The children learn to make paper kites and bamboo weaving paintings.    Photo by reporter Song Yankang

　　本報訊（記者 陳蕾）清明節是我國傳統節日之一，在社會發展過程中，它被人們賦予了重要的人文內涵。4月4日，廣西博物館以清明節的傳統文化習俗為主題，推出“我們的節日——清明節”公益課堂，讓青少年兒童從中感受中華傳統文化的豐富內涵。

Qingming is the only day in China that has both the identities of "solar terms" and "festivals". Since the Tang Dynasty, the customs of Qingming and cold food and Shangsi Festival have gradually merged, and people pay tribute to their ancestors, look for spring, and travel in this mid-spring season. In the class of the day, the research teacher of Guangxi Museum shared the respect of the ancients for the ritual system and the reverence for nature from three aspects: sacrifice, outing and cold food, as well as the evolution and development of traditional customs in modern society.

Among them, the most interesting for children is the seasonal delicacies in various places during the Qingming Festival, such as jujube cake in Beijing, Zitui bun in Shaanxi, Qingtuan in Jiangnan, and five-color glutinous rice in Guangxi. In the north, the ingredients for the Qingming Festival are selected to focus on practicality and shelf-stability, while in the south, more emphasis is placed on seasonality and delicate taste. The innovation of festival-limited food not only enriches people's dietary choices, but also reflects the innovation and development of traditional culture.

The spring breeze is rising, paper kites flying, and kite flying is one of the popular customs of Qingming Festival in ancient China. In the handicraft session, the children experienced the paper kite bamboo weaving and painting. Watching the colorful bamboo strips in their hands gradually transform into cute paper kites, everyone was excited.

On the same day, the museum also carried out the "Cultural Heritage Week and Weekly Study" activity, so that everyone could have an in-depth understanding of the traditional customs and cultural connotation of the Qingming Festival, and also made the festival atmosphere stronger.