清明节英语作文翻译-清明节的来历

Our traditional tomb-sweeping day began about the zhou dynasty, has a history of more than two thousand five hundred years. Clear at the beginning is a very important solar term, the tomb-sweeping day arrived, and rising temperatures, it is spring spring a good season, reason has "melon seeds before and after the tomb-sweeping day, kinds of beans". Qingming festival ", "afforestation, the farmer's proverb. Later, due to the tomb-sweeping day and cold food day approaches, and folk fire ban cold food is tomb-sweeping day, gradually, cold food and clarity is close 2 for one, and cold food became not only clear and nickname, also become a custom for the tomb-sweeping day, tomb-sweeping day fireworks, only eat cold food.
On the cold food, there is such a legend:
According to legend the spring and autumn period and the warring states era, duke xian of male concubine le ji to make his own son, he ascended the throne, prince xiqi of jin is a deadly trap against prince prince shensheng of jin, prince shensheng of jin was forced to suicide. The younger brother of prince shensheng of jin chong 'er, in order to avoid evil, exodus. In exile, chong 'er suffered humiliation. Originally followed him phraortes fled thence along the retainer, mostly after another way out their own way. Only a handful of loyal person, always go with him. One of them named jie zitui. On one occasion, chong 'er hungry faint. Jie zitui to save chong 'er, cut a piece of flesh from his leg meat, roasted with fire gave chong 'er to eat. Nineteen years later, chong 'er back home to do the monarch, is the famous five bully is one of the state during the spring and autumn.
After the state power, to those who share the joys and sorrows with him continually been raised, and forgot jie zitui. Someone in front of the faithful to jie zitui cry foul. Duke suddenly remembering the past, guilty, immediately sent meson, please push toward an official who. But, sent a few trips, jie zitui not to come. The state had to close to please. However, when the state to jie zitui home, saw the door shut. Jie zitui don't want to see him, has been carrying mother hid in continous mountain (now southeast shanxi jiexiu county). Duke wen gave his body-guard continous mountain search, didn't find it. Hence, someone out of the idea, and said, be inferior to set fire to the mountain, the ignition on three sides, with the left side, when the fire of jie zitui might come out of yourself. Duke wen is ordered for fire mountain, what burned for three days and three nights, after the fire, will see meson. Up the mountain a look, jie zitui holding a charred big willow tree both mother and son is dead. Duke watched bodies of jie zitui worship a cry, and then buried bodies, jie zitui found back wall with a willow tree hole, the hole seems to be something. Took a look, turned out to be a flap, the above problem a blood poem: cutting in all steps, I wish the tetrarch temperamental predominance. Under the willow ZuoGui eventually disappear, indeed the suggestion I accompany you. If master heart have me, have I regularly. Minister in jiuquan heart clear conscience, industrious tomb-sweeping day after the tomb-sweeping day.
Duke wen hid bloodletter into the sleeve. Then push the meson and his mother were buried in the charred under the big willow tree. In memory of jie zitui, duke wen ordered the continous mountain is changed to "lie mountain", building ancestral temple in the mountain, and set fire to mount this day as the cold food, spoke to the nation, every year this day taboo fireworks, only eat cold food.
Walking, he cut a piece of burning in the willow, the court made a pair of clogs, looked at it every day sigh a way: "sad indeed the first step." "First step" is mutual respect between the ancients to supervisor or peers at a lower level, it is said that is derived from this. In the second year, the state took officials, white clothing hiking festivals, condolences. To the grave, I saw the old willow resurrection of the dead tree, green branches, one thousand, playing with the wind. Duke looked at the resurrection of the old willow, like saw jie zitui. He walked to the front of respect and cherish to choke the branch, made up a circle on the head. Martyrs, after the state given the resurrection of the old willow called "qingming festival", and to this day as the tomb-sweeping day.
After wandering around bloodletter sleeve, often as a spur his motto. His diligent clear, hard, take good governance.
Since then, the state of jin people to live, to active the jie zitui missed, not with a silver spoon in her mouth. On the day of his death, people forbid fireworks to represent the honor. Also with flour mixing jujube paste, knead into a swallow, with willow strung together, put on the door, call upon his soul, it is called "the push of yan" (jie zitui also push for interface). Since then, the cold food, qingming festival has become the people of the country's grand festival. Whenever the cold food, people that don't make a fire to cook, only eat cold food. In the north, people eat only prepared cold food such as jujube cake, wheat cake; In the south, more for green group and glutinous rice sugar lotus root. Each year, the tomb-sweeping day, people put wicker rings to wear on her head, the insert willow branches, behind the house to show his miss.

