清明节英文介绍 英文介绍清明节
celebrated two weeks after the vernal equinox(24节气春分) tomb sweeping day is one of the few traditional chinese holidays that follows the solar calendar(solar calendar意农历阴历)typically falling on april 4 5 or 6 its chinese name qing ming literally means clear brightness hinting at its importance as a celebration of spring similar to the spring festivals of other cultures tomb sweeping day celebrates the rebirth of nature while marking the beginning of the planting season and other outdoor activities
qing ming jie in ancient times
古代清明节
in ancient times people celebrated qing ming jie with dancing singing picnics and kite flying colored boiled eggs(原古代中国清明节西方复活节样彩蛋……编感叹历史惊相似……) would be broken to symbolize the opening of life in the capital the emperor would plant trees on the palace grounds to celebrate the renewing nature of spring in the villages young men and women would court each other
the tomb sweeping day as celebrated today
庆祝春天清明
with the passing of time this celebration of life became a day to the honor past ancestors following folk religion(folk religion民间俗信仰) the chinese believed that the spirits of deceased ancestors lookedafter the family sacrifices of food and spirit money could keep them happy and the family would prosper through good harvests and more children
today chinese vi范文网sit their family graves to tend to any underbrush that has grown weeds are pulled and dirt swept away and the family will set out offerings of food and spirit money(注意纸钱官方说法啊：spirit money) unlike the sacrifices at a family＇s home altar the offerings at the tomb usually consist of dry bland food one theory is that since any number of ghosts rome around a grave area the less appealing food will be consumed by the ancestors and not be plundered by strangers
honoring ancestors
祭祖
honoring ancestors begins with proper positioning of a gravesite and coffin experts in feng shui or geomancy determine the quality of land by the surrounding aspects of streams rivers trees hills and so forth an area that faces south with groves of pine trees creates the best flow of cosmic energy required to keep ancestors happy unfortunately nowadays with china＇s burgeoning population public cemetaries have quickly surplanted private gravesites family elders will visit the gravesite at least once a year to tend to the tombs
while bland food is placed by the tombs on qing ming jie the chinese regularly provide scrumptious offerings to their ancestors at altar tables in their homes the food usually consists of chicken eggs or other dishes a deceased ancestor was fond of accompanied by rice the dishes and eating utensils are carefully arra范文网nged so as to bring good luck sometimes a family will put burning incense with the offering so as to expedite the transfer of nutritious elements to the ancestors in some parts of china the food is then eaten by the entire family
kites
风筝
besides the traditions of honoring the dead people also often fly kits on tomb sweeping day kites can come in all kinds of shapes sizes and colors designs could include frogs dragonflies butterflies crabs bats and storks
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celebrated two weeks after the vernal equinox(24节气春分) tomb sweeping day is one of the few traditional chinese holidays that follows the solar calendar(solar calendar意农历阴历)typically falling on april 4 5 or 6 its chinese name qing ming literally means clear brightness hinting at its importance as a celebration of spring similar to the spring festivals of other cultures tomb sweeping day celebrates the rebirth of nature while marking the beginning of the planting season and other outdoor activities
qing ming jie in ancient times
古代清明节
in ancient times people celebrated qing ming jie with dancing singing picnics and kite flying colored boiled eggs(原古代中国清明节西方复活节样彩蛋……编感叹历史惊相似……) would be broken to symbolize the opening of life in the capital the emperor would plant trees on the palace grounds to celebrate the renewing nature of spring in the villages young men and women would court each other
the tomb sweeping day as celebrated today
庆祝春天清明
with the passing of time this celebration of life became a day to the honor past ancestors following folk religion(folk religion民间俗信仰) the chinese believed that the spirits of deceased ancestors lookedafter the family sacrifices of food and spirit money could keep them happy and the family would prosper through good harvests and more children
today chinese vi范文网sit their family graves to tend to any underbrush that has grown weeds are pulled and dirt swept away and the family will set out offerings of food and spirit money(注意纸钱官方说法啊：spirit money) unlike the sacrifices at a family＇s home altar the offerings at the tomb usually consist of dry bland food one theory is that since any number of ghosts rome around a grave area the less appealing food will be consumed by the ancestors and not be plundered by strangers
honoring ancestors
祭祖
honoring ancestors begins with proper positioning of a gravesite and coffin experts in feng shui or geomancy determine the quality of land by the surrounding aspects of streams rivers trees hills and so forth an area that faces south with groves of pine trees creates the best flow of cosmic energy required to keep ancestors happy unfortunately nowadays with china＇s burgeoning population public cemetaries have quickly surplanted private gravesites family elders will visit the gravesite at least once a year to tend to the tombs
while bland food is placed by the tombs on qing ming jie the chinese regularly provide scrumptious offerings to their ancestors at altar tables in their homes the food usually consists of chicken eggs or other dishes a deceased ancestor was fond of accompanied by rice the dishes and eating utensils are carefully arra范文网nged so as to bring good luck sometimes a family will put burning incense with the offering so as to expedite the transfer of nutritious elements to the ancestors in some parts of china the food is then eaten by the entire family
kites
风筝
besides the traditions of honoring the dead people also often fly kits on tomb sweeping day kites can come in all kinds of shapes sizes and colors designs could include frogs dragonflies butterflies crabs bats and storks
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