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02/04/2011

Holiday Of Tomb Sweeping Day On 2011 (清明节放假 2011)

* April 3-5 (three days in total)

* April 2 (Saturday) is an official working day.

02/04/2011

TOMB SWEEPING DAY

Tomb-Sweeping Day, also known as Qingming Festival, is one of the most important traditional Chinese festivals. It is the day marking the beginning of the 5th solar term Qingming (清明, literally means clear and bright). Originated during the Spring and Autumn Period around 2500 years ago, Tomb-Sweeping Day falls between April 4th and April 6th. For the Chinese, it is a special day to remember and honor one's ancestors at grave sites. Because in the day of Hanshi (寒食, literally means cold food) which is the day before Qingming, people are not allowed to use fires to heat up food, Qingming became to share this tradition from Hanshi. As Chinese people are not used to cold food, they developed a variety of sports activities to help them make adjustments, such as hiking, riding on a swing, and playing soccer, polo, etc.

清明节是中国非常重要的传统民俗节日之一，同时也是中国二十四节气之一。它起源于春秋战国时代，已有2500多年历史，为每年的公历４月4日到4月6日之间的一天。清明节的主要习俗是扫墓，另外还讲究禁火。相传是由于清明与寒食的日子接近，而寒食是民间禁火扫墓的日子，渐渐地，寒食与清明两个节日就合二为一了，所以清明节又名寒食节，而吃寒食也变成清明节的一个习俗了。又因为吃寒食对身体是一个考验，所以为了锻炼身体，保持健康，人们就会进行一些体育活动，因而清明节又多了踏青、荡秋千、蹴鞠、打马球、插柳等风俗活动。

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Beijing City has an amazing mixture of both old and new styles of architecture, showing China in the past and China today. As an integral part of China's history for centuries, Beijing is renowned for its traditional architecture of imperial China, best exemplified by the massive Tian'anmen, the Forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven, the Summer Palace and the Ming Tombs. Besides, Beijing is the best place to see the Great Wall of China. Beijing of the early 21st century has witnessed tremendous growth of modern building constructions — most noticeably in the area of the Beijing Olympic Green, Beijing CBD and Beijing Financial Street.