The difference between Cold Clothes Festival and Tomb-Sweeping Day

The difference between the two 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 paying homage to ancestors at harvest time 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 Festival" and "Ghost Festival". On this day, special attention is paid to paying homage to those who died first.

Tomb-Sweeping Day is around April 5th in 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 quiet image in spring. It is said that Tomb-Sweeping Day originated from the "grave-sweeping" ceremony of ancient emperors and generals, and later people followed suit, offering sacrifices to ancestors and sweeping graves on this day.

Regarding 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 debts for their wives and children. Giving them "warm 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.

The origin of Tomb-Sweeping Day is said to be on the way to exile in Zhong Er, Jin Wengong. He was tired and hungry. 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 retiree in the future. Jiexiu later went into seclusion, but Jin Wengong was determined to repay him. In order to get him out, Jin Wengong set fire to Zhitui. To commemorate Jiexiu, Jin Wengong designated this day as Tomb-Sweeping Day.