清明节的作文 英语的作文汇总20篇

Qingming Festival, also known as grave sweeping festival, Guijie, joss

Festival, and the Ghost Festival July 15 and October 15 of that section 3 Ha

Yuen Ming Festival, and the worship spirits.

Ching Ming Festival, called Ta-Qing Festival, according to the solar

calendar, it is in each of 4 to 6 April between springtime vegetation Tulu is

the season, it is also people Spring Outing (Ancient called Ta-Qing) good , so

there are the ancient Ching Ming Ta-Qing, and a series of sports practices.

March ancient Ching Ming festival is also called, has 20__ years of history.

For the calendar before the Ching Ming Festival on April 5, is one of the

24 solar terms. In the 24 solar terms, is a cycle is the only Ching Ming

festival. Ancient Chinese Tomb Sweeping Festival will be divided into

three-designate: "Tong Sihwa designate a second designate voles into losing;

Rainbow designate only see three." Means in this first season of Pittosporum

open, and then the voles disappeared Hi Yam, all return to the ground floor of

the cave, and then see the rainbow after the rain the sky.

The 24-cycle comparison objectively reflect all year round temperature,

rainfall, and other aspects of phenological changes, the ancient working people

use it for farming activities. "Huainanzi astronomy lecture," saying: "after the

spring equinox on the 15th, fighting means B, Tomb Sweeping Festival to the

wind." By the "100-year-old, asked," saying: "At this time of things, are clean

and bright, clean. So that the Qingming Festival. "Qingming one that elevated

temperature, rainfall increased, it is a good kind of spring for spring plowing

season. Therefore, "Qingming around point melon grow beans," "afforestation, Wu

Guo Qingming Festival" were made by the farmers. This shows that agricultural

production cycle and has maintained close relations.

However, as the Qingming Festiival, and the cycle has simply different.

Phenology is the cycle of change, seasonal sequence of signs, and festival

includes a certain amount of customs activities and a commemorative

significance. Ching Ming Festival is Chinas traditional festival, the most

important festival of worship, and the graves of ancestors day. Commonly known

as Shangfen graves, a deceased worship activities. Most of the Han nationality

and ethnic minorities are in the Ching Ming grave-sweepers. According to the old

custom, the graves, people carrying Jiushi fruit, paper money, and other items

to the cemetery, food festival with relatives for the tomb, then incineration of

paper money for a new graves pui soil, a few Nenlu% of the new sticks planted on

the grave , and then kowtowing via worship, eat Jiushi final home. Tang Dynasty

poet Du Mus poem "Qingming": "Qingming have rain season, the road to

pedestrians powder. Asked by restaurants where? Vaquero Yaozhi Xinghua Village."

Wrote the special atmosphere of the Ching Ming Festival. Until today, the Ching

Ming Festival worship ancestors, deceased relatives mourning customs are still

prevalent.

China has a long history of more than 5,000 years, so the variety of

culture has been preserved. These meaningful cultures are treated as our

national treasure. In order to remember them, the government has named the

official holiday. Tomb-sweeping Day is one of the meaningful festivals. People

have days’ off every year and the families will get together, sweeping their

ancestors’ tombs. People believe that they do this can bring good luck, because

their ancestors will bless them. Some people question the meaning of this

festival, because they think people are superstitious. As for me, I think this

day teaches people to in honor of their ancestors and respect the culture. It is

not something about superstition, but about showing respect to the culture. We

need to pass on our culture from generations, or we will lose our national

treasure.

以前,我对节日一问三不知,别说是清明节,连六一节我也不知道.可我看了>后,我对所有的节日都很了解了,特别是清明节,我对清明节非常了解了。

In the past, I didnt know about the three festivals, let alone the Qingming

Festival. I didnt even know about the 61 Festival. But after I saw >I knew all the festivals very well, especially the Qingming

Festival. I knew the Qingming Festival very well.

据我了解,汉魏以前清明主要指节气,它仅仅是与农事密切关联的一般节令.那么它如何成为被人们所重视的节日呢?原因在于,清明与上已,寒食两个节日的日期相当接近,而且三个节日的习俗相互关联,具备融为一体的条件.清明节就是现在的4月4日至6日之间。

As far as I know, before the Han and Wei dynasties, Qingming mainly

referred to solar terms. It was only a general Festival closely related to

farming. So how could it become a festival that people attach great importance

to? The reason is that the dates of .Qingming and Shangji, and cold food

festivals are quite close, and the customs of the three festivals are related to

each other and have the conditions of integration. Qingming Festival is now

between April 4 and 6

每到这时,人们都会去扫墓,有些学校也会组织春游.到那天,我们会吃清明团子,那着自己制作的小白花献给革命人等等.从古代到现在,在清明节时,我们可以放风筝,举行放风筝比赛……

At this time, people will go to the tomb sweeping, and some schools will

organize spring outings. On that day, we will eat the Qingming troupe and

dedicate the small white flowers made by ourselves to the revolutionaries and so

on. From ancient times to now, on the Qingming Festival, we can fly kites and

hold kite flying competitions.

