初中英语作文素材：清明节范文
清明节(Qingming Festival)The Qingming (Pure Brightness) Festival is one of the 24 seasonal division
points in China, falling on April 4-6 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 tablet.
In contrast to the sadness of the tomb sweepers, people also enjoy hope of
Spring on this day. The Qingming Festival is a time when the sun shines
brightly, the trees and grass become green and nature is again lively. Since
ancient times, people have followed the custom of Spring outings. At this time
tourists are everywhere.
People love to fly kites during the Qingming Festival. Kite flying is
actually not limited to the Qingming Festival. Its uniqueness lies in that
people fly kites not during the day, but also at night. A string of little
lanterns tied onto the kite or the thread look like shining stars, and
therefore, are called "god's lanterns."
The Qingming Festival is also a time to plant trees, for the survival rate
of saplings is high and trees grow fast later. In the past, the Qingming
Festival was called "Arbor Day". But since 1979, "Arbor Day" was settled as
March 12 according to the Gregorian calendar.
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