清明节的由来英语介绍

2024年1月12日发(作者：仇炳台)

清明节的由来英语介绍

清明节的由来英语介绍

清明节是农历二十四节气之一，在仲春与暮春之交，也就是冬至后的.108天，以下是小编整理的关于清明节的由来英语介绍，欢迎阅读。

Qingming Festival, also known as Pure Brightness Festival or

Tomb-sweeping Day, is one of the 24 gments of the Chine

calendar. It normally falls on the 4th or 5th of April, between the

spring plowing and summer weeding, and is a time to pay

respects to one's ancestors and to tidy their gravesite. On this day,

whole families, young and old, go to the gravesite of decead

family members to burn incen and perform a ritual offering

while clearing away plant overgrowth from the gravesite.

Qingming Festival is when Chine people visit the graves or

burial the grounds of their ancestors. Traditionally, people

brought a whole rooster with them to the graves visited but the

occasion has become less formal over time. The festival

originated from Hanshi Day (寒食节, literally, Day with cold food

only), a memorial day for Jie Zitui (介子推). Jie Zitui died in 636

BC in the Spring and Autumn Period. He was one of many

followers of Duke Wen of Jin before he became a duke. Once,

during Wen's 19 years of exile, they had no food and Jie prepared

some meat soup for Wen. Wen enjoyed it a lot and wondered

where Jie had obtained the soup. It turned out Jie had cut a piece

of meat from his own thigh to make the soup. Wen was so moved

he promid to reward him one day. However, Jie was not the

type of person who sought rewards. Instead, he just the wanted

to help Wen to return to Jin to become king. Once Wen became

duke, Jie resigned and stayed away from him. Duke Wen

rewarded the people who helped him in the decades, but for

some reason he forgot to reward Jie, who by then had moved

into the forest with his mother. Duke Wen went to the forest, but

could not find Jie. Heeding suggestions from his officials, Duke

Wen ordered men to t the forest on fire to force out Jie.

However, Jie died in the fire. Feeling remorful, Duke Wen

ordered three days without fire to honour Jie's memory. The

county where Jie died is still called Jiexiu (介休, literally "the place

Jie rests forever").