清明节英文-清明节英文介绍.pdf
清明节英文-清明节英文介绍清明节英文清明节英文theqingming(purebrightness)festival is one of the 24 seasonal divisionpoints in china,falling on april 4-6 eachyear.after the festival,the temperaturewill rise up and rainfall increases.it is thehigh time for spring plowing and sowing.but the qingming festival is not only aseasonal point to guide farm work,it ismore a festival of commemoration.theqingmingfestivalseesacombination of sadness and happiness.this is the most important day ofsacrifice.both the han and minority ethnicgroups at this time offer sacrifices to theirancestors and sweep the tombs of thediseased.also,they will not cook on thisday and only cold food is served.the hanshi(cold food)festival wasusually one day before the qingmingfestival.as our ancestors often extendedthe day to the qingming,they were latercombined.oneachqingmingfestival,allcemeteries are crowded with people whocame to sweep tombs and offer sacrifices.traffic on the way to the cemeteriesbecomes extremely jammed.the customshave been greatly simplified today.afterslightly sweeping the tombs,people offerfood,flowers and favorites of the dead,then burn incense and paper money andbow before the memorial tablet.in contrast to the sadness of thetomb sweepers,people also enjoy hope ofspring on this day.the qingming festival isa time when the sun shines brightly,thetrees and grass become green and natureis again lively.since ancient times,peoplehavefollowed thecustomofspringoutings.atthistimetouristsareeverywhere.people love to fly kites during theqingming festival.kite flying is actually notlimitedtotheqingmingfestival.itsuniqueness lies in that people fly kites notduring the day,but also at night.a stringof little lanterns tied onto the kite or thethreadlooklikeshiningstars,andtherefore,are called“gods lanterns.”the qingming festival is also a time toplant trees,for the survival rate of saplingsis high and trees grow fast later.in thepast,the qingming festival was called“arbor day”.but since 1979,“arbor day”was settled as march 12 according to thegregorian calendar.清明节扫烈士墓感受中学清明节扫墓流程清明节朗诵词清明节英文介绍清明节烈士扫墓清明节国旗讲话稿清明节少先队员献词清明节如何扫墓
