清明节英语话题作文

清明节除了“烧”，还剩下些什么？
what do we have on tomb-sweeping day except “burning”?

清明时节似乎注定要成为一个追思的季节。那不绝如缕的雨丝总能勾起人们缅怀先人、尊祖敬宗的绵绵情感。

tomb-sweeping day seems to be a season of memory. the constant drizzle reminds people of the affinity of forefathers and respect to ancestors.

清明节，正是春光明媚草木吐绿的时节，也正是人们春游的好时候，所以古人有清明踏青的习俗。我国传统的清明节大约始于周代，已有二千五百多年的历史。由于清明与寒食的日子接近，而寒食是民间禁火扫墓的日子，渐渐地，寒食与清明就合二为一了，而寒食即成为清明的别称，也变成清明时节的一个习俗，清明之日不动烟火，只吃凉的食品。
tomb-sweeping day is just the time of bright spring with flourishing green plants and the best time for people to have a spring-out, therefore, it has been long the custom to walk in the field on the tomb-sweeping day. it was originated from approximately zhou dynasty with a history of more than 2500 years. since it is almost the same as “cold-food day” on which people prohibited fire and swept the tombs. gradually, the two days derived into one festival and “cold-food” became the epithet of “tomb-sweeping day” and one of the customs as well. therefore, people will not light fire and eat cold food on “tomb-sweeping day”.

寄托哀思不拘泥于形式，让生活充满鲜活的色彩，也是先人对后人的希望所在，我们又何必烧来烧去闹得乌烟瘴气呢？那么，在清明节这天你会选择何种方式度过？同时，你会用何种方式寄托你对故人的追思？
there is no restriction for people to express the grief. what the ancestors wish is that we can enrich our life. why do we burn so much and cause so heavy smoke? then, how are you going to spend your tomb-sweeping day and how would you express your missing to your ancestors?

it's always raining during the tomb-sweeping day, it's cold these days. people take much count of this festival whether it is a national day, bcs we are the group who remember our roots.

清明时节雨纷纷，看来真是这个理，而且最近这个天也是冷，都有零度。无论清明是否属于国家法定节日，国民们都很重视，因为我们骨子里都是不忘本的人啊。

the basic comity in tomb sweeping day is ancestors worship, everybody has its own way to grieve. many people who is out will put down their work, slow their feet and back home. it's the virtue of our land to go home when old. （科教范文网 fw.nseac.com编辑发布）
it is different between countryside and urban for worshipping the ancestors in the forms, there are many forms in the country, one set by one, while in the urban it's rather simple and environment-protection.

清明节基本的礼仪是，祭祖，很多在外的人都会在那一天忍不住放下自己的工作，放慢自己的脚步，回到家中祭祖，叶落归根是我们中华的美德。祭祖在城市与农村是不同的zw.nseac.com，光形式上来说就不同，农村礼比较多，一套一套的；而城市里的就相对比较简单，环保些。

in fact, besides "burnning money n paper", we can do more, such as we can go for a trip during these sunshine days with our relatives n friends, or have a deep talk after gather again.