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 The Chinese government has made one of the original folk festivals Qing Ming to be a national holiday, so, this week, in my 3 days' holiday, I created a new painting and a new calligraphy to match one of the most famous Chinese ancient poem Qing Ming by Tang Dynasty poet Bu Mu.
I had created a piece of music and I had sung it last April and now, I try to combine my painting, music, sing and poem explanation together and hope it will bring you a big smile and will be a little bit help to you to know more about Chinese culture and to learn Chinese language
--Shirley
 Shirley Created Picture & Calligraphy for the Poem April 5, 2008
Listen to Shirley Created Music & Sung the Poem April 8, 2007
Learning the Poem and Following Shirley to Read It
April 5, is an important Chinese traditional festival --Qing Ming -- Tomb Sweeping Day. It is also called "Festival of March", there is a history for about 2500 years already.
Qing Ming is one of the 24 solar terms of China as well. After this day, there are raining more and more. That means everything will be re-fresh and re-growing up. So, there are many customs to celebrate Qing Ming.
First of all, the main activity of Qing Ming is to pay respect to the ancestors, great people, friends and family who have gone at their tombs...
Secondly, people like to have a walking, picnic, hike, to enjoy the great nature in the spring season.
Thirdly, in different places there are different customs... most of places, people enjoy flying kites, and in the North places, people enjoy playing swing outdoor.
There are thousands and thousands poems to describe the spring views and people鈥檚 feelings on Qing Ming in China. Now, I would like to introduce one of most famous that was written by Tang Dynasty poet Du Mu Qing Ming -- Tomb Sweeping Day :-)
 As usual, I have created a piece of music to match it and hope it will be a little bit help to you to understand this poem and to improve your Chinese aural comprehension...
Here is another two poems I had introduced by Du Mu and hope you still remember them:
Chinese Classical Poem 0108 --0095 (By Dumu) & Shirley Created Music-0081--03锛欽i Yangzhou Hanchuo Panguan -- An Song of Autumn
No.1: Chinese Classical Poem -- 0017 and Shirley Created Music: Shan Xing -- Travel In A Mountain
When I am listening to the music and my singing at that time, I do feel the quality is really too low. :-) So, I will try to re-record it someday when I have time. :-)
Shirley Created Picture & Calligraphy for the Poem April 5, 2008
Listen to Shirley Created Music & Sung the Poem April 8, 2007
Learning the Poem and Following Shirley to Read It
Tomb-Sweeping Day
By Du Mu ( Tang )
It is raining one after one during the Tomb-Sweeping Day,
a pedestrian's heart would be broken on the road.
May I ask where any restaurant is?
A cowboy points to distance
-- a village is around apricot flowers...
NEW WORDS AND PRONUNCIATION :
Please hit any Chinese character that you need help with, to see its Chinese pinyin, pronunciation, and meaning and follow me to read it.
CHINESE CHARACTERS :
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Shirley Created Picture & Calligraphy for the Poem April 5, 2008
Listen to Shirley Created Music & Sung the Poem April 8, 2007
Learning the Poem and Following Shirley to Read It
 If you have any questions, comments and suggestions, please write to shirley@ebridge.cn or shirleyz004@yahoo.com. You are welcome to publish your opinions in Message Board as well.
Shirley Zhang
Written, Sung, Translated and Recorded on Sun, April 8, 2007
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