How do you say Tomb-Sweeping Day in English? What will people do? A few words will do.

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Qingming is both a solar term and a festival. Usually on April 4th or 5th every year. It developed from the ancient Cold Food Festival.

This is a story about Hanshi Festival. This happened in the state of Jin in the Spring and Autumn Period more than 2,000 years ago.

Zhong Er is one of the princes, but his father doesn't like him. A bad man told his father that Zhong Er was going to rebel. So he had to flee the country. On the way to escape, his son Zhong Er and several ministers who protected him got lost in the mountains. They don't have enough food in the mountains. Zhong Er almost froze to death. In order to save Zhong Er, a minister named Xietui secretly cut a piece of meat from his thigh to satisfy his hunger. Zhong Er was moved to tears when he learned later.

A few years later, Zhong Er became the king of the State of Jin. He wanted to thank Jie Li and ask him to be his minister, but Jie Li gave up. Later, meson tui was unfortunately burned to death in the fire. Zhong Er, the king of Jin, was very sad and ordered people not to make a fire to cook on the day when meson was pushed to death, but to eat cold food. This is the origin of the "Cold Food Festival".

Since then, people have paid homage to their ancestors and martyrs on this day, and the Cold Food Festival has gradually evolved into Tomb-Sweeping Day. On this day, people will go to the grave and miss their dead relatives at home. So this day is also called "Tomb-Sweeping Day" in English.

People in China usually sweep graves and fly kites on this day. Because Jie died under a willow tree, the people of China also cut down willow branches and hung them on their doors.

People also fly kites in Tomb-Sweeping Day. We usually fly kites during the day, but on that day, in some places, people fly kites at night. How can they see their kites at night? They tied some small lights on the kite. These little lanterns are like twinkling stars and are called "magic lamps". People put kites in the sky, then cut the strings and let them fly to the ends of the earth. It is said that in this way, people can also be protected from bad luck and disease. ..

Tomb-Sweeping Day is a traditional festival in China. However, there are similar festivals in many other countries.

Mexicans celebrate the Day of the Dead every year. The Day of the Dead is on 1 1 2nd of the month. Legend has it that the deceased will go home to visit relatives on this day. Lighting candles helps them find their way home. Many foods and drinks are prepared for them at home. Relatives will get together to remember their dead relatives.

North Korea and South Korea also have Tomb-Sweeping Day. Koreans do not cook on this day. They only eat cold food. They also plant trees on this day.

Many countries in the world have similar festivals, such as Syrian, American and Tunisia, but the specific dates are different. Usually people also commemorate the martyrs who died for their country on this special day.