第一篇：介紹清明節(英語作文)

Tomb Sweeping Day usually falls on April 5th every year.,which originated from Zhou Dai and had more 2500 years of history.It is a good spring season of plowing and is closely related to agricultural production On this day, we will go to worship ancestors, sweep the tombs and go for an outing in memory of the dead and remind the living who value the life and enjoy life.Tomb Sweeping Day is one of the most important traditional festival Chinese.Most importantly,Tomb-sweeping Day was listed in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage by Chinese in 2006

第二篇：清明節英語介紹

清明節

清明節是我國傳統節日，也是最重要的祭祀節日，是祭祖和掃墓的日子。

清明節是24節氣之一，預示著春耕的好時節已經到了。清明節又叫踏青節，因為一般在四月5日左右，正是中國的春天，人們喜歡郊游踏青，還喜歡在清明節放風箏。

Qingming Festival/Tomb sweeping day

Tomb Sweeping Day is traditional festival of China, is also the most important sacrifice festival, on that day, people worships ancestors and visits grave.People pay respects to somebody at his tomb.It is one of the 24 solar terms, means that it’s good time for spring ploughing.Tomb Sweeping Day falls around April fifth, and it’s during the spring of China, so it is also called “hiking day”.People go to the suburbs for an outing in spring.People love to fly kites during the Qingming Festival

Ching Ming

The Ching Ming festival is celebrated in April and is known as “Remembrance of Ancestors Day”.This day is devoted to honouring relatives who died.Thousands of Chinese visit cemeteries to clean the graves of their loved ones.The Chinese hold great respect for their ancestors and the young are taught to pray to, and for, the family spirits.Young people accompany their parents to the gravesite and help in the cleaning process.The “willow” is regarded as the symbol of light and enemy of darkness in Chinese culture.On Ching Ming, willow twigs and branches are hung in doorways to ward off the evil spirits.It is believed that if you don't hang the willow, you will appear as yellow dog in your next life!

第三篇：英語清明節介紹

1、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.Literally meaning “clear”(Qing)and “bright”(Ming), this Chinese festival falls in early spring, on the 106th day after the winter solstice.It is a “spring” 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.清明節是一個紀念祖先的節日。主要的紀念儀式是掃墓，掃墓是慎終追遠、郭親睦鄰及行孝的具體表現；基于上述意義，清明節因此成為華人的重要節日。清明節是在仲春和暮春之交，也就是冬至后的106天。掃墓活動通常是在清明節的前十天或后十天。有些地域的人士的掃墓活動長達一個月。

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.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 “cold food feast”, a day when no food could be cooked since no fire could be lit.The “cold food” festival occurs on the eve of Qing Ming and is often considered as part of the Qing Ming festival.As time passes, the Qing Ming festival replaced the “cold food” festival.Whatever practice is observed，the basic observation of Qing Ming is to remember one's elders by making a special effort to visit their graves, ashes or ancestral tablets.To make the visit even more meaningful, some time should be spent to remind the younger members of the family of the lives and contributions of their ancestors, and the story of Jie Zi Zhui who choose death over capitulation.談到清明節，有點歷史知識的人，都會聯想到歷史人物介子椎。據歷史記載，在兩千多年以前的春秋時代，晉國公子重耳逃亡在外，生活艱苦，跟隨他的介子椎不惜從自己的腿上割下一塊肉讓他充饑。后來，重耳回到晉國，作了國君（即晉文公，春秋五霸之一），大事封賞所有跟隨他流亡在外的隨從，惟獨介子椎拒絕接受封賞，他帶了母親隱居綿山。

晉文公無計可施，只好放火燒山，他想，介子椎孝順母親，一定會帶著老母出來。誰知這場大火卻把介子椎母子燒死了。為了紀念介子椎，晉文公下令每年的這一天，禁止生火，家家戶戶只能吃生冷的食物，這就是寒食節的來源。

