《你好,中国》( Hello, China ):32-Qingming Festival （清明节）

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The Qingming festival is a day of reverence for Chinese. People hold ceremonies for ancestors and sweep their tombs on April 5th every year.

According to tradition, during the Tomb Sweeping people put food in front of the tombs and new soil on the tomb, decorate the tombs with some fresh branches and knock head. A traditional Chinese painting named Riverside Scene on the Qing Ming festival drawn nine hundred years ago shows the prosperous atmosphere and activities on that day. People returned from tomb sweeping with horses and packages in the picture.

Now it is a public holiday in China, although ceremonies have changed a little with time Chinese still express their grief for the deceased.

单词速记：

1. reverence [ˈrevərəns]  n./v.尊敬;崇敬

revere 敬畏 + ence 名词后缀 → 尊敬；（尤指宗教的）崇敬

revere [rɪˈvɪr]  v.尊敬;崇敬

re强调 + ver 敬畏 + e → 尊敬

The poem conveys his deep reverence for nature.

这首诗表达了他对大自然的深深崇敬之情。

2. Riverside Scene on the Qing Ming festival 清明上河图

3. prosperous [ˈprɑːspərəs]  adj.繁荣的;成功的;兴旺的

pro 在前 + sper 希望 + ous 形容词后缀 → 繁荣的

同源词：desperate，prosper。

The place looks more prosperous than ever.

这地方显得空前繁荣。

4. deceased [dɪˈsiːst]  adj.死去了的;已死的;亡故的;死者;已故者  n.死者

decease 死亡 + ed 形容词或名词后缀 → 已死的

decease [dɪˈsiːs]  n.死亡;亡故

de 强调 + cease 停止，终止 → 死亡

cease [siːs]  v.(使)停止，终止，结束

cease=cess 走了 → 停止

The identities of the deceased have now been determined.

死者的身份现在已经确定。

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