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QingMingfestivalisadayofreverenceforChinese.PeopleholdceremoniesforancestorsandsweeptheirtombsonApril5theveryyear.Accordingtotradition,duringtheTombSweeping,peopleputfoodinfrontofthetombsatnewsoilonthetomb,decoratethetombswithsomefreshbranchesandknockhead.AtraditionalChinesepaintingnamedRiversideseenontheQingMingfestival,drawnninehundredyearsago,showstheprosperousatmosphereandactivitiesonthatday.Peoplereturnedfromtombssweepingwithhorsesandpackagesinthepicture.NowitisapublicholidayinChina.Althoughceremonieshavechangedalittlewithtime,Chinesestillexpresstheirgriefforthedeceased.

reverence:/?rev?r?ns;?rev?r?ns/n.afeelingofgreatrespectoradmirationforsb/sth尊敬；崇敬Thepoemconveyshisdeepreverencefornature.这首诗表达了他对大自然的深深崇敬之情。tomb:/tu?m;tu?m/n.alargegrave,especiallyonebuiltofstoneaboveorbelowtheground坟墓；塚deceased:/d??si?st;d??si?st/adj.1.dead死去了的；已死的；亡故的herdeceasedparents她已故的双亲2.thedeceasedn.(pl.thedeceased)apersonwhohasdied,especiallyrecently死者；已故者Translation清明是我国二十四节气(thetwenty-foursolarterms)之一，一般是在每年的4月4日至6日前后。人们庆祝清明节大约始于东周时代，距今已有两千五百多年的历史。清明过后，气温逐渐上升，雨水也增多，表明了这是农民开始安排农耕活动的关键时期。同时，清明也是郊游的大好时节，人们去户外踏青，并开展一系列消遣和体育活动。更重要的是，清明时节也是一个纪念祖先和已故亲人的日子。 　　Qingmingisoneofthetwenty-foursolartermsinChina,typicallyfallingonApril4-6eachyear.ThecelebrationfortheQingmingFestivalcanbetracedbacktotheEasternZhouDynasty,withahistoryofover2,years.AfterQingmingtime,thetemperaturebeginstoriseupandrainfallincreases,indicatingthatitisthecrucialtimeforthefarmerstoarrangetheirfarmingactivitiesaccordingly.Meanwhile,itisthehightimeforspringouting,whenpeoplegooutforfreshair,kindsofrecreationsandsportsactivities.Moreimportantly,Qingmingisalsoaperiodtohonourandtopayrespecttoonesdeceasedancestorsandfamilymembers.清明（唐.杜牧）

清明时节雨纷纷，

路上行人欲断魂；

借问酒家何处有，

牧童遥指杏花村。

TheMourningDay

DuMu

许渊冲译

AdrizzlingrainfallsliketearsontheMourningDay;

Themournersheartisgoingtobreakonhisway.

"Wherecanawine-shopbefoundtodrownhissadhours?"

Acowherdpointstoacotmidapricotflowers.

杨宪益、戴乃迭译

Itdrizzlesendlessduringtherainyseasoninspring,

Travelersalongtheroadlookgloomyandmiserable.

WhenIaskashepherdboywhereIcanfindatavern,

Hepointsatadistanthamletnestlingamidstapricotblossoms.

吴钧陶译

ItdrizzlesthickandfastonthePureBrightnessDay,

Itravelwithmyheartlostindismay.

"Isthereapublichousesomewhere,cowboy?"

HepointsatApricotVillagefaraway.