清明节用英语怎么说

清明节英语介绍及词汇

TheQingmingFestival

KeyWords

1.清明节

theQingmingFestival

2.24节气

the24asonaldivisionpoints

3.春耕播种

springplowingandsowing

4.祭祖

tooffersacrificestoone’sancestors

5.扫墓

tosweepthetombs(ofthedecead)

6.寒食节

theHanshi/ColdFoodFestival

7.公墓

publiccemeteries

8.在墓碑前祭拜

tobowbeforethememorialtablet

9.焚香

toburnincen

10.烧纸钱

toburnpapermoney

11.春游的习俗

thecustomofSpringoutings

12.放风筝

toflykites(kiteflying)

13.一串小灯笼

astringoflittlelanterns

14.植树，树苗

toplantrees,saplings

15.植树节

theArborDay

16.秋千

aswing

17.踏青

steppingthegreen

18.孝顺

(topractice)filialpiety

19.健身

body-building

20.拔河

tugofwar

21.斗鸡

rooster-fighting

TheQingmingFestival

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QingmingFestivalis

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ofcommemoration.

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happiness.

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minorityethnicgroupsatthistimeoffersacrificestotheir

,theywill

notcookonthisdayandonlycoldfoodisrved.

TheHanshi(ColdFood)Festivalwasusuallyonedaybefore

ncestorsoftenextendedtheday

totheQingming,theywerelatercombined.

OneachQingmingFestival,allcemeteriesarecrowdedwith

con

lightly

sweepingthetombs,peopleofferfood,flowersandfavoritesof

thedead,thenburnincenandpapermoneyandbowbefore

thememorialtablet.

Incontrasttothesadnessofthetombsweepers,peoplealso

gmingFestivalisatime

whenthesunshinesbrightly,thetreesandgrassbecomegreen

ncienttimes,peoplehave

timetouristsare

everywhere.

uniquenessliesinthatpeopleflykitesnotduringtheday,but

goflittlelanternstiedontothekiteorthe

threadlooklikeshiningstars,andtherefore,arecalled"god's

lanterns."

TheQingmingFestivalisalsoatimetoplanttrees,forthe

past,theQingmingFestivalwascalled"ArborDay".Butsince

1979,"ArborDay"wasttledasMarch12accordingtothe

Gregoriancalendar.

QingmingFestivalActivities

Swing

ngisasportthatthe

playerswingsbackandforthwithatreadplatehungonaframe

bylongropes.

Theoriginofswingcanbetracedbacktosome100,000years

ngtreesorcrossingstreamsisthemostprimitive

ntheSpringandAutumn

Period(770BCto476yearsago),theswingconsistingofatread

platedhungontheframebyropeswasintroducedintothe

heHandynasty(206BCto220AD),

swinginghadgraduallybecameafolkactivityperformedatthe

TombSweepingFestival,theDragonBoatFestivalandother

ngcanbecategorizedintothe

singleswing,doubleswing,standingswingandsittingswing.

Eachvillagehasitsownmasterswingingplayerandsometimes

swinginghighestwiththemost

beautifulmovementswillreceivepraifromneighbors.

Swingingdaysareoftengoodopportunitiesforyoungmenand

,asthefolktraditional

sportwithahistoryofveralthousandyearsstillmaintainsits

vitalitynowadays.

Kite-flying

Thecustomofkite-flyingprevailsduringtheTombSweeping

Day(aroundApril5th).Thebamboocrossbowofthekitevibrates

withabuzzasitrisaloftonthepowerofitstail.

Bigkitescanbeasbroadasaboutthreemetressquarewith

teshavearectangularshape.

Therestarepatternedascrabs,centipedes,butterfliesand

dragonflies,orChinecharacterssuchas"fortune"or

"longevity".Allkitesareconstructedwithfinecraftsmanship.

Whenflownintheevening,theyhavelightsattachedtotheir

tailsandsomehaveasmanyasthreetofivelightsstrung

together.

Stepping-the-green

"Stepping-the-green"referstothespring-outgoingpeople

ngisinearlyMarchwhenitbeginstoturn

warm,justagoodtimetogo

ingmingisnotjustabluetimefor

remembrance,butalsoagreentimeforfun.

Tomb-sweeping

Tomb-sweepingisthemainobrvanceoftheQingming

-sweepingistheconcreteexpressionofpracticing

filialpiety,whichhasbeenemphasizingbytheChinepeople

ore,theQingmingFestivalhasbeen

-

sweepingactivitiesareusuallydonetwodaysbeforeQingming

ayoftombsweeping,the

descendantswouldclearthewildgrassaroundtheancestor's

tomb,cleanthedust,andthenprentthefoodandfreshflowers.

TombSweepingDay,alsocalled"ColdFoodDay",isthemost

ted

fromtheZhouDynasty,withahistoryofover2500years.

Qingmingisoneofthe24solartermsinChina,indicatingthe

comingoflatespring,thusthebestplowingandgrowingtime,

while"ColdFoodDay"isadaywhenfolkssweeptheancestors'

ngwasadjacenttoColdFood

Day,solaterontheygraduallybecameonefestival,andthus

"ColdFood"becameanothernameforQingming,anddusting

thetombandeatingcoldfoodturnedintothecustomsofQing

nghavolvedintoaculture-richandmeaning-

deepremembranceday.

Sincepeoplewithweakconstitutionsmightgethurtby

eatingcoldrawfoodonQingming,whentheweatherisstillcold,

variousactivitieswereinventedforbody-building,likestepping-

the-greenoutgoing,swing,Chinefootball(蹴鞠cùjū),polo,

willow-planting,tug-of-war,androoster-fighting,etc.

明是我国的二十四节气之一。由于二十四节气比较客观地反映了

一年四季气温、降雨、物候等方面的变化，所以古代劳动人民用它安

排农事活动。但是，清明作为节日，与纯粹的节气又有所不同。节气

是我国物候变化、时令顺序的标志，而节日则包含着一定的风俗活动

和某种纪念意义。因此，这个节日中既有祭扫新坟生别死离的悲酸泪，

又有踏青游玩的欢笑声，是一个富有特色的节日。

清明节是我国传统节日，也是最重要的祭祀节日，是祭祖和扫墓

的日子。扫墓俗称上坟，祭祀死者的一种活动。汉族和一些少数民族

大多都是在清明节扫墓。由于清明与寒食的日子接近，而寒食是民间

禁火扫墓的日子，渐渐的，寒食与清明就合二为一了，而寒食既成为

清明的别称，也变成为清明时节的一个习俗，清明之日不动烟火，只

吃凉的食品。

按照旧的习俗，扫墓时，人们要携带酒食果品、纸钱等物品到墓

地，将食物供祭在亲人墓前，再将纸钱焚化，为坟墓培上新土，折几

枝嫩绿的新枝插在坟上，然后叩头行礼祭拜，最后吃掉酒食回家。

与清明节扫墓的悲哀相反，人们在这个春光明媚的日子里，也一

样是可以享受生活的。

放风筝也是清明时节人们所喜爱的活动。每逢清明时节，人们不

仅白天放，夜间也放。夜里在风筝下或风稳拉线上挂上一串串彩色的

小灯笼，象闪烁的明星，被称为“神灯”。

清明前后，春阳照临，春阳照临，春雨飞洒，种植树苗成活率高，

成长快。因此，自古以来，我国就有清明植树的习惯。有人还把清明

节叫作“植树节”。植树风俗一直流传至今。1979年，人大常委会规

定，每年三月十二日为我国植树节。这对动员全国各族人民积极开展

绿化祖国活动，有着十分重要的意义。