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What festival was the day before in Tomb-Sweeping Day?

1, the day before Qingming is the Cold Food Festival.

2. The specific date of the Cold Food Festival is after the winter solstice 105. At present, the day before Tomb-Sweeping Day is the Cold Food Festival in most parts of Shanxi. Some places, such as Yushe County, celebrated the Cold Food Festival two days ago in Tomb-Sweeping Day. Yuanqu County also pays attention to Tomb-Sweeping Day's Cold Food Festival the day before and the light cold food the day before.

3. The folk customs in northern Tomb-Sweeping Day include three days: the day before the Great Cold Festival in Tomb-Sweeping Day and Tomb-Sweeping Day, and the day before the Great Cold Festival, also called 150 Festival. According to the solar calendar, it is sunny every year except April 4 or April 5. The so-called150th day refers to 105 days (Guo Lin said it was 104 days, and some people said it was 106 days) from the winter day of the solstice to the two days before Qingming. Cold food festival, also known as cooked food festival, no-smoking festival and cold food festival. Eating without light on this day originated from the propaganda in memory of Yi Shijie.

4. The customs of the Cold Food Festival include going to the grave, hiking, cockfighting, swinging, playing with carpets, pulling hooks (tug of war) and so on. Among them, the custom of going to the grave is very old. In the past, the Spring Festival in China was held at the Cold Food Festival, which was later changed to Tomb-Sweeping Day. However, South Korea still retains the tradition of holding Spring Festival activities at the Cold Food Festival. Cold Food Festival is an important folk festival in Shanxi in spring. Mianshan Mountain in Jiexiu, Shanxi Province is known as "the hometown of cold food and Qingming culture in China", and a grand cold food and Qingming festival is held every year.

5. The name "Tomb-Sweeping Day" also comes from the Tomb-Sweeping Day atmosphere in the twenty-four solar terms of the China lunar calendar. 105 The day after beginning of winter is Qi's Tomb-Sweeping Day. Tomb-Sweeping Day gas has a total of 15 days. As it is Tomb-Sweeping Day, the time is after the vernal equinox. At this time, the winter has gone, the spring is full, the weather is sunny, the fields are bright and clean, and nature is full of vitality everywhere. It is appropriate to call this period "Qingming".