Customs of Qingming Festival 清明節(jié)的習(xí)俗

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一聽清明節(jié)就想到掃墓，很嚴(yán)肅吧，其實(shí)完全相反。清明節(jié)，又稱踏青節(jié)、行清節(jié)、三月節(jié)、祭祖節(jié)，是二十四節(jié)氣之一，人們在這節(jié)日里踏青、蕩秋千、蹴鞠、植樹等。你今年的清明節(jié)小長假要怎么過呢？

Qingming Festival， the custom is to enrich interesting， in addition to pay attention to ban fire， grave， as well as a series of custom sports， such as hiking， swinging， Cuju， playing polo and planting Liu.According to legend， Qingming Festival or Cold Food Festival ban fire， in order to prevent the cold food buffet health， so people come to participate in some sports to exercise.Therefore， this festival with both the acid tears of sorrow and outing laughter of joy， is a distinctive holiday.

清明節(jié)的習(xí)俗是豐富有趣的，除了講究禁火、掃墓，還有踏青、蕩秋千、蹴鞠、打馬球、插柳等系列風(fēng)俗體育活動。相傳這是因?yàn)榍迕鞴?jié)要寒食禁火，為了防止寒食冷餐傷身，所以人們會參加一些體育活動，以鍛煉身體。因此，這個節(jié)日既有悲酸淚，又有踏青游玩的歡笑聲，是一個富有特色的節(jié)日。

This was the custom of the ancient Qingming Festival.Swing， which means grabbing leather strap and shifting.Its history is very ancient， the earliest known as Qianqiu， but to avoid the taboo， it was replaced by swing.The ancient swing is combined the frame of sticks with the ribbons.Later， the swing is composed of two ropes with a pedal.

Swing can not only be good to health， but also develop courage.It has been loved so far by the people especially children.

蕩秋千是我國古代清明節(jié)習(xí)俗。秋千，意即揪著皮繩而遷移。它的歷史很古老，最早叫千秋，后為了避諱，改為秋千。古時的秋千多用樹椏枝為架，再拴上彩帶做成。后來逐步發(fā)展為用兩根繩索加上踏板的秋千。蕩秋千不僅有益健康，而且還能培養(yǎng)勇敢精神，至今為人們特別是兒童所喜愛。

Ju is a ball which is made of leather and plugged in with the hair. Cuju is to play the ball with feet.This is a game people loved to play in the ancient Qingming FestivalLegend has it that the Yellow Emperor invented the game to train warriors.

鞠是一種皮球，用皮革做成，球內(nèi)用羽毛塞緊。蹴鞠，就是用腳去踢球。這是古代清明節(jié)時人們喜愛的一種游戲。相傳是黃帝發(fā)明的，最初目的是訓(xùn)練武士。

Outing is also known as spring tour.In ancient times， it is called the Tan-chun（exploring for spring）， xun-chun（looking for spring）and so on.On Tomb SweepingDay， spring awakes and green is everywhere， which makes a best time for outing.Outing on Qingming Festival has also been a long kept custom for Chinese people.

踏青又叫春游。古時叫探春、尋春等。清明時節(jié)，春回大地，自然界到處呈現(xiàn)一派生機(jī)勃勃的景象，正是郊游的大好時光。我國民間長期保持著清明踏青的習(xí)慣。

On Tomb Sweeping Day， kite-flying is also one of the favorite activities.People not only fly kites during the day， but also do it in the night.Small colored lanterns tied onto the kite at night， like a shinning star， are called Magic Lamp".In the past， some people will cut out the string after they fly the kite to the blue sky.It is said that this will expel misfortunes and bring good luck for himself.

放風(fēng)箏也是清明時節(jié)人們所喜愛的活動之一。每逢清明時節(jié)，人們不僅白天而且晚上也放風(fēng)箏。夜里風(fēng)箏掛上一串串彩色的小燈籠，像閃爍的明星，被稱為“神燈”。過去，有的人把風(fēng)箏放.上藍(lán)天后，便剪斷牽線，任憑清風(fēng)把它們送往天涯海角，據(jù)說這樣能除病消災(zāi)，給自己帶來好運(yùn)。

Addition的用法：

1.附加，追加，增加，添加，增添，補(bǔ)充，加

The addition of flour will thicken gravy.

加了面粉肉汁會變稠。

2.[數(shù)]加法，加算

He is very clever at addition.

他擅長加法。

3.增加的人，增建部分，附加物

We've just had an addition to the family.

我們家里剛剛添了一口人。

in addition 和in addition to的區(qū)別：

in addition 的意思是“另外，此外”。在句子里單獨(dú)作狀語，一般用逗號隔開。in addition to的意思是“除…之外”。后面要接名詞或是動名詞作to的賓語。在句子里作狀語。

In addition to a diet， she pursues various exercises on TV.

除節(jié)食外，她還跟隨電視做體操。

In addition， time is also limited.

另外，時間也是有限的。