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英语作文材料：清明节的由来和习俗介绍

清明节是我国重大的`传统节日，大家知道怎么用英语介绍清明节吗?下面是我整理的清明节的英语介绍，欢迎阅读!

Origin 清明节的起源

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 one's 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, or Jie Zhitui). 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 Wen's 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 Jie's memory. The county where Jie died is still called Jiexiu (介休, literally "the place Jie rests forever").

Customs 清明节的风俗习惯

Qingming Festival is a time of many different activities, among which the main ones are tomb sweeping, taking a spring outing, flying kites. Some other lost customs like wearing willow branches on the head and riding on swings have added infinite joy in past days. The festival is a combination of sadness and happiness, perhaps bittersweet.

Spring Outing 春游、踏青

Not only is it a day for commemorating the dead, is it also a festival for people to enjoy themselves. During March, everything in nature takes on a new look, as trees turn green, flowers 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 and followed by each dynasty later till today. So visitors can be seen everywhere during the month of the festival.

Spring outings not only add joy to life but also promote a healthy body and mind.

Tomb Sweeping or Ancestor Worshipping 扫墓

The major custom in Qingming Festival is tomb sweeping. According to folk religion, the spirits of deceased ancestors still live underground and look after the family; the tombs are said to be their houses; thus it is very important to keep the tombs clean.

The Qingming Festival is spent honoring the dead, which is one of many ways good Confucians demonstrate filial piety. On this day, people visit their family graves to remove any underbrush that has grown. They would uproot weeds near the gravesites, wipe the tombstones and decorate the tombstones with fresh flowers. And then they will set out offerings of food and paper money.

Flying Kites 放风筝

Flying kites is an activity favored by many people during the Qingming Festival. Kites are not only flown at day time but also in the evening. Little lanterns are tied to the kite or to the string that holds the kite. And when the kite is flying in the sky, the lanterns look like twinkling stars that add unique scenery to the sky during the night. What makes flying kites during this festival special is that people cut the string while the kite is in the sky to let it fly free. It is said this brings good luck and that diseases can be eliminated by doing this.

Planting Willow Trees 插柳

Because Jie Zitui died embracing a willow tree, the willow is believed to have miraculous powers against evil. During the Qingming Festival, willow branches are hung on door fronts and used to sweep the tombs.

Swinging 荡秋千

The common swing has offered sport to many children throughout the world. During the Ming Dynasty, swinging was a designated recreation on the Qingming Festival, also known as the Clear and Bright Festival or the Tomb Sweeping Festival. Because the festival generally occurs in mid-spring, many also use the occasion for family outings.

According to the Annals of the Ming Court, this day was also called Swing Festival, when swings were suspended in the Hall of Earthly Peace of the Forbidden City and in all the residential complexes where palace ladies resided. Ladies of the imperial household wore colorful silks especially made for the occasion, and amused themselves on swings.

A Time to Taste Tea 品茶

Qingming Festival is also a time to enjoy a cup of tea, because the tea produced around Qingming Festival is said to be with high-quality.

The plucking of tea usually takes place in spring, summer and autumn. Tealeaves from different seasons have different appearances and inner quality. Tealeaves plucked in spring, from early March to the Qingming Festival, are called “pre-ming tea” or “first tea.” Its color is of light jade green, and tastes pure with a touch of acerbity. Two weeks after Qingming, it is the Guyu solar term on the Chinese lunar calendar. During this time, the Jiangnan area will experience a round of fine precipitation for the moistening of crops. And this brings forth the second peak season of tea picking. Tealeaves collected after the Qingming but before Guyu are called “pre-rain tea,” and the spring tea picked after that are called “post-rain tea.” Spring tea’s prices usually vary according to the time the tealeaves were picked, with the prices being higher for earlier tea and lower for the later. In most cases, early-spring green tea is the best in quality among all available tea.

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11、除夕：New Year's Eve

12、春节：the Spring Festival

13、寒食节：Cold Food Festival

14、清明节：Tomb Sweeping Day

15、端午节：the Dragon Boat Festival

16、七夕节：Magpie Festival 中元节：Hungry Ghost Festival

17、中秋节：Mid-autumn Festival

18、重阳节：Double Ninth Festival

19、腊八节：the Laba Festival

寒食节翻译成英文可为：Cold Food Festival或Hanshi Festival

Cold Food Festival

英 [kəʊld fuːd ˈfestɪvl]   美 [koʊld fuːd ˈfestɪvl]

例句：The Hanshi ( Cold Food) Festival was usually one day before the Qingming Festival.

