清明节Tomb Sweeping Day.ppt

1、Tomb-sweeping Day 清明节,The ceaseless drizzles drips all the dismal day, So broken-hearted fares the traveler on the way. When asked where could be found a tavern bower, A cowboy points to yonder village of the apricot flower.,Contents,Date Origin Customs,Date,April 4, 5, or 6 of the solar calendar; o

2、ne of the Chinese Twenty-four Solar Terms. From that date temperatures begin to rise and rainfall increases; The crucial time for plowing and sowing in the spring. This year: April 5, 2011.,Origin,Chong Er escaped.,Origin,He was ill.,Origin,Jie Zitui offered meat soup.,Origin,Chong Er rewarded follo

3、wers.,Origin,Jie moved into mountains.,Origin,They were burned to death.,割肉奉君尽丹心，但愿主公常清明。 柳下作鬼终不见，强似伴君作谏臣。 倘若主公心有我，忆我之时常自省。 臣在九泉心无愧，勤政清明复清明。,Origin,People mustnt make fire.,to commemorate a loyal man living in the Spring and Autumn Period, named Jie Zitui. Jie cut a piece of meat from his own leg in

4、 order to save his hungry lord who was forced to go into exile when the crown was in jeopardy. The lord came back to his position nineteen years later, and forgot Jie Zitui but later felt ashamed and decided to reward him. However, Jie had blocked himself up in a mountain with his mother. In order t

5、o find Jie, the lord ordered that the mountain should be set on fire. Later Jie was found dead with his mother. In order to commemorate Jie, the lord ordered that the day Jie died was Hanshi (Cold Food) Festival - the day that only cold food could be eaten. The second year, when the lord went to the

6、 mountain to sacrifice to Jie, he found willows revived, so he gave instructions that the day after Hanshi Festival was to be Qingming Festival. Later, the two festivals were combined as one - Qingming Festival.,Customs,tomb sweeping taking a spring outing flying kites wearing willow branches riding

7、 on swings,a combination of sadness and happiness.,Tomb Sweeping,Tomb Sweeping,Cleaning the tomb and paying respect to the dead person with offerings are the two important parts of remembering the past relatives. Weeds around the tomb are cleared away and fresh soil is added to show care of the dead

8、. The dead persons favorite food and wine are taken to sacrifice to them, along with paper resembling money. This is all burned in the hope that the deceased are not lacking food and money. Kowtow before the tables set up for the dead are made.,Liu Bang,Long time ago, there was a king named Liu Pang

9、. When he won the war and became a king, he went back to his country with honor. Liu Pang wanted to express his respect and appreciation for his parents, so he went to his parents tombs to burn incense. However, he couldnt find their tombs because of the war. Liu Pang felt very sad, but he didnt giv

10、e up. Suddenly, he got an idea. He took out a sheet of paper, tore it to many pieces, and threw it into sky. At that time, he praised, “ God, Please help me to find my parents tombs. Let these small pieces of paper freeze at one place. Lead me to find the tombs.” It was so strange that those small p

11、ieces of paper stop at one place. Finally Liu Pang found his parents tombs by following these papers. Thats why we put some pieces of color papers under small stones on the ancestors tombs.,Modern way,Today, with cremation taking over from burying, the custom has been extremely simplified in cities.

12、 Only flowers are presented to the dead relatives and revolutionary martyrs. No matter how respect is shown, good prayers for the deceased are expressed. Online tomb-sweeping,孙宝唐 冯梅子,之 墓,Spring Outing,Spring Outing,During March, everything in nature takes on a new look, as trees turn green, flowers

13、blossom, and the sun shines brightly. It is a fine time to go out and to appreciate the beautiful scenes of nature during the festival. This custom can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty (618 - 907) and followed by each dynasty later till today. So visitors can be seen everywhere during the month of the festival.,Flying Kites,Flying Kites,What makes flying kites during this festival special is that peop