我回到家想了想,咦,如果我们老是用古代的习俗,一点儿也没有创意了.于是,我想了想,终于,想出了一个非常好的点子:我们可以把清明团子做成各种各样好看,新奇的形状来,这样,让人们看起来舒服,吃起来甜美!

I came home to think, eh, if we always use the ancient customs, there is no

creativity at all. So, I thought, finally, came up with a very good idea: we can

make Qingming dumplings into all kinds of good-looking, novel shapes, so that

people look comfortable and eat sweet!

《我们的节日》这本书真好!让我深深地了解到了清明节各种习俗,由来等等。

This book is so good that I have a deep understanding of the customs and

origins of Qingming Festival.

"As." Today is Saturday, is also a special sacred holiday -- tomb-sweeping day.

Tomb-sweeping day, we go back to the grave. Today I again came to the ancestors of grave, ready to help them to sweep the tomb. I take the hoe, all their grave grass in addition to the light.

Also dont say, weeding is quite tired, hoe two times of rest for a while, if not adults may one day help I also dont finish.

Feel drab, grave and a slice of light, and loneliness. Then, the second day after dinner, I went to the mountains to dig a few fruit trees planted in the grave.

Tomb-sweeping day is an important festival, let us remember this sacred and special holiday! Also remember that on this day to help fathers grave!

One more thing, in this festival, people believe that you are missing! The person I miss most is my grandmother, my grandmother when I was young forever left me, how I wish she would come back to me again, this is what I miss most people, when tomb-sweeping day is the most miss you?

“清明时节雨纷纷。”今天是星期六，也是一个特别的神圣的节日——清明节。

清明节的时候，我们回去扫墓。今天我又来到了先辈的坟前，准备帮他们扫一下墓。我拿着锄头，把他们坟前的草全都除光了。

还别说，除草还挺累的，锄两下就要歇一会，如果不是大人帮忙可能一天我也除不完。

坟前一片光，感觉特单调，孤独。于是，第二天吃过晚饭后，我就跑到山上挖了几颗果树种在了坟前。

清明节是个重要的节日，让我们记住这个神圣而特别的节日吧!还要记住在这一天要帮先辈们扫墓哦!

还有一件事，在这个节日里，相信你们有思念的人吧!我最思念的人是我的外婆，外婆在我很小的时候就永远的离开了我，我多么希望她能再回到我身边，这就是我最思念的人，你们在清明节最思念谁呢?

清明节那天，下着毛毛细雨，天空灰暗暗的，人也觉得很没有精神。我们全家睡了一个“自然醒的觉”。我们没有出远门，因为我们在深圳没有长辈亲戚，因此也就没有扫墓的活动。

The day of the festival, the drizzle, the sky dark gray, people feel very spirit. My family had a "natural wake up sleep". We do not have to go out, because we have no elder relatives in Shenzhen, so there is no grave activities.

这一天，我在家接待了我的一个朋友，他叫浩浩，他的爷爷前不久突然心肌梗塞，住进了医院，他的爸爸妈妈很忙，没有时间照顾他，所以把他托付到我们家生活一天。早上十点多，浩浩来了，我们欢迎他，我和他同岁，但是他上学迟一年，所以还在上幼儿园大班。

That day, I received a friend of mine at home, he asked his grandpa is vast, shortly before the sudden myocardial infarction, admitted to the hospital, his father and mother is busy, no time to take care of him, so he entrusted to our home life one day. More than ten oclock in the morning, to the vast, we welcome him, he and I are the same age, but he went to school a year later, it was still in kindergarten.

我们在一起聊天、唱歌、玩游戏、看电视，很开心。中午爸爸妈妈带着我和浩浩去宝能太古城吃必胜客的披萨，我们一人点了一个套餐，浩浩吃得干干净净，我要向他学习。下午我们一起玩侦探游戏，也很开心。

We chat together, sing, play games, watch TV, very happy. At noon, mom and Dad took me and vast to Baoneng Taikoo city to eat Pizza Hut pizza, we point a package, the eat clean, I should learn from him. We play games in the afternoon the detective, was also very happy.

