Example essay on Qingming Festival

Part 1: Tomb-sweeping Day Today is the Qingming Festival. In order to pay homage to our ancestors, we came to the tombs to sweep the tombs. Do you know why we sweep the tombs? This comes from the traditional exercises of our Chinese nation. In ancient times, people believed that Qingming Festival began with solar terms. "Huainanzi" written by Liu An in the Han Dynasty said: "Fifteen days after the vernal equinox means that the Qingming breeze will arrive." The Qingming breeze arrives in March, so it is called the "March Festival". Later, the book "Hundred Questions of the Years" explained: "Everything growing at this time is clean and bright, so it is called Qingming." Obviously, the Qingming Festival is due to the season in which it falls, with changes in light, temperature, rainfall, etc. It was named after it was excellent in all aspects. Later, in order to commemorate the loyal minister Jiezi, the emperor called this day the Cold Food Festival (which is today's Qingming Festival). Over time, Qingming Festival became a day to worship ancestors and is a tradition of the Chinese nation. Festival. Tomb Sweeping Day is no exception for my family. Tomb sweeping and ancestor worship are very important tasks today. Early in the morning, at the call of my grandparents, we headed to the southeast of the county. I rode my bicycle and reached our destination quickly. , after locking the car, we started to go up the mountain. Probably because it had just rained, and the mountain road was paved with dirt, it was extremely slippery and difficult to walk. My brand-name sneakers suffered a lot along the way. "The whole body" is covered with mud, but the scenery on the mountain is still good. Looking around, you can see the rolling mountains, and you can also hear the sound of gurgling water and the clear chirping of birds... After a difficult journey, we came to the ancestral tomb of my grandpa’s house. There were overgrown weeds in front of the tomb. Wasn’t it just cleaned up last year? At this time, a poem suddenly appeared in my mind: Wildfire cannot burn, the spring breeze The grass grew again. The vitality of the grass was so strong that it covered the entire tomb in just one year. It seemed that the task of cutting the grass was very arduous, so I took out the scythe to cut the grass. I picked up the scythe. I used the sickle to chop the weeds hard, but not only were the weeds not chopped off, but my hands were bleeding from the cuts. When my father saw this scene, he hurriedly came over to teach me how to mow the grass. Dad said to me: "The grass must be cut first." Hold the grass tightly, then push the grass down hard, and then use the sickle to cut hard, so that the grass can be cut off. So, I did it according to the method my father taught me, and sure enough, I cut off a lot of grass. After I With the hard work of my father and others, the grass was finally cut. I also helped my mother sweep the floor. We swept the floor, respectfully placed flowers, and then went home. In the second article, the one who wrote about Wenchuan was definitely your teacher. The wanted Qingming "mass grave" was held in front of Beichuan to commemorate the deceased compatriots. It rained heavily during the Qingming Festival, and passers-by felt like dying... April 4th, the traditional Chinese Qingming Festival, was at 9:30 am in Beichuan New County - Mao. Dam, the collective burial place for the victims of the 5.12 earthquake. In the name of the party and the government, the local people of Beichuan held a public memorial ceremony for their compatriots here for the first time... Mianyang occupies three of the 10 severely disaster-stricken areas recognized by the country. Without the grief of previous disasters, Mianyang leader Wu Jingping, who had just taken up his new post as secretary of the Liangshan Prefecture Party Committee, took his team members to this sad place that attracted national attention for the first time and paid tribute to the victims with flowers and silence. People from Beichuan party and government agencies. More than 200 public officials, each holding a yellow chrysanthemum, used their official status for the first time to pay homage to their loved ones and friends, and to mourn their compatriots... Chen Xingchun, member of the Standing Committee of the Mianyang Municipal Party Committee of the Communist Party of China and the newly appointed Secretary of the Beichuan County Party Committee after the earthquake, presided over the ceremony. , unable to suppress his grief at the ceremony, covered his face and cried. Jing Dazhong, deputy secretary of the Beichuan County Party Committee and County Magistrate, mentioned in his speech the troops, medical staff, volunteers, and civil servants, county residents, and villagers who participated in the rescue at all costs. At that time, my eyes were full of tears, and I expressed my gratitude to Beichuan in a high-pitched voice! Referring to the 5.12 earthquake, this Qiang man, who was famous for his tenacity and unyieldingness after the earthquake, for the first time in front of his compatriots, paid homage to the deceased with a mournful cry: "My dear friend died in the accident, where does his soul go?" The people of Beichuan here and more than 10 of his relatives who died... The public memorial ceremony ended with the end of Jing Dazhong's speech. After leaving the microphone, Jing Dazhong was filled with sadness. He wiped his eyes with the back of his hand several times and refused to be interviewed by the media.

