{"id":181377,"date":"2013-03-26T12:06:26","date_gmt":"2013-03-26T16:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/learn\/top-words-tomb-sweeping-holiday-china\/"},"modified":"2025-02-23T23:17:12","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T04:17:12","slug":"top-words-tomb-sweeping-holiday-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/chinese\/top-words-tomb-sweeping-holiday-china\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Must-know Qingming Festival Words in Chinese"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Qingming Festival (\u6e05\u660e\u8282\u00a0\u2014 q\u012bng m\u00edng ji\u00e9<\/em>) is an over 2,500-year-old holiday where families pay respect to their deceased ancestors.<\/p>\n

It involves tomb sweeping, spring outings and kite flying. The families also bring the person’s favorite wine and food as sacrifices. Other sacrifices include paper money that would be burned since the Chinese believe it’s needed on the other side.<\/p>\n

Here are eight words you need to celebrate Qingming Festival.<\/p>\n

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1. \u98ce\u7b5d (f\u0113ng zh\u0113ng) <\/em>\u2014 Kite<\/h2>\n

\u5728\u4f60\u5fc3\u76ee\u4e2d\u897f\u5b89\u6700\u9002\u5408\u653e\u98ce\u7b5d\u7684\u5730\u65b9\u662f\u54ea\u513f\u5462\uff1f<\/strong><\/p>\n

(z\u00e0i n\u01d0 x\u012bn m\u00f9 zh\u014dng x\u012b’ \u0101n zu\u00ec sh\u00ec h\u00e9 f\u00e0ng f\u0113ng zh\u0113ng d\u00ec d\u00ec f\u0101ng sh\u00ec n\u01ce’ er ne?)<\/em><\/p>\n

Where do you think is the most suitable place to fly kites in Xi’an?<\/p>\n

2. \u796d\u54c1 (j\u00ec p\u01d0n)<\/em> \u2014 Sacrifices; Offerings<\/h2>\n

\u6bcf\u5230\u6e05\u660e\u8282\u524d\uff0c\u8def\u53e3\u90fd\u6709\u5f88\u591a\u70e7\u7eb8\u3001\u70e7\u796d\u54c1\u7684\u5e02\u6c11\u3002<\/strong><\/p>\n

(m\u011bi d\u00e0o q\u012bng m\u00edng ji\u00e9 qi\u00e1n, l\u00f9 k\u01d2u d\u014du y\u01d2u h\u011bn du\u014d sh\u0101o zh\u01d0, sh\u0101o j\u00ec p\u01d0n de sh\u00ec m\u00edn.)<\/em><\/p>\n

Before every Qingming Festival, there are a lot of people on the roads burning paper and offerings.<\/p>\n

3. \u796d\u7940 (j\u00ec s\u00ec)<\/em> \u2014 To Offer Sacrifices to Ancestors<\/h2>\n

\u6e05\u660e\u8282\u5feb\u5230\u4e86\uff0c\u5982\u679c\u521a\u597d\u90a3\u65f6\u4eba\u5728\u5916\u5730\uff0c\u65e0\u6cd5\u56de\u676d\u5dde\u6765\u796d\u7940\uff0c\u600e\u4e48\u529e\uff1f<\/strong><\/p>\n

(q\u012bng m\u00edng ji\u00e9 ku\u00e0i d\u00e0o le, r\u00fa gu\u01d2 g\u0101ng h\u01ceo n\u00e0 sh\u00ed r\u00e9n z\u00e0i w\u00e0i d\u00ec, w\u00fa f\u01ce hu\u00ed h\u00e1ng zh\u014du l\u00e1i j\u00ec s\u00ec, z\u011bn me b\u00e0n?)<\/em><\/p>\n

It’s almost Qingming Festival. What do you do if at that time you happen to be out of town and have no way to offer sacrifices to your ancestors?<\/p>\n

4. \u8e0f\u9752 (t\u00e0 q\u012bng)<\/em> \u2014 Outing<\/h2>\n

\u6e05\u660e\u5047\u671f\u4e3b\u8981\u4ee5\u56fd\u5185\u53ca\u77ed\u9014\u51fa\u5883\u6e38\u4e3a\u4e3b\uff0c\u8e0f\u9752\u662f\u6e05\u660e\u8282\u51fa\u884c\u7684\u9996\u9009\u4e3b\u9898\u3002<\/strong>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

