What is The Pure Brightness Day?

Welcome to our hanbridge Chinese lesson. Here you will know today’s topic. Pure Brightness Day is a tradition in China，beginning approximately during the period of Zhou Dynasty, with a history of over 2,500 years．Its origin，according to legend，is from ancient times when the emperors，generals，and ministers offered sacrifices at tombs and left gifts．Later，this was later eagerly imitated by the commoners．On this day, offerings are made to ancestors and the tombs are swept in much of the same way as the previous generations，becoming a fixed regular custom of the Chinese nationality．To learn Chinese festival in today’s lessons can help you know much Chinese knowledge. Let us go head.

Pure Brightness Day(also called Walking amid Greenery Day in other online Chinese lessons)，according to the Gregorian calendar, takes place every year on April 4 to April 6．At this time，radiant spring sun and lush grasslands and forests constitute all opportune time to take a tour of spring( in ancient times called Stroll on the Grass)．Consequently，the ancients correlated the Pure Brightness Walking amid Greenery Day with traditional sporting activities. Another famous yet still long lost ancient tradition of the Pure Brightness Day is Cold Food Day．

Cold Food Day，as the name implies，constitutes refraining from using fire

to cook meals，eating only cold food. The original date is only one or two days difference from the Pure Brightness Day, so eventually the two days merged into one．But as Cold Food Day in the present is referred to as Pure Brightness Day，the custom of eating unheated food still resides

Local tradition of Pure Brightness Day are extremely abundant，including tomb sweeping，the planting of willows，hiking in the wilderness，and tree planting. Other various social custom exist, such as flying kites，swinging，cu4 ju1 (ancient Chinese soccer)，polo，and a series of sporting activities. Therefore，this day Chinese learn to  encompass offerings of sacrifice，sorrow and tears for parted relatives while sweeping the tombs，as well as all amusing tone that demonstrates an appreciation for nature，making it an important festival．

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