Chinas traditional festival 中国传统节日(英文版).doc

Chinas traditional festival Tomb-sweeping Day The origin of the Ching Ming Festival: Chinas traditional Qingming Festival began in about the Zhou Dynasty, 2,500 years of history have been. In ancient times it than the day before the Hansik important, as Ching Ming and Hansik close to the date, civil gradually the two customs integration, to the Sui and Tang dynasties years (581-907), the Ching Ming Festival and will gradually Hansik integration With a special day, grave-sweepers become a place for ancestral worship of the day, that is, todays Ching Ming Festival. Therefore, the Ching Ming Festival and the Chinese nation to become a fixed custom. Hansik ---- Cold Food Observance that fire ban, can only eat cold food or pre-煮好. Legend has it that custom originated in the Spring and Autumn Period, when Jin was to kill the son Zhonger, loyal referral of pushing (also known as Jie Zaitui) will escort Zhonger to flee, even in Jihanjiaopo the occasion, cut off their Zhonger meat to eat, I hope that his return to Enron, when the monarch, diligent and loving. 10 years later, when Zhonger finally return home on the monarch, that is one of the Spring and Autumn Wu Ba Jin Wengong, and one by one rewarded during the exile of people to assist him, but forgot to push the referral, he reminded the others, only to immediately refer the messenger The push to Lingshang. However, referral of pushing his mother to the mountains and hide. Jinwen Gong and Chen Zi in the mountains Bianxun not, it was suggested that set fire Hill, the push is referred Xiaozai, will save the mother out. However, a large fire on the 3rd and three nights, still not referred to the push. Fire off, the people found under a willow-of pushing back the bodies of his mother. Jinwen Gong is very sad and regret, they will be buried under the willows. Jinwen Gong will set fire Hill, the day, as Hansik, the provisions of the ban use of fire, the Cold Food Observance day, to commemorate the push-loyalty. The following