天黑了，浩浩的妈妈张阿姨来接他了，我很舍不得他回去。这就是我清明节的活动，很平凡，但这是我第一次在家里接待小朋友，所以很有体验和收获，我懂得了礼让和待客。

It was dark, the mother Zhang aunt came to pick him up, I could not bear him back. This is the I Ching Ming Festival activities, very ordinary, but this is the first time I received the kids at home, so it is the experience and the harvest, I know the courtesy and hospitality.

In contrast to the sadness of the tomb sweepers people also enjoy hope of Spring on this day. The Qingming Festival is a time when the sun shines brightly the trees and grass become green and nature is again lively. Since ancient times people have followed the custom of Spring outings. At this time tourists are everywhere.

People love to fly kites during the Qingming Festival. Kite flying is actually not limited to the Qingming Festival. Its uniqueness lies in that people fly kites not during the day but also at night. A string of little lanterns tied onto the kite or the thread look like shining stars and therefore are called "god‘s lanterns."

The Qingming Festival is also a time to plant trees for the survival rate of saplings is high and trees grow fast later. In the past the Qingming Festival was called "Arbor Day". But since 1979 "Arbor Day" was settled as March 12 according to the Gregorian calendar.

相反的悲伤的墓扫墓，人们也希望享受春天的这一天。清明节是一个阳光灿烂的日子，树和草都变绿了，大自然又恢复了活力。自古以来，人们都有踏青的习俗。此时到处是游客。

人们喜欢在清明节期间放风筝。风筝放飞其实并不限于清明节。它的独特之处在于人们在白天不放风筝，晚上也放风筝。一串串的小灯笼拴在风筝上或是线上看起来像闪亮的星星，因此被称为“上帝的灯笼”。

清明节也是一个植树的时候，树苗的成活率很高，树木生长快。在过去，清明节被称为“植树节”。但自1979以来，“植树节”定在3月12日根据公历。

踩着被雨浸湿的窒息的泥，那细腻的触感冰冰凉的滑入指隙，白皙的皮肤衬着淤黑的泥，是谁比谁更干净!什么是物是人非，什么是泪留断肠，也许这就是清明。

On a rain soaked asphyxia of mud, the delicate touch of ice cold slide into the gap, fair skin with black mud, is who is more clean! What is different, what is left heartbroken tears, perhaps this is the Ching ming.

斜雨沙沙透窗寒，谁知人事尽待老，却不忘一句微言傲。暮然四顾坟茔林立，那是一种超脱生命的壮阔，没有惧怕，是洒脱的自然，爬满伤痕的心偷偷舒展，亡灵的安慰——恬静、安详。我不是悲的恐怖，只是怕了虚伪，这悲伤悲的多么悲哀啊!

Slanting rain rustling through the window cold, who knows the personnel to be old, but do not forget a word of his pride. When you look around the tomb of buildings, it is a kind of detached the magnificence of life, there is no fear is free and easy, natural, covered with wounds of the heart secretly stretch, the comfort -- quiet, serene. I am not sad horror, just afraid of hypocrisy, the sad sad sad!

用多少惆怅才能谱一曲悲伤，生命的每一处罅隙都绽放着明媚的忧伤，用生命去流浪是不是就会遗忘。清明啊清明，请你告诉我这雨不是你在哭泣，看惯了离愁的你应该麻木!或许请你告诉我，其实你才是最多愁善感的一个。可你什么也不说只是流泪。

A sad how much melancholy to spectrum, every crevice of life are blooming with bright blue, go Shi Bushi will be forgotten with life. Qingming, tomb sweeping, would you please tell me the rain is not you cry, you should see the sorrow of parting numb! May you tell me, in fact you are one of the most sentimental. But you said nothing but to cry.

