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中国清明节的英文介绍：
Brief introduction to the Qingming Festival:
The Qingming or Ching Ming Festival, also known as Tomb-Sweeping Day in English, is a traditional Chinese festival on the first day of the fifth solar term of the traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar. This makes it the 15th day after the Spring Equinox, either 4 or 5 April in a given year.
Qingming has been regularly observed as a statutory public holiday in China. It became a public holiday in China in 2008.
The holiday is associated with the consumption of qingtuan, green dumplings made of glutinous rice and barley grass.
Origin of the Qingming Festival:
The festival originated from the Cold Food Festival ("Hanshi Festival"), established by Chong'er, Duke Wen of Jin, during the Spring and Autumn period. The festival was a memorial for his retainer Jie Zitui,
who had loyally followed him during his years of exile. Supposedly, he
once even cut meat from his own thigh to provide Chong'er with soup.
Once Chong'er was enthroned as duke, however, Jie considered his
services no longer required and resigned. Although Duke Wen was generous
in rewarding those who had helped him in his time of need, he long
passed over Jie, who had moved into the forest with his mother. Duke Wen
went to the forest in 636 BC
but could not find them. He then ordered his men to set fire to the
forest in order to force Jie out. When Jie and his mother were killed
instead, the duke was overcome with remorse and ordered three days
without fire to honor Jie's memory. The city erected over the former
forest is still called Jiexiu (lit. "Jie's rest").
The Qingming Festival in literature:
Qingming was frequently mentioned in Chinese literature. Among these, the most famous one is probably Du Mu's poem (simply titled "Qingming"):
清明时节雨纷纷
A drizzling rain falls on the Mourning Day;
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The mourner's heart is breaking on his way.
借问酒家何处有
Inquiring, where can a wineshop be found?
牧童遥指杏花村
A cowherd points to Apricot Flower Village in the distance.
Tomb-sweeping day, a traditional Chinese festival, falls at the turn of mid-spring and late spring.
（清明节，中国传统节日，又称踏青节、行清节等，节期在仲春与暮春之交。）e79fa5e98193e78988e69d83335
Tomb-sweeping day originated from ancestral beliefs and Spring Festival customs in ancient times.
（清明节源自上古时代的祖先信仰与春祭礼俗，兼具自然与人文两大内涵。）
It is both a natural solar term and a traditional festival.
（既是自然节气点，也是传统节日。）
Tomb-sweeping day is a big traditional Spring Festival.
（清明节是传统的重大春祭节日。）
It is a fine tradition of the Chinese nation since ancient times.
（是中华民族自古以来的优良传统。）
扩展资料
清明节习俗：
1、踏青
中华民族自古就有清明踏青的习俗。踏青古时叫探春、寻春等，即为春日郊游，也称“踏春”。一般指初春时到郊外散步游玩。
2、植树
清明前后，春阳照临，春雨飞洒，种植树苗成活率高，成长快。因此，就有清明植树的习惯，有人还把清明节叫作“植树节”。植树风俗一直流传至今。清明节植树的习俗，据说发端于清明戴柳插柳的风俗。
参考资料来源：百度百科-清明节