A Report on Qinming Festival Tomb-sweeping and Others

By Wang Yifei (六年级 王怡菲)

Hi everyone, I’m Sunny Wang from Grade Six. It’s my second time to broadcast in my life, and I’m still very excited and a little nervous about this, but I guess I’m fine as long as you all get the message thatI’m trying to deliver every time.

I believe you all enjoyed the past holiday very much. On Monday, there was a very important festival for all the Chinese, which is Tomb-sweeping day. As a proud member of Grade Six, my classmates and I together with one class of the fourth grade went to the grave yard of the revolutionary martyrs. And as the weather was very hot, and there are no trees in the place we were standing, we were basically roasted by the sun. But however, none of us complained about anything. We came to the graveyard to show the martyrs respect, the soldiers who had sacrificed themselves to let us have what we have now, to let us live where we are living now, to let us have peace, and to let us learn happily in quiet classrooms.

We formed four straight lines, walking with our chest out. On our faces, however there is no happiness. In fact, no one even smiled the whole way. We were walking solemnly and quietly. And then we took an very serious oath that we should succeed the martyrs to fulfill our duties as the new generation. After the oath we walkedaround the tombs of the soldiers.

Some of them were very young, maybe only eighteen or nineteen years old. Their lives were taken, and in exchange we have our happy life now. I slowly and quietly put one of the flowers I bought on the grave. The flower somehow shined in the bright sunshine, leaving a dreamy light. I bowed very deeply. And slowly returning to my line, I could see other students doing the same thing. The tombs are not big, they are not pretty, they don’t even have any decorations on them. But they can make people feel sad and respect at the same time. The tombs are all pure white. And in front of the tomb, there posted the picture of the one who is buried under it.

Looking at those smiling faces, my heart felt like ithad skipped a beat. After we walked out of the grave yard’s gate, the air pressure seemed to have suddenly been lifted off. We immediately felt more relaxed and our mood considerably lightened up too.

After a long bus ride, we came to the Bishagang Park. It is very pretty, and all the flowers were blooming at this season, so it made the park look like a giant garden, or the ocean of flowers. The students were surely having much fun. One of them, I have to say, had too much fun. He got drunk, and his face was red for the rest of the afternoon. What seemed to attract us most, instead of the park itself, was the food shops beside it. It have all kinds of food, and that totallysolved our lunch problem.

After we all filled up our stomach, we began to walk around the park. Many people stared at us, and we returned their curious stare with a big bright smile and a hand gesture representing Children’s Day which is Six and One. With many photos taken, we headed back to the bus station and returned happily to the school.

Those classes which did not join the trip need not to feel regret or to have the feeling of being left out. Now, with the technology getting better and better in stunningly fast speed, you can show your respect to the martyrs on line, without actually going to the grave yard. You can follow the directions online, and you can do all the things we have done without even steppingout you room or leaving your chair.

There are flowers, oaths, showing respects and all kind of stuff you can do in a real graveyard, so can you get your own message delivered online. After all, there are various ways to show respect to the martyrs. It’s really cool, right? Well, have a good time doing that! Me myself actually is going to try it, so we are all at the same speed. Have a good day!

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