“雨打湿了眼眶年年依井盼归堂最怕不觉泪一拆两行又是清明雨上……”

"Rain wet eyes, well look forward to return every year according to the hall are most afraid of not feel tears open two lines is Qingming rain......"

winter have passed, and all things recovery, at this time, the annual ching

ming festival again. from the start my notebook, each of the ching ming festival

this day, the mother let me put on army colored spring, with paper money, led me

go.

the death of our family are buried in people biandantang hill, where very

far from my house, want to switch cars several road. i remember a child, i

always am glad to go上坟, because the mother at one grave money, me, and i will

fill the fields and everywhere to play, until his mother put on my drag car

go.

i do not know from the start when i go to play it again no longer downtown,

but one after another to observe each one graves. i once found in a dilapidated

graves, no traces of burnt paper money, i am very surprised that on the down,

the language carefully to identify the monument, as if engraved above the

so-called "life took part in fighting this war," and he was still a stranger

miles! why, he should be buried in the martyrs cemetery ! why is no one above

the names of relatives?

with questions about my curiosity ran to tell his mother, the mother does

not rise, but slowly, said: "alas! you go get some paper money for him it!" i

took over the delivery to the mother of a pile of paper money. he went to the

tomb, while throwing paper money to the fire, he murmured: "no one has ever been

up for your grave, you must be very lonely, and i do not know what you call not

recognize you, but you year must be a hero, now has displaced bones, i burn some

paper money for you now ... ... "at this time, his hands gently caught one of my

shoulders, i looked back and was the mother, she gently from my hands took some

paper money, threw the fire, the paper money fell fire, one, two, four ...

...

this year went to the vicinity of cemeteries, and because the mother had

severe rheumatoid arthritis, she could not , and i go, she is not a person at

ease. so we at outdoor money, his mother threw some paper money said: "dad! you

then you! small, remote, (my uncle) with ... ..."

finally only a pile of paper money, the mother put it to me said: "little

wing, do you die for that unknown person burned it, alas! did not give him

strange people poor." the fire ... ... my face, my heart said: "rest in peace

now! next year the ching ming festival, i must go上坟for you!" wind gust over, put

the ashes of burnt paper money has been blown away ... ...

翻译：

冬天过去了，万物复苏，这时，一年一度的清明节又到了。从我记事开始，每年清明节的这一天，母亲就让我换上军色的春装，带着纸钱，领着我上坟去。

我们家去世的人都埋在扁担山，那儿离我家很远，要转好几道车。记得小时候，我总是很高兴去上坟，因为母亲在坟前一烧纸钱，就管不着我了，我便满山遍野地到处玩，直到母亲把我拖上车去。不知从什么时候开始，我去上坟不再又玩又闹了，而是逐个逐个地观察每一座坟。有一次我发现在一座破烂不堪的坟前，从来没有纸钱烧过的痕迹，我很奇怪，就弯下腰，仔细辨认碑上的文字，上面好像刻着什么“生前曾参加过抗美援朝的战斗”，而且他还是个外乡人哩!咦，他应该埋在烈士墓园吧!为什么上面没有一个亲属的名字?

我带着疑问跑去好奇地告诉母亲，母亲没有抬头，只是缓缓地说：“唉!你拿些纸钱去为他上坟吧!”我接过了母亲递来的一叠纸钱。走到了他墓前，一边往火里扔纸钱，一边喃喃地说：“从来没有人来为您上过坟，您一定很寂寞吧，我虽然不知道您叫什么，也不认识您，但您当年一定是个功臣，如今尸骨却流落他乡，我为您烧一些纸钱吧……”这时，一双手温和地扶住了我的双肩，我回头一看，原来是母亲，她轻轻从我手中拿了一些纸钱，扔向火中，纸钱打着旋落在火中，一张，两张、四张……

今年又到清明了，由于母亲得了严重的风湿性关节炎，她不能上坟了，而我一个人去她又不放心。于是我们就在室外烧纸钱，母亲扔一些纸钱就说：“爹!您接着吧!小远(我的舅舅)拿着……”

纸钱只剩下最后一叠时，母亲把它递给我说：“小咏，你为那位死不知名的人烧吧，唉!没人给他上坟怪可怜的`。”……火光映着我的脸，我在心里说：“安息吧!明年清明节时，我一定为您去上坟!”一阵风吹了过来，把纸钱烧过的灰烬吹走了……

"Rains fall heavily as qingming comes, and passers-by with lowered spirits go......" This solar term of year, we will be in my heart silently reciting the poet tu mus poem in tang dynasty, to express our ancestors thoughts.

This day, we will come to grave, placed a bouquet of flowers, burn some paper money, and wishing you so as to express our loved ones, and in my heart silently pray for them, bless them in heaven can also like us, on the other side of the happiness and lived happily. At this point, we can not help but think of them once and those days we spent together, I can remember all those pictures as if thought of these, I burst into tears.

