烧纸

今年清明节适逢周末，成百上千万人来到墓地陵园，用烧纸钱、献祭品，送纸糊的iPhone和塑料花篮的方式表达哀思。

Over the Qing Ming holiday weekend , millions of people flocked to the nation 's cemeteries to burn paper money , arrange dishes of food and deliver trinkets ranging from faux iPhones to plastic flower boas as a way to express their devotion to the departed .

本人已死，有事烧纸。

I was dead , something burning paper .

正好适合烧纸钱。

It was perfect for burning paper .

扫墓烧纸在清明前一周就开始了，而清明当天已很少有人去扫墓了。

A week before the grave limited ching ching , and started the day has few to grave .

主要的活动有放烟火、焚香、烧纸钱和献祭品。

The main activities are : setting off fireworks , burn incenses and paper money and offering oblations .

赶上清明节，去火葬场烧纸的人会特别多。

A lot of people go to the crematory to burn paper as a sacrificial offering on tomb-sweeping Day .

小君：我们会拜祖先，还会烧纸糊的车子和物品供他们在天堂使用。

Jun : We pray to our ancestors and burn paper cars and things for them to use in heaven .

婚礼之后，新郎和新娘通常会烧纸钱和食物来祭祀祖先。

After the ceremony , the bride and the groom usually burn money and food as offerings to the gods .

从蜀山森林公园禁止燃放烟花爆竹、烧香烧纸之后，几乎没有类似违规的事情发生。

Ever since the prohibition against fireworks , burning incense and joss paper , scarcely have there been such violations .

传统习俗是这样的：定期修整坟墓，给他们带去新鲜水果、美食、饮料，还要给他们烧纸钱。

Traditionally , it was by regularly tending their graves , bringing them fresh fruit and gourmet food and drink and burning joss paper .

中国民间礼教说，“给神灵烧纸烧香，你会有好运气。”

The Chinese folk religion teaches " burn incense and paper money to gods so that you will be blessed with good fortune . "

为了安全和环境，我还是点上一支小蜡烛，就不烧纸了。

For safety and environment protection , I will not burn papers in the traditional Chinese way , but light a small candle instead .

在四川、重庆等地，家人还要为亡者祭烧纸扎的房屋等生活用品和大量冥币，以改善亡灵在阴间的生活。

In some areas such as Sichuan and Chongqing , people burn paper houses and nether money , hoping to improve their deceased family 's living conditions .

中国人在家中设立香堂纪念先人，而且烧纸钱以求先人在天之灵保佑阳世的家人好运幸福。

The Chinese keep shrines to the dead in their homes , and burn paper offerings to encourage the spirits to bestow good fortune on the living .

作为一个美国人这是我第一次亲眼地看到中国老百姓扫墓的传统，烧纸钱，整理墓地的周边，摆放花圈摆得井井有条等。

As an American , this was the first time for me to see Chinese people carry out this tradition ; burning money , sweeping the area around the tomb , laying out wreaths .

过去，给死人烧纸时候，人们都要哭。现在，大多数情况不是这样了，有时，连也跪免了。

Time in the past , burnt paper resembling money to the deceased person , the people want to cry . Now , the majority situations were not this , sometimes , including also knelt exempts .