The difference between Cold Clothes Festival and Tomb-Sweeping Day

The difference between them is that after Tomb-Sweeping Day, it symbolizes that the weather is getting warmer every day, while after Hanyi Festival, it symbolizes that the weather is getting colder and colder.

Tomb-Sweeping Day and Hanyi Festival are not a festival, because Hanyi Festival is on the first day of October. Since ancient times, our country has the custom of worshipping ancestors during the harvest season to show filial piety and not forget our roots. Ancient people also offered sacrifices to their ancestors Xiaomi on the first day of the tenth lunar month. The Cold Clothes Festival is also called "October Dynasty", "ancestor worship festival" and "Ghost Festival". On this day, people pay special attention to paying homage to those who died first.

Tomb-Sweeping Day is on April 5th of the Gregorian calendar. Tomb-Sweeping Day started in the Zhou Dynasty and has a history of more than 2,500 years. Qingming is one of the twenty-four solar terms in the China lunar calendar. At this time, the rain increased, and the earth showed a scene of spring, tranquility and peace. It is said that Tomb-Sweeping Day originated from the "tomb sacrifice" ceremony of ancient emperors and generals, and later people followed suit, offering sacrifices to ancestors and sweeping graves on this day.

As for the origin of the Cold Clothes Festival, according to the Book of Rites, October in the lunar calendar is the month of beginning of winter. On this day, the son of heaven led three officials and nine ministers to the northern suburbs to hold a winter welcoming ceremony, and returned after the ceremony to reward those who died for their country and pay for their wives and children. Giving them "cold clothes" should be the proper meaning in the title, so that it will work from top to bottom and then it will become a habit.

According to legend, the origin of Tomb-Sweeping Day was during his exile in Zhong Er, Jin Wengong. He was tired and hungry on the road. He cut a piece of meat from his thigh and made soup for Zhong Er. Zhong Er was so grateful that he decided to repay the resignation in the future. Jie tui later went into seclusion, but Jin Wengong was bent on repaying him. In order to let him out, Jin Wengong set fire to Jietui and burned him to death. To commemorate Jiexiu, Jin Wengong designated this day as Tomb-Sweeping Day.