Spring scenery greeted my eyes in the distance, the birds singing in the spring of sonata, creamy TaoGongLiuLu, golden rape, "shoots" blowing leaves fall, green shoots out long, everywhere is a piece of the scene of spring, all things recovery, which is a season full of expectations and wishes. Tomb-sweeping day, let us in such a special day, we in the memory of the past and at the same time, also want to the future full of hope, cherish life, let oneself life more meaningful, dont use such a beautiful life. Also have a new understanding of the life, let oneself every day was honest, such ability will not let myself regret, and live up to others.

“清明时节雨纷纷，路上行人欲断魂……”每年的这个节气，我们都会在心里默默地吟诵这首唐代诗人杜牧的诗句，来表达我们对先人的思念之情。

这一天，我们会来到墓前，放置一束鲜花，烧上一些纸钱，借以表达我们对亲人的思念和祝福，并在心里默默地为他们祈祷，祝福他们在天堂的那一边也能够和我们一样，幸福和快乐地生活着。此时，我们不禁会想起他们曾经和我们共同度过的那些岁月，那些画面仿佛还历历在目，想到这些，我不禁潸然泪下。

远处春的景色映入了我的眼帘，鸟儿唱着春天的奏鸣曲，漫山的桃红柳绿，遍地金黄的油菜花，“嫩芽吹叶落”，绿油油的嫩芽长了出来，到处是一片春意盎然、万物复苏的景象，这是一个充满期望和祝福的季节。清明时节，让我们在这样一个特殊的日子里，我们在缅怀过去的同时，也要对未来充满希望，珍惜生命，让自己的生命更有意义，不要虚度了这样一个美好的人生。还要对生命有一个重新的认识，让自己的每一天都充充实实的，这样才会不让自己遗憾，并且对得起他人。

Ching Ming Festival/Grave-Sweeping Day清明节

Cold Food Festival 寒食节

day of sacrifice 祭祀节日

offer sacrifices to ancestors 祭祖/上供

online tomb-sweeping 网上祭扫

Internet memorial 网络纪念馆

condolence 哀悼之情

hell note/joss paper 纸钱

funeral supplies/products 殡葬用品

funeral services 殡葬服务业

mortician 殡仪业者

burn incense 焚香

tomb-sweeping 扫墓

tomb sweeper 扫墓的人

kite flying 放风筝

spring outing 踏青

gods lantern 神灯

memorial tablet 纪念碑

willow branches inserted on each gate 门旁插柳

online funeral 网上葬礼

online tribute 网上悼念

cremation urn 骨灰盒

mourning ceremony 哀悼仪式

inhumation 土葬

cremation 火葬

sea-burial 海葬

boat-coffin burial 船棺葬

tree burial 树葬

celestial burial 天葬

flower burials 花葬

national mourning 全国哀悼

national mourning day 全国哀悼日

filial piety 孝顺 孝心

Day of the Dead(亡灵节，墨西哥传统节日，人们通过守灵、上供等方式祭奠逝去的亲人。)

Qingming Festival, also known as Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb-sweeping Day, is one of the 24 segments of the Chinese calendar. It normally falls on the 4th or 5th of April, between spring plowing and summer weeding, and is a time to pay respects to ones ancestors and to tidy their gravesite. On this day, whole families, young and old, go to the gravesite of deceased family members to burn incense and perform a ritual offering while clearing away plant overgrowth from the gravesite.

Qingming Festival is when Chinese people visit the graves or burial 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 Wens 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 promised to reward him one day. However, Jie was not the type of person who sought rewards. Instead, he just 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 set the forest on fire to force out Jie. However, Jie died in the fire. Feeling remorseful, Duke Wen ordered three days without fire to honour Jies memory. The county where Jie died is still called Jiexiu (介休, literally "the place Jie rests forever").

1、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.

清明节，又叫踏青节，正是春光明媚草木吐绿的时节，也正是人们春游的好时候，所以古人有清明踏青，并开展一系列体育活动的的习俗。直到今天，清明节祭拜祖先，悼念已逝的亲人的习俗仍很盛行。

2、In ancient times, people celebrated Qing Ming Jie with dancing, singing, picnics, and kite flying. Colored boiled eggs would be broken to symbolize the opening of life.

3、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.