(q\u012bng m\u00edng ji\u00e0 q\u012b zh\u01d4 y\u00e0o y\u01d0 gu\u00f3 n\u00e8i j\u00ed du\u01cen t\u00fa ch\u016b j\u00ecng y\u00f3u w\u00e9i zh\u01d4, t\u00e0 q\u012bng sh\u00ec q\u012bng m\u00edng ji\u00e9 ch\u016b x\u00edng de sh\u01d2u xu\u01cen zh\u01d4 t\u00ed.)<\/em><\/p>\n

The Qingming Festival for those within mainland China is a short holiday, where the main part of it is going on an outing.)<\/p>\n

5. \u83ca\u82b1 (j\u00fa hu\u0101)<\/em> \u2014 Chrysanthemum<\/h2>\n

\u867d\u7136\u6ca1\u503c\u591a\u5c11\u94b1\uff0c\u4f46\u5728\u5e72\u71e5\u7684\u5929\u6c14\u4e0b\uff0c\u51b2\u4e00\u676f\u83ca\u82b1\u871c\u7cd6\uff0c\u559d\u8d77\u6765\u4eba\u90fd\u9192\u795e\u597d\u591a\u3002<\/strong><\/p>\n

(su\u012b r\u00e1n m\u00e9i zh\u00ed du\u014d sh\u01ceo qi\u00e1n, d\u00e0n z\u00e0i g\u0101n z\u00e0o de ti\u0101n q\u00ec xi\u00e0, ch\u014dng y\u012b b\u0113i j\u00fa hu\u0101 m\u00ec t\u00e1ng, h\u0113 q\u01d0 l\u00e1i r\u00e9n d\u014du x\u01d0ng sh\u00e9n h\u01ceo du\u014d.)<\/em><\/p>\n

Even though it’s not worth a lot of money, making a cup of chrysanthemum tea with honey to drink during dry weather really lifts people’s spirits up.<\/p>\n

6. \u51b7\u98df\u00a0(l\u011bng sh\u00ed)<\/em> \u2014 Cold Food; Cold Dishes<\/h2>\n

\u6e05\u660e\u4e4b\u65e5\uff0c\u4e0d\u52a8\u70df\u706b\uff0c\u53ea\u5403\u51b7\u98df\u3002<\/strong><\/p>\n

(q\u012bng m\u00edng zh\u012b r\u00ec, b\u00f9 d\u00f2ng y\u0101n hu\u01d2, zh\u01d0 ch\u012b l\u011bng sh\u00ed.)<\/em>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

On Qingming day, you can’t light fireworks and can only eat cold dishes.<\/p>\n

7. \u63d2\u67f3 (ch\u0101 li\u01d4)<\/em> \u2014 Plant Willow Trees<\/h2>\n

\u6211\u56fd\u53e4\u4ee3\u5728\u6e05\u660e\u65f6\u8282\u5c31\u6709\u63d2\u67f3\u690d\u6811\u7684\u4f20\u7edf\u3002<\/strong><\/p>\n

(w\u01d2 gu\u00f3 g\u01d4 d\u00e0i z\u00e0i q\u012bng m\u00edng sh\u00ed ji\u00e9 ji\u00f9 y\u01d2u ch\u0101 li\u01d4 zh\u00ed sh\u00f9 de chu\u00e1n t\u01d2ng.)<\/em><\/p>\n

During ancient times in my country for Qingming Festival, a tradition was to plant willow trees.<\/p>\n

8. \u626b\u5893 (s\u01ceo m\u00f9)<\/em> \u2014 Sweep Tombs; Tomb Sweeping<\/h2>\n

\u6628\u5929\uff0c\u8d81\u7740\u5929\u6c14\u4e0d\u9519\uff0c\u4e0d\u5c11\u5e02\u6c11\u8d76\u7740\u53bb\u90ca\u5916\u626b\u5893\u3002<\/strong>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

(zu\u00f3 ti\u0101n, ch\u00e8n zhe ti\u0101n q\u00ec b\u00f9 cu\u00f2, b\u00f9 sh\u01ceo sh\u00ec m\u00edn g\u01cen zhe q\u00f9 ji\u0101o w\u00e0i s\u01ceo m\u00f9.)<\/em>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Taking advantage of the weather yesterday, many people rushed to the outskirts of the city to sweep tombs.<\/p>\n

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With these eight words, you’ll be able to converse about Qingming Festival with native speakers more easily.<\/p>\n

And if you like this list, you might also like this poem video on Tomb Sweeping Day<\/a>, which you can find on FluentU<\/a>.

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