When is the Cold Food Festival in Tomb-Sweeping Day?

When is the Cold Food Festival in Tomb-Sweeping Day? The Cold Food Festival was held in Tomb-Sweeping Day the day before.

The Cold Food Festival is not necessarily the day before Tomb-Sweeping Day. To be exact, it is 105 days after the summer solstice and one or two days before Tomb-Sweeping Day.

The Origin of Cold Food Festival

The origin of the Cold Food Festival, according to historical records: During the Spring and Autumn Period, Zhong Er, the son of the State of Jin, fled to other countries and lived in exile for 19 years. Minister Jiezitui always followed around and never gave up; Even "cutting stocks." Zhong Er tried to become a famous gentleman "Jin Wengong". But meson tui didn't want to make a fortune, so he lived in seclusion with his mother in Mianshan. Jin Wengong ordered the release of Yamakaji to force him out of the mountain, but meson was determined not to go out of the mountain and eventually died in a fire. Jin Wengong remembered his loyalty, buried him in Mianshan, built a shrine and a temple, and ordered the fire and cold to be banned on the day of the holiday to show his condolences. This is the origin of the "Cold Food Festival".

Taboos of Cold Food Festival

1, no fire, no smoking, in fact, this is also the custom of the Cold Food Festival. Cooking is not allowed on this day, and everyone has to eat cold food. In ancient times, it was disrespectful to light a fire on this day, and disaster would come.

2. It is forbidden to take photos in the cemetery. The Cold Food Festival also has the same grave sweeping activities as Qingming, but Qingming knows the public better. Grave-sweeping is to worship ancestors, so it is not allowed to take pictures in the cemetery. Taking photos in the cemetery is considered as an act of disrespect and may lead to notoriety.

It is forbidden to buy shoes during the Cold Food Festival. Shoes are homophonic with "evil". This period is as heavy as Qingming. If you buy shoes back, it is equivalent to bringing evil spirits home.

4, avoid hanging wind chimes on the bedside, even if it has been hung before, it should be taken off on the day of cold clothes. Because wind chimes are easy to attract ghosts, people are often most likely to attract ghosts to invade when they sleep.

The Origin and Development of Tomb-Sweeping Day

Tomb-Sweeping Day is a traditional folk festival in China, and it is one of the important "eight festivals a year" (Shangyuan, Qingming, Long Summer, Dragon Boat Festival, Central Plains, Mid-Autumn Festival, Winter Solstice and New Year's Eve). Generally, it is around April 5 of the Gregorian calendar, and the festival is very long. There are two statements:/kloc-8 days before 0/0, 10 days after 10. Tomb-Sweeping Day originally meant grave-sweeping day, and the government of the Republic of China designated 15 days after the vernal equinox in 935 as a national holiday, also known as the national grave-sweeping day.

To talk about Tomb-Sweeping Day, we need to start with a festival-Cold Food Festival.

The Cold Food Festival, also known as the Hot Food Festival, the No-smoking Festival and the Cold Food Festival, is only one or two days away from the winter solstice 108. The main festival custom of this festival is to ban fire, cook without fire, and only eat prepared hot food and cold food, hence the name.

It is said that the origin of Tomb-Sweeping Day began with the "grave-sweeping" ceremony of ancient emperors and generals. Later, people followed suit, and it became a fixed custom of the Chinese nation to worship ancestors and sweep graves on this day.

The name "Tomb-Sweeping Day" also comes from "Tomb-Sweeping Day" in the twenty-four solar terms of the China lunar calendar. The day after the winter solstice 108 is Tomb-Sweeping Day Qi. 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, winter has gone, spring is full, the weather is sunny, the fields are bright and clean, and the vitality of nature is everywhere. It is an appropriate word to call this period "Qingming".

One revolution of the earth is 360 degrees of the yellow meridian. When the earth reaches zero degrees of the yellow meridian, it is designated as the vernal equinox, and then there is a solar term every 15 degrees, with a total of 24 solar terms. Therefore, the dates of solar terms in the solar calendar are fixed, and there will be two-day differences in leap years.

What's so particular about going to the grave in Tomb-Sweeping Day?

In terms of time, we have a local saying that "the first three are followed by four". In other words, it is ok for Tomb-Sweeping Day to go to the grave three days before and four days after. Actually, this statement is wrong. That's an excuse made up by people who are busy with work and career.

Legend has it that there will be a meeting in the underworld in Tomb-Sweeping Day, and people without children can't attend. People attending the conference must hold flags sent by their descendants before they can enter. Therefore, when people go to graves in Tomb-Sweeping Day, people will put paper-cut flags on the graves of their ancestors. So Tomb-Sweeping Day's grave should be before Tomb-Sweeping Day, not after Tomb-Sweeping Day.