每年的公历四月五日前后为清明节，是二十四节气之一。今年的清明节是4月4日。在二十四个节气中，既是节气又是节日的只有清明。清明节是我国传 统节日，也是最重要的祭祀节日。按照旧的习俗，祭祀（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。

清明节，又叫踏青节，正是春光明媚草木吐绿的时节，也正是人们春游的好时候，所以古人有清明踏青，并开展一系列体育活动的的习俗。直到今天，清明节祭拜祖先，悼念已逝的亲人的习俗仍很盛行。

Celebrated two weeks after the vernal equinox, Tomb Sweeping Day is one of the few traditional Chinese holidays that follows the solar calendar-- 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 Jiein Ancient Times

An old man takes one last look before leaving the City Cemetery at Biandanshan of Wuhan, Central Chinas Hubei Province.In ancient times, people celebrated Qing Ming Jie with dancing, singing, picnics, and kite flying. Colored boiled eggs 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

With the passing of time, this celebration of life became a day to the honor past ancestors. Following folk religion, the Chinese believed that the spirits of deceased ancestors looked after 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 visit 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. Unlike the sacrifices at a familys 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

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 Chinas 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 arranged 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

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.

每年的公历四月五日前后为清明节，是二十四节气之一。今年的清明节是4月4日。在二十四个节气中，既是节气又是节日的只有清明。清明节是我国传统节日，也是最重要的祭祀节日。按照旧的习俗，祭祀(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。清明节，又叫踏青节，正是春光明媚草木吐绿的时节，也正是人们春游的好时候，所以古人有清明踏青，并开展一系列体育活动的的习俗。直到今天，清明节祭拜祖先，悼念已逝的亲人的习俗仍很盛行。

Celebrated two weeks after the vernal equinox， Tomb Sweeping Day is one of the few traditional Chinese holidays that follows the solar calendar-- 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 Jiein Ancient Times

An old man takes one last look before leaving the City Cemetery at Biandanshan of Wuhan， Central Chinas Hubei Province.In ancient times， people celebrated Qing Ming Jie with dancing， singing， picnics， and kite flying. Colored boiled eggs 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

With the passing of time， this celebration of life became a day to the honor past ancestors. Following folk religion， the Chinese believed that the spirits of deceased ancestors looked after 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 visit 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. Unlike the sacrifices at a familys 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

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 Chinas 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 arranged 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

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.

winter have passed, and all things recovery, at this time, the annual ching ming festival again. from the start my notebook, each of the ching ming festival this day, the mother let me put on army colored spring, with paper money, led me go.

the death of our family are buried in people biandantang hill, where very far from my house, want to switch cars several road. i remember a child, i always am glad to go上坟, because the mother at one grave money, me, and i will fill the fields and everywhere to play, until his mother put on my drag car go.

i do not know from the start when i go to play it again no longer downtown, but one after another to observe each one graves. i once found in a dilapidated graves, no traces of burnt paper money, i am very surprised that on the down, the language carefully to identify the monument, as if engraved above the so-called "life took part in fighting this war," and he was still a stranger miles! why, he should be buried in the martyrs cemetery ! why is no one above the names of relatives?

Last Qingming Festival,I return home to worship my grandfather.Qingming Festival is a folk Festival.In the past,In the past, the Qingming Festival was called "Arbor Day". But Today, Chinese visit 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. Unlike the sacrifices at a familys 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.

With the passing of time, this celebration of life became a day to the honor past ancestors. Following folk religion, the Chinese believed that the spirits of deceased ancestors looked after the family. Sacrifices of food and spirit money could keep them happy, and the family would prosper through good harvests and more children.

Today is April 5, ching Ming festival.

My father and I went back to the countryside hometown for ancestors grave. We came to the ancestral grave, dad with his shovel the tombs to repair, and then put the tribute to the grave, took me to the ancestors on three head, got up and down a bowl of wine, spilled a circle around the tombs. In the grave, we walk in the mountains Youll also be able to contribute, on a mountain high, there are lush trees, there are green grass, there are clear lakes, beautiful!

On the way home, winter jasmine, plum and cherry blossoms are scrambling to in full bloom, fragrance of flowers floating around, a lot of visitors to take photos in front of the flower, laughing faces as beautiful as flowers, how happy ah! Dad told me: tomb-sweeping day is our memory of martyrs, ancestor worship festival, festival is blooming, play for an outing. He told me the martyrs brave fight, fear no sacrifice revolutionary story. I listened to the very touched, it is our predecessors bloody sweat, hard working, just have our good life today, so we should cherish the happy life today, study hard, healthy growth, grow up contribution strength, serve the country!

