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1、清明节介绍英语【篇一:清明节的英语介绍】清明节的传统thetraditionofchingmingfestival每年的清明定在二十四节气的春分后的第十五天,清明节是子孙们去扫墓祭祖的节日,人们会带祭品前往祭祖,同时打扫和清理墓啤。今年(2008)的清明节是公历4月4日。清明上河图清明节的传统ancestorworshipisachinesetraditiondatingbackthousandsofyears.中国祭祀祖先的传统已有数千年之久。alsoknownasthegrave-sweepingorspringremembrance,chin
2、gming(clearandbright),iswhenchinesefamiliesshowtheirrespectbyvisitingthegravesoftheirancestorstoclearawayweeds,touchupgravestoneinscriptionsandmakeofferingsofwineandfruit.清明时,中国阖家前往祭拜祖先,同时把祖坟修饰一下,把杂草清除。然后准备一些、酒和水果作为对祖先的祭品。清明节的翻译“清明”依音译为“chingming,但“节”则依意译为festival,合起来便是chingmi
3、ngfestival,是音译和意译的混合物。此外,我们再学习几个中国传统节日的英译:“春节”在英文上叫做chinesenewyearsday,是意译,字面的意思就是“中国人的新年”;或springfestival,即“春天的节日”;或chineselunarnewyear,即“中国农历新年”“端午节”的译法和“清明节”一样,“端午”译为duanwu,节是festival。不过,许多人也喜欢称之为dragonboatfestival,意为“龙舟节”。“中秋节”逐字意译为mid-autumnfestival,有时则在前边加上chinese。亦有人称之为
4、moonfestival的。“重阳节”也和“清明节”、“端午节”一般译法,称为chungyeungfestival。由于我们有时也把“重阳”称为“重九”,所以有些英国人也把我们的这一个节日叫做“double-ninthday,”不过还是前者较多用。扩充阅读一:chinesechingmingfestivalachineseholiday,celebratedonapril4th,isthechingmingfestival(qingmingfestival).ching,inchinese,meanspureorcleanandmingmeansb
5、rightness.mostpeoplecallthisholidaygrave-sweepingdaybecausepeopleheadtothecemeterytocleangraves.therearemanychingmingrituals[仪式]whichincludepullingoutweedsaroundtheheadstone,cleaningthestoneandreplacingwiltedordeadflowerswithfreshones.peoplealsoburnincense[薰香]andpapermoney.the
6、papermoneyisforthedeceasedtouseintheafterlife.youllevenseefoodarrangedonheadstones,butitsnotapicnic.thefoodisanofferingtothespirits.threesetsofchopsticks[筷子]andthreechinesewinecupsarealsoplacedabovethefood,closetotheheadstone.otherritualsincludefamily【篇二:清明节英文介绍】清明节英文介绍awell-k
7、nownpoembytangdynastywriterdumutellsofasadsceneinearlyapril:rainsfallheavilyasqingmingcomes,andpassers-bywithloweredspiritsgo.qingmingday,thetraditionaltomb-sweepingday,fallsonapril4-6eachyear.itisatimeforrememberinglovedoneswhohavedeparted.peoplevisittheirancestorsgravestoswe
8、epawaythedirt.唐朝著名诗人杜牧有一首著名的诗,描述了四月初令人伤感的一幕场景:“清明时节雨纷纷,路上行人欲断