寒食節是在清明節的前一天，古人常把寒食節的活動延續到清明，久而久之，清明取代了寒食節。拜介子椎的習俗也變成了清明掃墓的習俗了。無論以何種形式紀念，為了使紀念祖先的儀式更有意義，我們應該讓年輕一代的家庭成員了解先人過去的奮斗歷史，當然，還要學習介子椎寧死不屈的氣節

第四篇：清明節 英語介紹及詞匯

The Qingming Festival

Key Words 1.清明節 the Qingming Festival 2.24 節氣

the 24 seasonal division points 3.春耕播種

spring plowing and sowing 4.祭祖

to offer sacrifices to one’s ancestors 5.掃墓

to sweep the tombs(of the deceased)6.寒食節

the Hanshi / Cold Food Festival 7.公墓

public cemeteries 8.在墓碑前祭拜

to bow before the memorial tablet 9.焚香 to burn incense 10.燒紙錢 to burn paper money 11.春游的習俗 the custom of Spring outings 12.放風箏

to fly kites(kite flying)13.一串小燈籠 a string of little lanterns 14.植樹，樹苗 to plan trees, saplings 15.植樹節 the Arbor Day 16.秋千 a swing 17.踏青 stepping the green 18.孝順

(to practice)filial piety 19.健身 body-building 20.拔河 tug of war 21.斗雞 rooster-fighting

The Qingming Festival

The Qingming Festival is one of the 24 seasonal division points in China, falling on April 4-6 each year.After the festival, the temperature will rise up and rainfall increases.It is the high time for spring plowing and sowing.But the Qingming Festival is not only a seasonal point to guide farm work;it is more a festival of commemoration.The Qingming Festival sees a combination of sadness and happiness.This is the most important day of sacrifice.Both the Han and minority ethnic groups at this time offer sacrifices to their ancestors and sweep the tombs of the deceased.Also, they will not cook on this day and only cold food is served.The Hanshi(Cold Food)Festival was usually one day before the Qingming Festival.As our ancestors often extended the day to the Qingming, they were later combined.On each Qingming Festival, all cemeteries are crowded with people who came to sweep tombs and offer sacrifices.Traffic on the way to the cemeteries becomes extremely jammed.The customs have been greatly simplified today.After slightly sweeping the tombs, people offer food, flowers and favorites of the dead, then burn incense and paper money and bow before the memorial tablet.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.Qingming Festival Activities

Swing

Swing is a kind of game utensils.Swinging is a sport that the player swings back and forth with a tread plate hung on a frame by long ropes.The origin of swing can be traced back to some 100,000 years ago.Climbing trees or crossing streams is the most primitive embryonic form of swinging.Later in the Spring and Autumn Period(770 BC to 476 years ago), the swing consisting of a tread plated hung on the frame by ropes was introduced into the Central Plains area.Since the Han dynasty(206 BC to 220 AD), swinging had gradually became a folk activity performed at the Tomb Sweeping Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival and other festivals until present day.Swinging can be categorized into the single swing, double swing, standing swing and sitting swing.Each village has its own master swinging player and sometimes competitions are held.The one swinging highest with the most beautiful movements will receive praise from neighbors.Swinging days are often good opportunities for young men and women to encounter and interact.Swing, as the folk traditional sport with a history of several thousand years still maintains its vitality nowadays.Kite-flying

The custom of kite-flying prevails during the Tomb Sweeping Day(around April 5th).The bamboo crossbow of the kite vibrates with a buzz as it rises aloft on the power of its tail.Big kites can be as broad as about three metres square with a tail of six to ten metres.Most kites have a rectangular shape.The rest are patterned as crabs, centipedes, butterflies and dragonflies, or Chinese characters such as “fortune” or “longevity”.All kites are constructed with fine craftsmanship.When flown in the evening, they have lights attached to their tails and some have as many as three to five lights strung together.Stepping-the-green

“Stepping-the-green” refers to the spring-outgoing people talk about now.Qingming is in early March when it begins to turn warm, and everything is blooming.So it is just a good time to go out for a walk.And so Qingming is not just a blue time for remembrance, but also a green time for fun.Tomb-sweeping

