清明.ppt

Qingming Festival By group 5 Brief introduction ? Official name : Qingming Festival ? Observed byChinese Malaysian Singapore ? Significance : Remembering past ancestors ? Also called:Tomb Sweeping Day All Souls Day ? Date:15th day from the Spring Equinox Apr. 4, 5 or 6 ? The festival originated from Hanshi Day (寒食节) Day with cold food memorial day for Jie Zitui ( 介子推). Jie Zitui died in 636 BC in the Spring and Autumn Period . He was one of many followers of Duke Wen of Jin (晋文公)before he became a duke. Qingming has a tradition stretching back more than 2,500 years. Its origin is credited to the Tang Emperor Xuanzong (唐玄宗) in 732. Wealthy citizens in China were reportedly holding too many extravagant and ostentatiously expensive ceremonies in honor of their ancestors. Emperor Xuanzong, seeking to curb this practice, declared that respects could be formally paid at ancestors' graves only on Qingming. The observance of Qingming found a firm place in Chinese culture and continued since Ancient China Celebration ? Swing( 荡秋千) Since people with weak constitutions might get hurt by eating cold raw food on Qingming , when the weather is still cold ,it is an activities for body -building ? Kite-flying (放风筝) The ancent Chinese usually fly kites on this day. It is said that in this way people will also be protected from bad luck and diseases ? Tomb-sweeping (扫墓) Young and old pray before the ancestors, sweep the tombs and offer food, tea, wine, chopsticks, joss paper (纸钱) accessories, and libations to the ancestors. ? Eating cold food (冷食) The sweet green rice ball is a Qingming Festival food popular in Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provinces. It is also a must-have offering at ancestral rituals in the south of the Yangtze River ? Stepping-the-gre en( 踏青) On Qingming people go on family outings, start the spring plowing, sing, and dance. NOW ? With the concept of environmental protection deeply rooted among the