreserve and promote the calligraphy

百年越剧，

Yue opera, with a history of a hundred years

浸润着越州大地

Infiltrates the land of ShaoxingShaoxing is also the hometown of Yue Opera

或缠绵悠长，或呢喃低语，或荡气回肠

Lingering, twittering, or touchingIt originated from Sheng County (modern-day Shengzhou City) in the Shaoxing region of Zhejiang province 

让这里的每一寸土地

Let every inch of land here and is thus sometimes referred to simply as Shaoxing Opera. 

都飘荡着袅袅越音

Float with curling sound