Tomb-sweeping is the main observance of the Qingming Festival.Tomb-sweeping is the concrete expression of practicing filial piety, which has been emphasizing by the Chinese people since ancient times.Therefore, the Qingming Festival has been an important day for the Chinese since early times.Tomb-sweeping activities are usually done two days before Qingming or the ten days after.On the day of tomb sweeping, the descendants would clear the wild grass around the ancestor's tomb, clean the dust, and then present the food and fresh flowers.Tomb Sweeping Day, also called “Cold Food Day”, is the most important day for people to offer sacrifice to ancestors.It started from the Zhou Dynasty, with a history of over 2500 years.Qingming is one of the 24 solar terms in China, indicating the coming of late spring, thus the best plowing and growing time, while “Cold Food Day” is a day when folks sweep the ancestors' tombs and eat cold food.Qingming was adjacent to Cold Food Day, so later on they gradually became one festival, and thus “Cold Food” became another name for Qingming, and dusting the tomb and eating cold food turned into the customs of Qing Ming.Qing Ming has evolved into a culture-rich and meaning-deep remembrance day.Since people with weak constitutions might get hurt by eating cold raw food on Qingming, when the weather is still cold, various activities were invented for body-building, like stepping-the-green outgoing, swing, Chinese football(蹴鞠cù jū), polo, willow-planting, tug-of-war, and rooster-fighting, etc.明是我國的二十四節氣之一。由于二十四節氣比較客觀地反映了一年四季氣溫、降雨、物候等方面的變化，所以古代勞動人民用它安排農事活動。但是，清明作為節日，與純粹的節氣又有所不同。節氣是我國物候變化、時令順序的標志，而節日則包含著一定的風俗活動和某種紀念意義。因此，這個節日中既有祭掃新墳生別死離的悲酸淚，又有踏青游玩的歡笑聲，是一個富有特色的節日。

清明節是我國傳統節日，也是最重要的祭祀節日，是祭祖和掃墓的日子。掃墓俗稱上墳，祭祀死者的一種活動。漢族和一些少數民族大多都是在清明節掃墓。由于清明與寒食的日子接近，而寒食是民間禁火掃墓的日子，漸漸的，寒食與清明就合二為一了，而寒食既成為清明的別稱，也變成為清明時節的一個習俗，清明之日不動煙火，只吃涼的食品。

按照舊的習俗，掃墓時，人們要攜帶酒食果品、紙錢等物品到墓地，將食物供祭在親人墓前，再將紙錢焚化，為墳墓培上新土，折幾枝嫩綠的新枝插在墳上，然后叩頭行禮祭拜，最后吃掉酒食回家。與清明節掃墓的悲哀相反，人們在這個春光明媚的日子里，也一樣是可以享受生活的。

放風箏也是清明時節人們所喜愛的活動。每逢清明時節，人們不僅白天放，夜間也放。夜里在風箏下或風穩拉線上掛上一串串彩色的小燈籠，象閃爍的明星，被稱為“神燈”。

清明前后，春陽照臨，春陽照臨，春雨飛灑，種植樹苗成活率高，成長快。因此，自古以來，我國就有清明植樹的習慣。有人還把清明節叫作“植樹節”。植樹風俗一直流傳至今。1979年，人大常委會規定，每年三月十二日為我國植樹節。這對動員全國各族人民積極開展綠化祖國活動，有著十分重要的意義。

第五篇：清明節介紹

中國傳統節日介紹——清明節

清明節是中國最重要的傳統節日之一。它不僅是人們祭奠祖先、緬懷先人的節日，也是中華民族認祖歸宗的紐帶，更是一個遠足踏青、親近自然、催護新生的春季儀式。清明節古時也叫三月節，已有２５００多年歷史。公歷四月五日前后為清明春秋戰國時代，是中國漢族的節日，為中國二十四節氣之一，時間約在每年的陽歷４月５日前后。清明節后雨水增多，冬天的污濁，迎來春天的氣息，實現由陰到陽的轉化。

