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— PAGE \* Arabic 1 — 用英语介绍中国传统节日——清明节 用英语介绍中国传统节日——清明节  ORIGIN 起源  Qing Ming is popularly associated with Jie Zi Tui, who lived in Shanxi province in 600 B.C. Legend has it that Jie saved  his starving lords 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 hermits life with his mother in the mountains.  谈到清明节，有点历史知识的人，都会联想到历史人物介子推。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*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。  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 Jies death. Thus began the cold food feast, a day when no food could be cooked since no fire could be lit.  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个天，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 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 ones 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.  寒食节是在清明节的前一天，古人常把寒食节的活动延续到清明，久而久之，清明取代了寒食节。拜介子椎的习俗也变成了清明扫墓的习俗了。无论以何种形式纪念，为了使纪念祖先的仪式更有意义，我们应该让年轻一代的家庭成员了解先人过去的奋斗历史，当然，还要学习介子椎宁死不屈的气节。  【清明习俗】  sweeping the tomb 扫墓  One of the most important activities o