用英文介绍清明节

中国清明节的英文介绍：

BriefintroductiontotheQingmingFestival:

TheQingmingorChingMingFestival,alsoknownasTomb-SweepingDayinEnglish,isatraditionalChinesefestivalonthefirstdayofthefifthsolartermofthetraditionalChineselunisolarcalendar.Thismakesitthe15thdayaftertheSpringEquinox,either4or5Aprilinagivenyear.

Qingmingha***eenregularlyobservedasastatutorypublicholidayinChina.ItbecameapublicholidayinChinain2008.

Theholidayisassociatedwiththeconsumptionofqingtuan,greendumplingsmadeofglutinousriceandbarleygrass.

OriginoftheQingmingFestival:

ThefestivaloriginatedfromtheColdFoodFestival("HanshiFestival"),establishedbyChong'er,DukeWenofJin,duringtheSpringandAutumnperiod.ThefestivalwasamemorialforhisretainerJieZitui,whohadloyallyfollowedhimduringhisyearsofexile.Supposedly,heonceevencutmeatfromhisownthightoprovideChong'erwithsoup.OnceChong'erwasenthronedasduke,however,Jieconsideredhisservicesnolongerrequiredandresigned.AlthoughDukeWenwasgenerousinrewardingthosewhohadhelpedhiminhistimeofneed,helongpassedoverJie,whohadmovedintotheforestwithhismother.DukeWenwenttotheforestin636BCbutcouldnotfindthem.HethenorderedhismentosetfiretotheforestinordertoforceJieout.WhenJieandhismotherwerekilledinstead,thedukewasovercomewithremorseandorderedthreedayswithoutfiretohonorJie'smemory.ThecityerectedovertheformerforestisstillcalledJiexiu(lit."Jie'srest").

TheQingmingFestivalinliterature:

QingmingwasfrequentlymentionedinChineseliterature.Amongthese,themostfamousoneisprobablyDuMu'spoem(simplytitled"Qingming"):。