Before Jing Dazhong’s speech, 11-year-old Beichuan Qiang Young Pioneer Xu Ximei spoke at the public memorial on behalf of the future generation of Beichuan. She said, "We firmly believe that the boundless love from all over the country gives us enough confidence and courage to overcome difficulties and usher in a better tomorrow for New Beichuan together!" Although her voice was childish, it moved the faces of the mourners at the scene. . Ximei's grandparents, who live in the Leigu board house, saw their granddaughter on TV at noon and felt very relieved. Ximei’s uncle is Han Hao, a famous local volunteer in Beichuan. Han Hao said that his niece was a former student of Qushan Primary School in Beichuan. On May 12, she was led by teacher Yang Zhen to perform a program in the county party committee auditorium, so she escaped and is now studying in the Tent School of the General Armament Department. Her father currently works in Beichuan Culture and Tourism Bureau. No one at the scene saw Ximei shed tears. Teacher Feng, who accompanied her, said that her mother was a grade one teacher at Beichuan Middle School and had died in the earthquake: "Ximei is very optimistic and strong, and her grades are very good." More than a hundred meters north from Beichuan Hotel is the former site of Beichuan Middle School (West District). At the foot of the mountain at the old site, there was a huge construction pit before the earthquake. After the earthquake, it became a collective burial place for the victims of Beichuan County. It is known as a "mass grave". In the center of this "mass cemetery" that has been paved with dozens of tons of cement, a huge "5.12 Earthquake Monument" stands. On the Qingming Festival, more than 50,000 Beichuan people came here to pay homage to their loved ones. It is reported that Beichuan County was closed for four days from April 1 to April 4. Nearly 100,000 people came to the city to pay homage to their relatives. According to Dazhong, taking into account the wishes of the people of Beichuan, Beichuan decided to extend the original four-day lifting date for an additional two days. On Tomb Sweeping Day, Princess Sirindhorn of Thailand also went to Beichuan's famous Sandaojiao to pay homage to the Chinese friends who died in the Wenchuan earthquake. This is her first visit to Sichuan after the earthquake, and also her first time to the disaster area (she has visited Sichuan four times before). After the earthquake, she promptly donated money and materials to the disaster-stricken areas in Sichuan. It is reported that she will personally donate 10 million yuan to build schools in the disaster-stricken area of ??Mianyang. A moment of silence for the victims of the Wenchuan earthquake. 3. Thousands of people in Wenchuan pay homage to the victims. For the first Qingming Festival after the earthquake, 90,000 people went to Beichuan to pay homage. Absolutely. On the first Qingming Festival after the Wenchuan earthquake, nearly 10,000 cadres and masses paid homage to the earthquake victims in Wenchuan. Some broken bridges and collapsed houses deliberately preserved next to the highway can still make people feel the tragedy of that huge disaster - 20,278 people were killed in the earthquake in Aba Prefecture alone. During the earthquake, a huge stone fell from the mountain beside the highway and became a natural monument - it read "512 epicenter, Yingxiu". On the afternoon of the 4th, Sichuan Provincial Party Committee Secretary Liu Qibao, Provincial Governor Jiang Jufeng and other Sichuan Provincial leaders came to Yingxiu to pay homage to the victims. Li Jie, deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the Wenchuan County Party Committee, said that 5,759 victims were buried in Aba Prefecture in a centralized manner, while the rest were buried separately by various towns and families of the victims. During the Qingming Festival, nearly ten thousand people went to Wenchuan Yingxiu to pay homage and remember the victims. At the Wenchuan "512" earthquake victims cemetery in Yingxiu, 64-year-old cemetery caretaker Ma Fuyang told reporters that people have been coming to pay their respects since around 6 a.m. Lin Xia from Yingxiu Town is burning incense and paper to pay homage to her cousin who died in the earthquake. "She is so good-looking (beautiful). We have