学用英语描述“清明节”的传统

1、Pure Brightness Festivalclosely related to Cold Food Festival. According to tradition, the Cold Food Festival starts one day before the Qingming Festival. It lasts for three days, during which people abstain from making a fire and instead eat cold food prepared in advance. The origin of Tomb-Sweepin

2、g Day It is said that people had to eat cold food, and were not allowed to make fire on this day beginning from the period of Jin, in order to pay homage to Jie Zitui, a vassal in the country Jin, in Spring and Autumn Period.The origin of Cold Food FestivalThe origin of Cold Food Festival Zhong Er,

3、the prince of Jin, was fleeing before he became a king and one of his followers named Jie Zitui gave him flesh cut from his leg to eat when he was in starvation. 123The origin of Cold Food Festival However, after the prince became a king, he forgot Jie Zitui and gave him nothing. Jie Zitui was very

4、upset , he left the palace and lived in the Mian mountain with his mother only left a poem.The origin of Cold Food Festival The king read the poem and suddenly realized that he had done something really unfair. So he came to the Mian Mountain where Jie Zitui lived and asked him to go back with him t

5、o the palace. When Jie Zitui refused, he set the mountain on fire to chase him out. But Jie Zitui was determined not to go out and was burnt to death at last with his mother.The origin of Cold Food Festival The king was very sad and made the day a memorial and people were forbidden to set fire on th

6、at day. In this way, the king expressed his gratitude and the regret of not remembering it before.The origin of Cold Food Festival Mian mountain Shanxi ProvinceThe origin of Pure Brightness Festival The Cold Food Festival had been an important festival before the Tang Dynasty (AD618-907). Then it be

7、gan to decline, until it virtually disappeared in the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368). Cold Food Festival did not vanish, but became assimilated into the Pure Brightness Festival. In some parts of China, the Pure Brightness Festival is also called the Cold Food Festival. Customs Customs Spring Outing 1.Thi

8、s custom can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty (618 - 907) and followed by each dynasty later till today . 2.go out,appreciate the scenes of natureCustoms Flying kites1.Cut the string while the kite is in the sky2.Brings good luck and diseases can be eliminatedCustoms Willow trees1.Miraculous power

9、s against evil2.Branches are hung on door fronts and used to sweep the tombsCustoms Swinging1.Start during Ming Dynasty(1368-1644) 2.A recreation on the Qingming FestivalCustoms Some other activities1.Cuju2.Plant treesCustoms Food Qingtuan(qingmingguo)-green cakeRe-appearing in regions in the lower of the Yangtze RiverMade of rice, glutinous rice and Asiatic wormwood(Gnaphalium affine) Gnaphalium affine Other food 清明（qingming） the Mourning Day （唐）杜牧（Tang）Dumu清明时节雨纷纷，A drizzling rain falls like tears on the Mourning Day ,路上行人欲断魂。The mourners he