雙語(yǔ)閱讀清明節(jié)的起源Tomb-SweepingDay

清明節(jié)的起源Tomb-SweepingDayQingMingisatimetorememberthedeadandthedearlydeparted.Moreimportant, itisaperiod tohonour andto payrespect toone'sdeceasedancestorsandfamily members. Becauseit reinforcestheethicoffilial piety, QingMingisamajorChinesefestival.Literallymeaning"clear"(Qing) and"bright"(Ming),thisChinesefestivalfallsinearlyspring,onthe106thdayafterthewintersolstice.Itisa"spring"festival,anditisanoccasionforthewholefamilytoleavethehomeandtosweepthegravesoftheirforebears. Chinesebeingpracticalpeoplethissweepingofthegravesis givenanextended period,thatis,10daysbeforeandafterQingMingday.Amongsomedialectgroupsawholemonthisallocated.OriginQingMingis popularlyassociated with JieZiZhui, wholivedinShanxiprovincein600B.C.LegendhasitthatJiesaved hisstarvinglord's life by servinga pieceofhisownleg.Whenthelordsucceededinbecomingtherulerofasmallprincipality, heinvited hisfaithful

followertojoinhim.However,Jiedeclinedhisinvitation, preferringtoleadahermit'slife withhismotherinthemountains.BelievingthathecouldforceJieoutbyburning themountain,thelordorderedhismentosettheforest onfire.Tohisconsternation,Jiechosetoremainwherehewasandwasburnttodeath. TocommemorateJie,thelordorderedallfiresineveryhometobeputoutontheanniversaryofJie'sdeath.Thusbeganthe"coldfoodfeast", adaywhennofoodcouldbecookedsincenofirecouldbelit.The"coldfood"festivaloccursontheeveofQingMingandisoften considered aspartoftheQing Mingfestival. Astimepasses, the Qing Ming festivalreplacedthe"coldfood"festival.Whateverpracticeisobserved,the basicobservationof Qing Ming isto remember one'seldersbymakingaspecial efforttovisittheirgraves,ashesor ancestraltablets.Tomakethevisitevenmoremeaningful, sometimeshouldbespenttoremindtheyoungermembersofthefamily ofthelivesand1contributionsoftheir ancestors,andthestoryofJieZiZhuiwhochoosedeathovercapitulation清明節(jié)是一個(gè)紀(jì)念祖先的節(jié)日。主要的紀(jì)念儀式是掃墓，掃墓是慎終追遠(yuǎn)、郭親睦鄰及行孝的具體表現(xiàn)；基于上述意義，清明節(jié)因此成為華人的重要節(jié)日。清明節(jié)是在仲春和暮春之交，也就是冬至后的 106天。掃墓活動(dòng)通常是在清明節(jié)的前十天或后十天。有些地域的人士的掃墓活動(dòng)長(zhǎng)達(dá)一個(gè)月。起源談到清明節(jié)，有點(diǎn)歷史知識(shí)的人，都會(huì)聯(lián)想到歷史人物介子椎。據(jù)歷史記載，在兩千多年以前的春秋時(shí)代，晉國(guó)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(lái)，重耳回到晉國(guó)，作了國(guó)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(dú)介子椎拒絕接受封賞，他帶了母親隱居綿山。晉文公無(wú)計(jì)可施，只好放火燒山，他想，介子椎孝順母親，一定會(huì)帶著老母出來(lái)。誰(shuí)知這場(chǎng)大火卻把介子椎母子燒死了。為了紀(jì)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(jié)的來(lái)源。寒食節(jié)是在清