A quick word before you get started: I wrote this worksheet on Sunday, during 清明节, while I was spending the weekend in Shanghai. The writing came together fine, but my hotel room was hopeless for recording, every take had traffic, voices in the corridor etc. I’d rather hold a lesson back than send you audio you can’t actually learn from, so I waited until I was back at my desk in Beijing to finish it.
Qingming itself has passed, but the vocabulary, the grammar, and the 青团 cravings are all still very much relevant. Here’s your Advanced lesson.
A friend told me his family spent yesterday cleaning graves in the morning and enjoying the sun in a parc in the afternoon, which turns out to be the whole point of Qingming Festival.
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Written from Shanghai
🎯 HSK Comprehension Test
从我的描述来看，我认为清明节“很特别”主要是因为什么？
從我的描述來看，我認為清明節「很特別」主要是因為什麼？它是中国最重要的传统节日之一
它是中國最重要的傳統節日之一可以品尝青团这种特别的食物
可以品嚐青團這種特別的食物家人可以在这一天团聚在一起
家人可以在這一天團聚在一起它既包含对逝者的思念，也有享受春天的活动
它既包含對逝者的思念，也有享受春天的活動
我朋友说扫墓“也是家人团聚的机会”，这说明了什么？
我朋友說掃墓「也是家人團聚的機會」，這說明了什麼？很多家庭成员平时都住得很远
很多家庭成員平時都住得很遠尽管扫墓听起来伤感，但它也有积极的社会意义
儘管掃墓聽起來傷感，但它也有積極的社會意義清明节是个热闹的节日
清明節是個熱鬧的節日扫墓的主要目的是让家人聚在一起
掃墓的主要目的是讓家人聚在一起
根据我的描述，清明节期间人们通常不会做什么？
根據我的描述，清明節期間人們通常不會做什麼？去户外欣赏春天的风景
去戶外欣賞春天的風景去墓地祭拜祖先
去墓地祭拜祖先吃青团这种传统食物
吃青團這種傳統食物去寺庙烧香祈福
去寺廟燒香祈福
我在文章中主要想表达什么？
我在文章中主要想表達什麼？春天是一年中最适合外出活动的季节
春天是一年中最適合外出活動的季節清明节的扫墓习俗值得保留
清明節的掃墓習俗值得保留中国的传统节日都有深刻的文化内涵
中國的傳統節日都有深刻的文化內涵清明节展现了中国文化对生死和自然的独特态度
清明節展現了中國文化對生死和自然的獨特態度
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