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清明节英语作文：清明节的历史
★[无忧考&网]英语资源频道为大家整理的清明节英语作文：清明节的历史。清明的意思是清淡明智。“清明”是夏历二十四节气之一，中国广大地区有在清明之日进行祭祖、扫墓、踏青的****俗，逐渐演变为华人以扫墓、祭拜等形式纪念祖先的一个中国传统节日。更多阅读请查看本站英语资源频道。
The Qingming (Pure Brightness) Festival is one of the 24 seasonal division points in China, falling on April 46 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 diseased. 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 tab