清明节的风俗习惯(2)

随着时代的发展，文明绿色的祭奠方式越来越受到推崇。比如鲜花祭奠、植树祭奠、集体公祭悼念、撰写祭文、举办家庭追思会等。一些绿色祭扫方式也可以缅怀故去的亲友。比如，可以为逝去的亲人制作网络悼念专页、创立网上纪念馆等，通过网上留言、献花、祭拜、祭酒、上香、点蜡烛等形式，对逝者进行追思。这些新颖的祭奠方式，既避免了传统祭扫方式带来的环境污染，又表达了对故去亲人的怀念。

清明节除了祭扫，还特别适合植树、采茶、踏青、放风筝、荡秋千等活动。清明时节，雨量增多，特别适合农作物播种、中耕、采茶或植树，所以民间流传着“明前茶，两片芽”“植树造林，莫过清明”等谚语。清明时节植树留春，有留住生命的寓意。清明放风筝不仅是一项游艺活动，而且被古人赋予可以放走自己晦气的意思。荡秋千也有驱除不快的寓意，同时秋千荡得越高，象征生活过得越美好。（记者庄媛）

篇三：清明节的习俗是丰富有趣的

ORIGIN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.

谈到清明节，有点历史知识的人，都会联想到历史人物介子椎。据历史记载，在两千多年以前的春秋时代，晋国公子重耳逃亡在外，生活艰苦，跟随他的介子椎不惜从自己的腿上割下一块肉让他充饥。后来，重耳回到晋国，作了国君（即晋文公，春秋五霸之一），大事封赏所有跟随他流亡在外的随从，惟独介子椎拒绝接受封赏，他带了母亲隐居绵山。

晋文公无计可施，只好放火烧山，他想，介子椎孝顺母亲，一定会带着老母出来。谁知这场大火却把介子椎母子烧死了。为了纪念介子椎，晋文公下令每年的这一天，禁止生火，家家户户只能吃生冷的食物，这就是寒食节的来源。

清明节的习俗是丰富有趣的，除了讲究禁火、扫墓，还有踏青、荡秋千、蹴鞠、打马球、插柳等一系列风俗体育活动。相传这是因为清明节要寒食禁火，为了防止寒食冷藏伤身，所以大家来参加一些体育活动，以锻炼身体。因此，这个节日既有祭扫新坟生别死离得悲酸泪，又有踏青游玩的欢笑声，是一个富有特色的节日。

【词汇突破】

清明节：Ching Ming Festival; The Tomb-sweeping Festival

习俗：custom

禁火：fire ban

扫墓：tomb-sweeping

踏青：go hiking; spring outing荡秋千：swinging

蹴鞠：Cuju

打马球：playing Polo

插柳：Liu insert

寒食：cold food

富有特色的节日：distinctive holiday

【参考译文】

Ching Ming Festival (the Tomb-sweeping Festival), the custom is full of interesting. In addition to pay attention to ban fire, tomb-sweeping, as well as spring outing, swinging, Cuju, playing polo, Liu inserted a series of custom sports. According to legend, this is because the Ching Ming Festival to Cold Food Observance ban fire, in order to prevent the Cold Food Observance buffet beverages, so we come to participate in some sports, in order to exercise. Therefore, this festival which has both the acid tears of sorrow for

the died and the laughter from the players, is a distinctive holiday.