always been good friends, but I didn't expect that we would be separated from each other in an instant." Lin Xia couldn't help but burst into tears. Lin Shuqun came to pay homage to her dead daughter. In her mind, her daughter was still living and growing in another world. "My daughter is 14 years old." She paused and added: "She was only 13 years old when she "left" last year." The mother, who was once sad and ill, told reporters that now she has learned to be strong, "life will always be the same." If you want to survive, think more about the future and do more what you can do." A slogan in the cemetery is particularly eye-catching - "deeply mourn your loved ones and build confidence in rebuilding." On a trail not far from the slogan, 21-year-old Ma Hui from Yuzixi Village, Yingxiu Town, set up a stall, selling drinks, food, earthquake photos and other items to people who came to pay homage and tourists. The girl who lost two relatives in the earthquake said: "The grief has passed and everyone is actively creating a new life.

"The sky is dark, the drizzle is falling, and the sorrow and joy are low... April 4th is the first Qingming Festival after the Wenchuan earthquake. Cries and chokes merged into a sad river, on every ruin in the earthquake-stricken area and in everyone's heart. Flow. All the way through Beichuan, Wenchuan, Qingchuan, and all the earthquake-stricken areas, the incense lingering on the ruins and the miserable faces with tears in their eyes broke our hearts, but they wiped away their tears and walked outside the ruins. The determination of the new life moved us for a long time. From April 1st to 4th, the old county town of Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County in Sichuan was "opened" and local people were allowed to enter the city to pay homage to their relatives. A heartbreaking city. The jagged boulders are still lying on the road, the big holes in the cement pavement caused by the stones rolling down the mountain are still the same, and the houses in the city that have not been completely overturned seem to be tilted even more due to the aftershocks... From San Dao Zhuan On the first day of the "Jue Ming Xiao Valley", from the Beichuan Hotel to the monument in front of Maoba Middle School, scented candles were lit and white chrysanthemums bloomed. With the sound of firecrackers and low sobs, the whole city was quiet, and no one wanted to disturb the peace of the deceased. More than 90,000 people came to the city to pay homage to the deceased on April 4, the first Qingming Festival since the earthquake in Beichuan. It was the first time after the "May 12" Wenchuan earthquake. On Tomb Sweeping Day, the Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County in Sichuan Province held a public memorial to commemorate the victims. According to statistics, in the four days since the old Beichuan county was "opened", more than 90,000 people came to pay homage to the Wenchuan earthquake. It was destroyed, more than 15,600 people were killed, and 4,300 people were missing. Since May 20th last year, Beichuan County has been closed. On the day of Tomb Sweeping Day, more than 120 million people visited the country. Xinhuanet, Beijing, April. Report on the 4th (Reporter Wei Minli) The Qingming Festival Work Office of the Ministry of Civil Affairs released the statistics of mass memorial sweeps at the Qingming Festival observation points on the afternoon of the 4th. According to statistics of 150 Qingming Festival observation points across the country, each observation point received *** mass sacrifices and sweeps. There are more than 6.8 million people, nearly 780,000 vehicles, and nearly 30,000 people on duty. According to estimates, the total number of people nationwide today is the Qingming Festival holiday. Today is the first day of the Tomb Sweeping Day holiday. According to statistics, compared with last year's Tomb Sweeping Day, the number of people praying and sweeping during the Tomb Sweeping Day this year increased by 21.4%, the number of vehicles and vehicles increased by 30.4%, and the number of people sweeping the cemetery increased by 30.4%. %. The peak period for the whole day is before 12 o'clock, and the number of people during the peak period accounts for 78.4% of the total number of people. I hope this is useful to you.