清明節英語
清明節的英語介紹
Qing Ming Jie
清明節:Tomb-sweeping Day
祭拜:Memorize ancestors
掃墓:Sweep tombs
踏青:Go spring outing
Qing Ming is a time to remember the dead and the dearly departed. More important, it is a period to honour and to pay respect to one's deceased ancestors and family members. Because it reinforces the ethic of filial piety, Qing Ming is a major Chinese festival.
Literally meaning "clear" (Qing) and "bright" (Ming), this Chinese festival falls in early spring, on the 106th day after the winter solstice. It is a "spring" festival, and it is an occasion for the whole family to leave the home and to sweep the graves of their forebears. Chinese being practical people this sweeping of the graves is given an extended period, that is, 10 days before and after Qing Ming day. Among some dialect groups a whole month is allocated.
清明節是一個紀念祖先的節日。主要的紀念儀式是掃墓,掃墓是慎終追遠、郭親睦鄰及行孝的具體表現;基於上述意義,清明節因此成爲華人的重要節日。 清明節是在仲春和暮春之交,也就是冬至後的106天。掃墓活動通常是在清明節的'前十天或後十天。有些地域的人士的掃墓活動長達一個月。
ORIGIN(清明節的起源)
Qing Ming is popularly associated with Jie Zi Zhui, who lived in Shanxi province in 600 B.C. Legend has it that Jie saved his starving lord's life by serving a piece of his own leg. When the lord succeeded in becoming the ruler of a small principality, he invited his faithful follower to join him. However, Jie declined his invitation, preferring to lead a hermit's life with his mother in the mountains.
Believing that he could force Jie out by burning the mountain, the lord ordered his men to set the forest on fire. To his consternation, Jie chose to remain where he was and was burnt to death. To commemorate Jie, the lord ordered all fires in every home to be put out on the anniversary of Jie's death. Thus began the "cold food feast", a day when no food could be cooked since no fire could be lit.
The "cold food" festival occurs on the eve of Qing Ming and is often considered as part of the Qing Ming festival.
As time passes, the Qing Ming festival replaced the "cold food" festival. Whatever practice is observed,the basic observation of Qing Ming is to remember one's elders by making a special effort to visit their graves, ashes or ancestral tablets. To make the visit even more meaningful, some time should be spent to remind the younger members of the family of the lives and contributions of their ancestors, and the story of Jie Zi Zhui who choose death over capitulation.
談到清明節,有點歷史知識的人,都會聯想到歷史人物介子椎。據歷史記載,在兩千多年以前的春秋時代,晉國公子重耳逃亡在外,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飢。後來,重耳回到晉國,作了國君(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,惟獨介子椎拒絕接受封賞,他帶了母親隱居綿山。
晉文公無計可施,只好放火燒山,他想,介子椎孝順母親,一定會帶着老母出來。誰知這場大火卻把介子椎母子燒死了。爲了紀念介子椎,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,這就是寒食節的來源。
寒食節是在清明節的前一天,古人常把寒食節的活動延續到清明,久而久之,清明取代了寒食節。拜介子椎的習俗也變成了清明掃墓的習俗了。無論以何種形式紀念,爲了使紀念祖先的儀式更有意義,我們應該讓年輕一代的家庭成員瞭解先人過去的奮鬥歷史,當然,還要學習介子椎寧死不屈的氣節。
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