今天是四月五日，清明节。

我和爸爸回到了乡下老家给祖先上坟。我们来到了祖先的坟前，爸爸用铁锨把坟茔修缮了一番，然后把带来的贡品放到坟前，带着我给祖先磕了三个头，起身倒了一碗酒，围绕坟茔洒了一圈。上完坟，我们就在山里踏青游玩 你也可以投稿，高高的山上，有茂盛的树林，有绿绿的青草，还有清澈的湖水，美丽极了!

回家的路上，迎春花、梨花、樱花争相盛开，花香四处飘荡，好多游人在花前拍照留影，一张张笑脸和鲜花一样美丽，多么幸福呀!爸爸告诉我:清明节是我们缅怀先烈、祭拜祖先的节日，也是春暖花开、游玩踏青的节日。他还给我讲了先烈们英勇战斗、不怕牺牲的革命故事。我听了很感动，正是先辈们流血流汗、艰辛创业，才有我们今天的美好生活，所以我们要好好珍惜今天的幸福生活，努力学习、健康成长，长大了贡献力量、报效国家!

Its Chinese name"qingming" literally means "clear brightness"

In this hoilday, first,I spend a lot of time on my homework and do many useful exercise .Second,I often help my parents do some housework .

On wednesday, It was very windy ,so,I went to fly the kites with my friends in the park. The wind blew hard and our kite flew very high and very well. The wind blew hard and our kite flew very high and very well.In this day,we had a good time!

在中国,清明又称之为“踏青节”.在这个假期,首先,我花费了很多时间做作业、做运动.然后,我还帮我父母做了很多家务. 在星期三,风很大,所以我和我的朋友去公园放风筝.风刮得很猛,我们的风筝飞得又高又好.在这一天,我们玩得很开心!

Today is Qingming Festival. Its a traditional Chinese Tomb Sweeping Festival. Dad drives grandma, mom, my brother and I to Xianyou home together. My hometown is on a big mountain near Xianyou County town. After 1 hours of winding roads, we finally arrived at the destination -- my familiar hometown in dreams.

As soon as we got off the train, we could smell a fresh country smell, surrounded by green hills, and the whole countryside was so peaceful. We walked a few minutes to see an old house covered with mud, a place where Grandpa, grandma and Dad had lived before, and only Granny and grandfather lived there. As soon as I entered the door, I saw grandpa and grandma. They were elderly people. They smiled when they saw our arrival. After greeting grandpa and grandma, we are going to sweep grandpas grave. We climbed the hillside behind the house. Sunny, bright spring days, both sides began to busy road. The small green grass shows the small head, the busy ant in the spring transportation, the spring bamboo shoots also sneak out the small head, the mountain path is really interesting, while the chicken, the duck and us play, and the little sheep and the puppy race us in a moment. The distant green wheat fields and golden rape flowers add a bright color to the hometown of spring. After a while, we came to Grandpas tomb. My father took three bow to Grandpas gravestone with my mother and me. How I wish Grandpa would live beside us and enjoy this wonderful life with us.

Tomb-sweeping day is one of the 24 solar terms, also called the "cold food" festival, there are grave and the tradition of eating ai dumpling.

"Rains fall heavily as qingming comes, and passers-by with lowered spirits go." This years tomb-sweeping day rainy, seems to be a more solemn atmosphere. One day, our whole family with sacrifices the mountain grave. Vehicles lined up at the foot of the mountain, to come to the grave, get to stretch, speed is slow, and the traffic police command temporarily.

We first came to grandmas grave, with offerings on the tombstone ahead, pious hopes to grandmas grief. All of a sudden, "peng?? Pa! Knock?? Bang!" Firecrackers into ears. I looked inside, there are some people regardless of "civilization grave, burning firecrackers ban" initiative, without authorization, setting off firecrackers in front of the tomb. Fireworks set off incense and the despite the rainy today, but the fire hazard is still to be reckoned with.

I am lost in thought......

Suddenly, think of the teacher said in class "grave" online. Yes, teacher once mentioned that "grave" online can ease traffic pressure, sacrifices to advocate green civilization, but also can facilitate users never leave home martyrs during qingming festival ancestors, a "win-win-win".

On the same day, dad and I will contract next years tomb-sweeping day we online reaction to grandma. In the future, we will mobilize the people around calls the green, to join the online grave.

