清明节除了“烧”，还剩下些什么？
what do we have on tomb-sweeping day except “burning”?
清明时节似乎注定要成为一个追思的季节。那不绝如缕的雨丝总能勾起人们缅怀先人、尊祖敬宗的绵绵情感。
tomb-sweeping day seems to be a season of memory. the constant drizzle reminds people of the affinity of forefathers and respect to ancestors.
清明节，正是春光明媚草木吐绿的时节，也正是人们春游的好时候，所以古人有清明踏青的习俗。我国传统的清明节大约始于周代，已有二千五百多年的历史。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，寒食与清明就合二为一了，而寒食即成为清明的别称，也变成清明时节的一个习俗，清明之日不动烟火，只吃凉的食品。
tomb-sweeping day is just the time of bright spring with flourishing green plants and the best time for people to have a spring-out, therefore, it has been long the custom to walk in the field on the tomb-sweeping day. it was originated from approximately zhou dynasty with a history of more than 2500 years. since it is almost the same as “cold-food day” on which people prohibited fire and swept the tombs. gradually, the two days derived into one festival and “cold-food” became the epithet of “tomb-sweeping day” and one of the customs as we