清明节及其起源英文介绍 Qing Ming Festival and Its Origin

清明节及其起源英文介绍

Qing Ming Festival and Its Origin

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Qing Ming Festival and Its Origin

Qing Ming, which means clear and bright in Chinese, falls on April 5th this year.

It is both the fifth term in the traditional lunar calendar and a festival to hold

memorial ceremony for the dead. It is a time to express one's grief for his lost

relatives. An ancient elegiac poem, which described a grievous woman, was

read that vines tangled in vain and weeds crept in the graveyard, and her

husband slept there lonely. It was so difficult to endure for her as if summer in

the day and winter at night. And her only wish was to reunite with him after

death.

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People often go to sweep and weed graves with whole family and take a walk in

the countryside as well. In Tang Dynasty, the habit of taking an excursion on

this day was developed. At this time, spring returns and dominates the earth

again. The feel of growing life is in the air, with sap ascending in trees and buds

bursting. And the willow branches inserted on each gate add vigor and vitality

to the surroundings. But it actually means more than that. This custom can be

traced back to over one thousand years ago.

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During the Period of Spring and Autumn in the Jin Kingdom, one of the King's

sons was called Chong Er. Jealous of his talent, a concubine falsely accused him

of rebellion to make her son the crown prince. He had no choice but to flee and

with him were some officials. They hid themselves in a mountain and went

hungry for quite some time. An official named Jie Zitui took great pain to cut

some flesh from his thigh and cooked it for Chong Er. When the fact was known

the young master was moved to tears and knelt down in gratitude. And Jie

replied his best repayment should be a just king. They lived a life of hunger and

cold for three years until the evil concubine died. Many soldiers were sent to

look for him and to escort him back home. Going into the carriage, he saw an

official packed an old mat onto a horse, he said laughingly, 'What on earth is the

use of that? Throw it away!' Jie Zitui heard it and sighed, 'It is hardship that can

be shared with his majesty but not prosperity.' So he went away quietly and

lived in seclusion with his old mother.

As Chong Er became king, he rewarded many people but he forgot Jie Zitui. He

did not realize it until was reminded. However his invitation was refused and he

flared up. Soldiers were ordered to burn up the mountain to force Jie to come

out. Finally they found Jie and his mother scorched under a willow. He would

rather die than yield to the power. Chong Er was so overwhelmed with regret

that he ordered people hold memorial ceremony for Jie. So every year on that

day folks mourned for him and the day before ate cold meals, which avoided

making fire. Later the custom of inserting willow branches on gates was also

added.

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清

明

节（

Tomb-Sweeping Day

）

Qing Ming Jie

（

All Souls' Day

）

Qing

Ming

is

a

time

to

remember

the

dead

and

the

dearly

departed.

More

important,

it is a period to honour and to pay respect to one's deceased ancestors and family

members.

Because

it

reinforces

the

ethic

of

filial

piety,

Qing

Ming

is

a

major

Chinese

festival.

清明节是一个纪念祖先的节日。< /p>

主要的纪念仪式是扫墓，

扫墓是慎终追远、

郭亲睦邻及

行孝的具体表现；基于上述意义，清明节因此成为华人的重要节日。

Literally meaning

falls

in

early

spring,

on

the

106th

day

after

the

winter

solstice.

It

is

a

festival,

and

it

is

an

occasion

for

the

whole

family

to

leave

the

home

and

to

sweep

the

graves

of

their

forebears.

Chinese

being

practical

people

this

sweeping

of

the

graves

is

given

an

extended

period,

that

is,

10

days

before

and

after

Qing

Ming

day.

Among some dialect groups a whole month is allocated.

清明节是在仲春和暮春之交，也 就是冬至后的

106

天。扫墓活动通常是在清明节的前

十天或后十天。有些地域的人士的扫墓活动长达一个月。

ORIGIN

（起源）

Qing

Ming

is

popularly

associated

with

Jie

Zi

Zhui,

who

lived

in

Shanxi

province

in

600

B.C.

Legend

has

it

that

Jie

saved

his

starving

lord's

life

by

serving

a

piece

of

his

own

leg.

When

the

lord

succeeded

in

becoming

the

ruler

of

a

small

principality,

he

invited

his

faithful

follower

to

join

him.

However,

Jie

declined

his

invitation,

preferring to lead a hermit's life with his mother in the mountains.

谈到清明节，有点历史知识的人，都会联想到历史人物介子椎。据历史记载，

在两千多

年以前的春秋时代，

晋国公子重耳逃亡在外，

生活艰苦，

跟随他的介子椎不惜从自己的腿上

割下一块肉让他充饥。后来，重耳回到晋国，作了国君（即晋文公，春秋五霸之一），大事

封赏所有跟随他流亡在外的随从，惟独介子椎拒绝接受封赏，他带了母亲隐居绵山。

Believing

that

he

could

force

Jie

out

by

burning

the

mountain,

the

lord

ordered

his men to set the forest on fire. To his consternation, Jie chose to remain where

he was and was burnt to death. To commemorate Jie, the lord ordered all fires in

every home to be put out on the anniversary of Jie's death. Thus began the

food feast