寒食节通常是在清明节前一天。

关键词：

festival

英 [ˈfestɪvl]   美 [ˈfestɪvl]

n.(音乐、戏剧、电影等的)会演，节；节日；节期；喜庆日

例句：

a beer festival

啤酒节

1、HanshiFestival

2、ColdFoodFestival

寒食节，亦称“禁烟节”、“冷节”、“百五节”。在夏历冬至后一百零五日，清明节前一或二日。在这一日，禁烟火，只吃冷食，所以叫做“寒食节”。在后世的发展中逐渐增加了祭扫、踏青、秋千、蹴鞠、牵勾、斗卵等风俗。寒食节前后绵延两千余年，曾被称为民间第一大祭日。

寒食节的来历及传说：春秋时代，晋国公子重耳逃亡在外，生活艰苦，跟随他的介子推不惜从自己的腿上割下一块肉让他充饥。后来，重耳回到晋国做了国军，封赏有功之臣。

寒食节还有“一百五”的别称，这是由于寒食节时在冬至日后的105天。宋代苏辙的一首诗《新火》：“昨日一百五，老樨俱寒食。”宋代梅尧臣《依韵和李舍人旅中寒食感事》：“一百五日风雨急，斜飘细湿春郊衣。”

寒食禁火，把冬季保留下来的火种熄灭了。到了清明，又要重新钻木取火。唐代诗人韦庄的诗：“寒食花开千树雪，清明火出万家烟。”

寒食节源于春秋时，介之推被焚于介休绵山。晋文公下令在子推忌日禁火、寒食，以寒食寄哀思。到唐代时已形成全国性法定节日，后与清明节合二为一，是中国传统节日中形成最早的节日。寒食节距今二千六百四十年，期间各历史时期、节日期限不等，先后有五日、百五日、一月、三日和二、五、七日，最后变为一日。

1、Hanshi Festival

2、Cold Food Festival

寒食节，亦称“禁烟节”、“冷节”、“百五节”。在夏历冬至后一百零五日，清明节前一或二日。在这一日，禁烟火，只吃冷食，所以叫做“寒食节”。在后世的发展中逐渐增加了祭扫、踏青、秋千、蹴鞠、牵勾、斗卵等风俗。寒食节前后绵延两千余年，曾被称为民间第一大祭日。

寒食节的来历及传说：春秋时代，晋国公子重耳逃亡在外，生活艰苦，跟随他的介子推不惜从自己的腿上割下一块肉让他充饥。后来，重耳回到晋国做了国军，封赏有功之臣。

唯独介子推拒绝接受封赏。他带母亲隐居绵山，不肯出来。晋文公无计可施，只好放火烧山，逼其下山。谁知介子推母子宁愿被火烧死也不肯出来。为了纪念介子推，晋文公下令将绵山改名叫介山，并修庙立碑。同时，还下令在介子推遇难的这一天，《寒食禁火》，举国上下不许烧火煮食，只能吃干粮和冷食。

10月31日万圣节(Halloween) 12月9日世界足球日（World Football Day) 3月8日国际妇女节(International Women' Day) 4月1日愚人节(April Fools' Day) 5月第二个星期日母亲节(Mother's Day)6月5日世界环境日(International Environment Day)6月第三个星期日父亲节(Father's Day) 10月的第二个星斯一加拿大感恩节(Thanksgiving Day) 11月最后一个星期四美国感恩节(Thanksgiving Day) 农历正月初一春节(the Spring Festival) 农历八月十五中秋节(the Mid-Autumn Festival)

春节：The Spring Festival 、元宵节：Lantern Festival 、头牙：Head teeth、寒食节：Cold food festival was、清明节：Tomb-sweeping day 、端午节：Dragon Boat Festival、七夕节;Double Seventh Festival、中元节：Hungry Ghost Festival、中秋节：The Mid-Autumn festival 、重阳节：The double ninth festival 、冬至：Winter solstice、 腊八节：thelaba 、祭灶节：People's day 除夕：New Year's eve