Need a comparative introduction of Halloween and Tomb-Sweeping Day in English (preferably in both Chinese and English! Thank you)

Halloween (Chinese and English version)

There is such a story about Halloween. Jack, an Irishman, was not allowed to enter heaven and was sent to hell because he was very stingy with money. But there he always played tricks on the devil Satan, so he was kicked out of hell and punished for walking on earth with lanterns forever. 1October 3 1 day, Irish children made Jack's Lantern with potatoes and Rob. They dug out the middle, dug holes in the surface, and then lit candles inside. To celebrate Halloween in the village, children carry lanterns and beg for food from door to door. ? The Irish name of this lantern is "Jack with a lantern" or "Jack's lantern", abbreviated as Jack's lantern? Spelled jack lamp. Halloween, which you read in most books now, is just a fun night for children. In primary schools, Halloween is celebrated every October. Children will make Halloween decorations: all kinds of orange pumpkin lanterns. You can make terrible shapes out of black paper. A witch with a pointed hat riding on a broom handle flies across the sky, or a black bat flies across the moon. These all represent bad luck. Of course, a black cat means worse luck. Sometimes a black cat rides behind a witch's broom and flies into the sky. On Halloween night, we all wore mom and dad's old clothes and shoes, put on masks and planned to go out. Younger children must go out with their mothers, and older ones will rush home, ring their doorbell and shout, "Trick or treat!" " "It means to give us food, or we will play a trick on you. Should the people inside go out? Evaluate our makeup. " Oh! This is a ghost, that is a witch and that is an old woman. "Sometimes they will play with us and pretend to be scared by ghosts or witches. But they usually bring some candy or apples into our trick-or-treating pockets. But what if nobody rings the doorbell or someone drives us away? We play tricks on them, usually by smearing a piece of soap on their cups. Then we go home and count who has the most candy. Another typical Halloween trick is to open a roll of toilet paper and throw it at the tree until it is all wrapped in white paper? . The paper will stay on the tree until it is washed away by heavy snow or rain. It won't really hurt, it just messes up trees and yards, a kind of Halloween prank. There is a story about Jack, an Irishman, on Halloween. Because he is stingy with money, he is not allowed to go to heaven. So he was sent to hell. But there he played a trick on the devil (Satan), so he was kicked out of hell and asked to walk on the earth forever with a lantern. Well, Irish children use a big potato or turnip as a jack-o-lantern on10.36, hollowing it out, with a hole in the side and a small candle in it. Irish children will take them from house to house begging for food to celebrate Halloween in memory of the druid god Mukora. The Irish name of these lanterns is "Jack with a lantern" or "Jack's lantern", which is abbreviated as "Jack's lamp" and now spelled as "Jack's lamp". "The traditional Halloween you read in most books is just Children's Day. Every primary school will start Halloween celebrations in October. Children will make Halloween decorations and all kinds of orange paper pumpkin lanterns. You can cut out "terrible" patterns on black paper-an evil witch riding on a broom handle and wearing a pointed hat flying across the sky, and maybe a black bat flying over the moon, which means bad luck. Of course, black cats represent more bad luck. Sometimes a black cat will ride on the witch's arms and fly to the sky. On Halloween night, we will put on mom's or dad's old shoes and clothes, put on masks and get ready to go out. Children (children younger than us) must go with their mothers, but we older people go to our neighbors' houses, ring their doorbell and shout, "Trick or treat!" " It means, "give us something to eat, or we'll play a trick on you!" " People inside should come to the door to comment on our clothes. Oh! There is a ghost here. Oh, there is a witch. Oh, there is an old lady here. Sometimes they will play with us and pretend to be scared by some ghost or witch. But they always have some candy or apples in our trick-or-treating bag. But what if no one answers the door or someone drives us away? Then we will play tricks on them, usually by marking their windows with a bar of soap. . Then we go home and count who gets the most candy. A popular Halloween prank is to unroll a roll of toilet paper and throw it high at a tree again and again until the tree is wrapped in white paper. This kind of paper usually stays on the tree for several weeks until a heavy snow or rain washes it away. It did no real harm, but it made a mess of the tree and the yard under it. A Halloween prank.