清明节是二十四个节气中的其中一个，又叫“寒食”节，有扫墓和吃艾饺的习俗。

“清明时节雨纷纷，路上行人欲断魂。”今年的清明节阴雨绵绵，似乎又多了一丝肃穆的气氛。这天，我们全家带着祭品上山扫墓。山脚下，前来扫墓的车辆排成长龙，挨挨挤挤，行进速度缓慢，还有交警临时指挥。

我们先来到奶奶的墓前，拿出祭品放在墓碑前方，虔诚地寄托对奶奶的哀思。突然，“嘭??啪!嘭??啪!”的鞭炮声传入耳畔。我循声望去，原来是有一些人不顾“文明扫墓，禁燃鞭炮”的倡议，在墓前擅自燃放鞭炮。尽管今天阴雨绵绵，但燃放香烛和鞭炮的火灾隐患仍不容小觑。

我陷入了沉思中……

忽然，想起老师在课上说过的“网上扫墓”。对啊，老师曾提起过“网上扫墓”既可以缓解交通压力，倡导绿色文明祭祀，同时也可以方便网友清明期间足不出户祭扫先人，可谓“一举三得”。

当天，我就和爸爸约定明年的清明节我们就在网上祭奠奶奶。今后，我们也会动员身边的人响应这个绿色的号召，加入到网上扫墓的行列中来。

In some provinces of China people use different activities to commemorate this day for instance spring-outing swinging tree planting and making special food. One special food is Ay Tsao rice balls. It looks like Tang-yuan but its colour is green. Mix the ay tsao juice with the rice powder then make it into small balls. The Ay Tsao rice ball is done. People believe that eating ay tsao rice balls can get rid of the bad luck and everything will go smoothly. Other activities such as spring outing tree planting are the other ways to commemorate the forbears. For one thing it is a sign that people should look into the future and embrace the hope; for another thing we do hope our ancestor rest in peace.

在中国的某些省份人们通过举行不同的活动来纪念清明节。例如春游、荡秋千、植树以及做特殊的食物。其中一种特别的小吃叫艾粑粑。艾粑粑看起来像汤圆但它的颜色的是绿色的。把艾草汁和糯米粉混合在一起搓成小球艾粑粑就做好了。人们认为吃艾粑粑能祛除邪气让诸事顺利。其余的活动例如春游、植树都是纪念先人的方式之一。一方面这些活动告诉人们要展望未来拥抱希望;另一方面我们希望先人能安息。

[清明节踏青英文作文

"As" this sentence is confirmed by the wonderful nature, yesterday the wisper under light rain, my heart is heavy like a rock, because want to master and old milk grave, before, I dont understand the real meaning of the qing Ming day, until today after sweeping the tomb, I understand the true meaning of tomb-sweeping day!

At seven o clock in the morning, we prepare to master and old milk grave, grave is a fresh thing for me, we take tools and set off.

Walking the winding mountain road, I cant wait, after about an hour, we came to the master and old grandmas grave, a year didnt come, graves are covered with wild grass, you well after the division of labor, began to busy, everything is in place, we started to burn money, along with the smoke, I seem to see their shadow, they told me: study hard and cherish life.

Yes, life is short, happy every day to live, to continuously surpass ourselves, surpass ourselves, dream will come true; The superego, the dream into power; Beyond the self, to create beautiful life! I think life is constantly transcend self, beyond the dream!!!!! Panoramic view of the city house on the mountain, the mountain was full of golden golden in the rape, deep breath, deep and remote light fragrance, fresh air, the flowers with irresistible power explanation of the meaning of life!

“清明时节雨纷纷”这句话被奇妙的大自然所印证了，昨天下了淅淅沥沥的小雨，我的心就像大石头一样沉重，因为要给老爷和老奶扫墓，以前，我不懂清明节真正的意义，直到今天扫完墓后，我才懂得了清明节的真正意义!

清晨的七点，我们准备给老爷和老奶扫墓，扫墓对我来说可是件新鲜的事，我们拿上工具，出发了。

走在蜿蜒的山路上，我已迫不及待了，大约过了一个小时，我们来到了老爷和老奶的墓前，一年没来，坟墓上长满了荒芜的草，大家做好分工后，纷纷开始忙碌起来，一切就绪后，我们开始烧纸钱，随着袅袅炊烟，我仿佛看到了他们的影子，他们告诉我：好好学习，珍惜生命。

是啊，人的一生苦短，每天都要活得快乐，要不断超越自我，超越自我，梦想终会实现;超越自我，梦想化为动力;超越自我，创造美丽人生!我认为生命就在不断的超越自我，超越梦想!在山上，城市的房子尽收眼底，山中开满了金黄金光的油菜花，深呼一口，幽淡的花香，清新的空气，那些花以不可抗的动力诠释着生命的意义!