清明節里話清明

Tomb-sweeping Day,is a traditional festival in our country,which is the most important festival of sacrifice1.It is the day of ancestor2worshiping3and sweeping the grave.Most of people of all ethnic groups in China sweep the tombs on that day,showing their sadness for the dead.

清明節，是我國的傳統節日，也是最重要的祭祀節日，是祭祖和掃墓的日子。我國各族人民大多都在清明節這天掃墓，寄托對故人的哀思。

Tomb-sweeping Day,one of 24 solar terms4in our country,is a solar term and a holiday. Moreover,not only it has the solemnity5of sacrifice and the joy of spring-outing,but also it’s Chinese precious intangible6cultural heritage7.Tomb-sweeping Day,according to the solar calendar,comes from the year between April 4 to 6.It’s the season of spring when the nature shows vitality8everywhere.It is a good time to spring outing,so the ancients had spring outing and carried out all kinds of customs sports activities.In ancient times,it is also called March Festival.It doesn’t just mean sadness for ancient Chinese on Tomb-sweeping Day.There are praying and recalling thoughts hidden in,what’s more is the reverence9of the ancestors and praying for descendants10.Tomb-sweeping Day is a day of the meeting of the living and the dead,a day for remembering and recalling,a day of all feelings.Day after day,year after year,there will be a sadness which can’t be uttered11on this day.No one ever give up the love,which is the miss of the dead and relatives.

清明節，作為我國二十四節氣之一，它既是節氣又是節日。而且，不但有祭奠的肅穆和踏青的歡愉，還是我們中華民族十分珍貴的非物質文化遺產。清明節，按陽歷來說，在每年的4月4日至6日之間，正是春光明媚的時節，大自然處處呈現出勃勃生機。這時也正是人們春游的好時節，所以古人去踏青并開展各種風俗體育活動。在古時清明節也叫“三月節”。清明節對于中國古人來說并非只有悲悲戚戚，也有禱告和緬懷的思緒潛藏其中，更多的是對先祖們的敬畏和為子孫后代的祈福。清明是一個生者與逝者會晤的日子，一個懷念和追憶的日子，是一個百感交集的日子。日復一日，年復一年，每到這一天就有種說不出的心酸。每個人心中都有一份永不割舍的愛，那就是對古人和親人的思念。

1.sacrifice[ ]n.犧牲；獻祭；供奉 2.ancestor[ ]n.祖先，祖宗

3.worship[ ]v.崇拜，尊崇

4.solar[ ]adj.太陽的；根據太陽決定或測定的；solar term節氣

5.solemnity[ ]n.莊嚴；嚴肅 6.intangible[ ]adj.無形的

7.heritage[ ]n.遺產；傳統；文化遺產 8.vitality[ ]n.活力；生氣；生命力

9.reverence[ ]n.尊敬；敬畏 10.utter[ ]v.發出聲音；說，講