我国传统的清明节大约始于周代，已有二千五百多年的历史。清明最开始是一个很重要的节气，清明一到，气温升高，正是春耕春种的大好时节，故有“清明前后，种瓜种豆”。“植树造林，莫过清明”的农谚。后来，由于清明与寒食的日子接近，而寒食是民间禁火扫墓的日子，渐渐的，寒食与清明就合二为一了，而寒食既成为清明的别称，也变成为清明时节的一个习俗，清明之日不动烟火，只吃凉的食品。
关于寒食，有这样一个传说：
相传春秋战国时代，晋献公的妃子骊姬为了让自己的儿子奚齐继位，就设毒计谋害太子申生，申生被逼自杀。申生的弟弟重耳，为了躲避祸害，流亡出走。在流亡期间，重耳受尽了屈辱。原来跟着他一道出奔的臣子，大多陆陆续续地各奔出路去了。只剩下少数几个忠心耿耿的人，一直追随着他。其中一人叫介子推。有一次，重耳饿晕了过去。介子推为了救重耳，从自己腿上割下了一块肉，用火烤熟了就送给重耳吃。十九年后，重耳回国做了君主，就是着名春秋五霸之一晋文公。
晋文公执政后，对那些和他同甘共苦的臣子大加封赏，唯独忘了介子推。有人在晋文公面前为介子推叫屈。晋文公猛然忆起旧事，心中有愧，马上差人去请介子推上朝受赏封官。可是，差人去了几趟，介子推不来。晋文公只好亲去请。可是，当晋文公来到介子推家时，只见大门紧闭。介子推不愿见他，已经背着老母躲进了绵山（今山西介休县东南）。晋文公便让他的御林军上绵山搜索，没有找到。于是，有人出了个主意说，不如放火烧山，三面点火，留下一方，大火起时介子推会自己走出来的。晋文公乃下令举火烧山，孰料大火烧了三天三夜，大火熄灭后，终究不见介子推出来。上山一看，介子推母子俩抱着一棵烧焦的大柳树已经死了。晋文公望着介子推的尸体哭拜一阵，然后安葬遗体，发现介子推脊梁堵着个柳树树洞，洞里好象有什么东西。掏出一看，原来是片衣襟，上面题了一首血诗：割肉奉君尽丹心，但愿主公常清明。柳下作鬼终不见，强似伴君作谏臣。倘若主公心有我，忆我之时常自省。臣在九泉心无愧，勤政清明复清明。
晋文公将血书藏入袖中。然后把介子推和他的母亲分别安葬在那棵烧焦的大柳树下。为了纪念介子推，晋文公下令把绵山改为“介山”，在山上建立祠堂，并把放火烧山的这一天定为寒食节，晓谕全国，每年这天禁忌烟火，只吃寒食。
走时，他伐了一段烧焦的柳木，到宫中做了双木屐，每天望着它叹道：“悲哉足下。”“足下”是古人下级对上级或同辈之间相互尊敬的称呼，据说就是来源于此。第二年，晋文公领着群臣，素服徒步登山祭奠，表示哀悼。行至坟前，只见那棵老柳树死树复活，绿枝千条，随风飘舞。晋文公望着复活的老柳树，像看见了介子推一样。他敬重地走到跟前，珍爱地掐了一下枝，编了一个圈儿戴在头上。祭扫后，晋文公把复活的老柳树赐名为“清明柳”，又把这天定为清明节。
以后，晋文公常把血书袖在身边，作为鞭策自己执政的座佑铭。他勤政清明，励精图治，把国家治理得很好。
此后，晋国的百姓得以安居乐业，对有功不居、不图富贵的介子推非常怀念。每逢他死的那天，大家禁止烟火来表示纪念。还用面粉和着枣泥，捏成燕子的模样，用杨柳条串起来，插在门上，召唤他的灵魂，这东西叫“之推燕”（介子推亦作介之推）。此后，寒食、清明成了全国百姓的隆重节日。每逢寒食，人们即不生火做饭，只吃冷食。在北方，老百姓只吃事先做好的冷食如枣饼、麦糕等；在南方，则多为青团和糯米糖藕。每届清明，人们把柳条编成圈儿戴在头上，把柳条枝插在房前屋后，以示怀念。