Tomb-Sweeping Day, a traditional festival in China.

Qingming is one of the 24 solar terms in China. Because the 24 solar terms objectively reflect the changes of temperature, rainfall and phenology throughout the year, ancient working people used them to arrange agricultural activities. However, Qingming, as a festival, is different from pure solar terms. Solar terms are symbols of phenological changes and seasonal order in China, while festivals contain certain customs and activities, which have certain commemorative significance. Therefore, this festival is a distinctive festival, with both sad tears to sweep graves and laughter for an outing.

Tomb-Sweeping Day is a traditional festival in China, and it is also the most important festival to worship ancestors and sweep graves. Grave-sweeping is commonly known as going to the grave and offering sacrifices to the dead. Most Han people and some ethnic minorities visit graves in Tomb-Sweeping Day. Because the days of Qingming and cold food are close, cold food is the day when people ban fire to sweep graves. Gradually, cold food and Qingming become one, and cold food has become another name of Qingming and a custom of Qingming period. Tomb-Sweeping Day doesn't move fireworks, but only eats cold food.

According to the old custom, when sweeping graves, people should bring food, wine, fruit, paper money and other items to the cemetery, offer food to the graves of their loved ones, then burn the paper money, cultivate new soil for the graves, break some green branches and insert them in front of the graves, then kowtow and worship, and finally go home after eating and drinking.

Contrary to the sadness of Tomb-Sweeping Day's grave-sweeping, people can also enjoy life on this beautiful spring day.

Flying kites is also the most popular activity in Tomb-Sweeping Day. During their stay in Tomb-Sweeping Day, people not only wore it during the day, but also at night. At night, a string of colored lanterns is hung under the kite or on the wind-stabilizing stay, like twinkling stars, which is called "magic lamp".

Before and after Tomb-Sweeping Day, the spring is bright, the spring is bright, and the spring rain is falling. The planted seedlings have high survival rate and fast growth. Therefore, China has the habit of planting trees in Qingming since ancient times. Some people even call Tomb-Sweeping Day Arbor Day. The custom of planting trees has been passed down to this day. 1979, the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) stipulated March 12 every year as China's Arbor Day. This is of great significance to mobilize people of all ethnic groups in China to actively carry out activities to green the motherland.

Qingming Festival

Tomb-Sweeping Day is one of the 24 seasonal divisions in China, which is held from April 4th to 6th every year. After the holiday, the temperature rose and the rainfall increased. This is the best time for spring ploughing and sowing. But Tomb-Sweeping Day is not only a season to guide farm work, but also a commemorative festival.

Tomb-Sweeping Day is a combination of sadness and happiness.

This is the most important sacrifice day. At this time, both Han people and ethnic minorities offered sacrifices to their ancestors and swept graves for the sick. Besides, they don't cook on this day, only cold food is served.

Han Shi (Cold Food Festival) is usually the day before Tomb-Sweeping Day. Since our ancestors often extended this day to Qingming, they later merged.

Every time I go to Tomb-Sweeping Day, all cemeteries are crowded with people who come to pay homage to the grave. The traffic became very heavy on the way to the cemetery. Today, customs have been greatly simplified. After a little grave sweeping, people will provide food, flowers and the favorite of the dead, then burn incense and paper money, and bow before the memorial tablet.

Contrary to the sadness of grave sweepers, people also enjoy the hope of spring on this day. Tomb-Sweeping Day is a time when the sun is shining, trees and grasslands turn green and nature is full of vitality again. Since ancient times, people have had the custom of spring outing. There are tourists everywhere at this time.

People like flying kites in Tomb-Sweeping Day. Flying kites is not limited to Tomb-Sweeping Day. It is unique in that people fly kites not during the day, but at night. A string of small lanterns tied to a kite or kite string looks like shining stars, so it is called "God's Lantern".

Tomb-Sweeping Day is also the time to plant trees, because the survival rate of saplings is high and trees grow fast. In the past, Tomb-Sweeping Day was called Arbor Day. However, since 1979, "Arbor Day" has been designated as March 12 according to the Gregorian calendar.