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The Qingming?Festival The?Qingming?or?Ching Ming Festival, also known as?Tomb-Sweeping Day?in English,?is a?traditional Chinese festival?on the?first day?of the fifth?solar term?of the?traditional Chinese?lunisolar?calendar. This makes it the 15th day after the?Spring Equinox, either 4 or 5 April in a given year. 中国广大地区有在清明之日进行祭祖、扫墓、踏青的习俗，逐渐演变为华人以扫墓、祭拜等形式纪念祖先的一个中国传统节日。清明节是春分后的第十五天，一般是在公历4月5号前后。 The festival originated from the?Cold Food Festival?(Hanshi Festival), established by Chonger,?Duke Wen?of?Jin, during the?Spring and Autumn period. The festival was a memorial for his retainer?Jie Zitui, who had loyally followed him during his years of exile. Supposedly, he once even cut meat from his own thigh to provide Chonger with soup. Once Chonger was enthroned as duke, however, Jie considered his services no longer required and resigned. Although Duke Wen was generous in rewarding those who had helped him in his time of need, he long passed over Jie, who had moved into the forest with his mother. Duke Wen went to the forest in?636?BC?but could not find them. He then ordered his men to set fire to the forest in order to force Jie out. When Jie and his mother were killed instead, the duke was overcome with remorse and ordered three days without fire to honor Jies memory.? 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。 The Qingming (Pure Brightness) Festival is one of the 24 seasonal division points in China, falling on April 4-6 each year. After the festival, the temperature will rise up and rainfall increases. It is the high time for spring plowing and sowing. But the Qingming Festival is not only a seasonal point to guide farm work, it is more a festival of commemoration. 清明是我国的二十四节气之一。由于二十四节气比较客观地反映了一年四季气温、降雨、物候等方面的变化，所以古代劳动人民用它安排农事活动。但是，清明作为节日，与纯粹的节气又有所不同。节气是我