古有清明前一天為“寒食節”之說，相傳起于春秋時期晉文公悼念介子推“割股充饑”一事，后逐漸清明寒食合而為一。唐代掃墓日期一般在寒食節，宋后移到清明。傳說中“寒食節”的起源地就在山西中部介休，介休一名的來歷即是為紀念介子推“割股充饑”而不圖為報，最終在此被大火燒山而亡，綿山也因此又稱“介山”。>>

花開，萬物復蘇，天清地明，正是春游踏青的好時節。踏青早在唐代就已開始，歷代承襲成為習慣。踏青除了欣賞大自然的湖光山色、春光美景之外，還開展各種文娛活動，增添生活情趣。

古俗清明節流行掃墓，其實掃墓乃清明節前一天寒食節的內容，寒食相傳“寒食上墓”。因寒食與清明相接，后來就逐漸傳成清明掃墓了。明清時期，清明掃墓更為盛行。古時掃墓，孩子們還常要放風箏。有的風箏上安有竹笛，經風一吹能發出響聲，猶

清明節還有許多失傳的風俗，如古代曾長期流傳的戴柳、射柳、打秋千等，據載，遼代風俗最重清明節，上至朝廷下至庶民百姓都以打秋千為樂，仕女云集，踏青之風也極盛。>>

清明節習俗清明節的習俗是豐富有趣的，除了講究禁火、掃墓，還有踏青、蕩秋千、蹴節日中既有祭掃新墳生別死離的悲酸淚，又有踏青游玩的歡笑聲，是一個富有特色的節日。

蕩秋千這是我國古代清明節習俗。秋千，意即揪著皮繩而遷移。它的歷史很古老，最早叫千秋，后為了避忌諱，改為秋千。古時的秋千多用樹椏枝為架，再栓上彩帶做成。后來逐步發展為用兩根繩索加上踏板的秋千。打秋千不僅可以增進健康，而且可以培養勇敢精神，至今為人們特別是兒童所喜愛。

蹴鞠鞠是一種皮球，球皮用皮革做成，球內用毛塞緊。蹴鞠，就是用足去踢球。這是古代清明節時人們喜愛的一種游戲。相傳是黃帝發明的，最初目的是用來訓練武士。

踏青又叫春游。古時叫探春、尋春等。三月清明，春回大地，自然界到處呈現一派生機勃勃的景象，正是郊游的大好時光。我國民間長期保持著清明踏青的習慣。

植樹清明前后，春陽照臨，春雨飛灑，種植樹苗成活率高，成長快。因此，自古以來，我國就有清明植樹的習慣。有人還把清明節叫作“植樹節”。植樹風俗一直流傳至今。1979年，人大常委會規定，每年三月十二日為我國植樹節。這對動員全國各族人民積極開展綠化祖國活動，有著十分重要的意義。放風箏也是清明時節人們所喜愛的活動。每逢清明時節，人們不僅白天放，夜間也放。夜里在風箏下或風穩拉線上掛上一串串彩色的小燈籠，象閃爍的明星，被稱為“神燈”。過去，有的人把風箏放上藍天后，便剪斷牽線，任憑清風把它們送往天涯海角，據說這樣能除病消災，給自己帶來好運。

掃墓清明掃墓，謂之對祖先的“思時之敬”。其習俗由來已久。明《帝京景物略》載：“三月清明日，男女掃墓，擔提尊榼，轎馬后掛楮錠，粲粲然滿道也。拜者、酹者、哭者、為墓除草添土者，焚楮錠次，以紙錢置墳頭。望中無紙錢，則孤墳矣。哭罷，不歸也，趨芳樹，擇園圃，列坐盡醉。”其實，掃墓在秦以前就有了，但不一定是在清明之際，清明掃墓則是秦以后的事。到唐朝才開始盛行。《清通禮》云：“歲，寒食及霜降節，拜掃壙塋，屆期素服詣墓，具酒饌及芟剪草木之器，周胝封樹，剪除荊草，故稱掃墓。”并相傳至今。