The difference between Cold Food Festival and Tomb-Sweeping Day

Cold food festival, as its name implies, is to eat cold food on this day. When the Cold Food Festival was first established, there was only one sentence prohibiting smoking, but now customs such as sweeping, walking, playing cuju and fighting cocks have been added. The Cold Food Festival has lasted for more than two thousand years. Once, in the hearts of ordinary people, the Cold Food Festival was the biggest anniversary in China, and it also contained loyalty, filial piety and righteousness. Strictly speaking, the familiar Tomb-Sweeping Day is not a festival, but a solar term, one of the 24 solar terms. Just like the well-known Miscanthus and the summer solstice, the earth is in different positions in the orbit when it revolves, and the ancients made solar terms accordingly. However, in daily life, some people will call Tomb-Sweeping Day the Cold Food Festival. What's the difference between Cold Food Festival and Tomb-Sweeping Day?

Speaking of the Cold Food Festival, we all know that it is one of the traditional festivals of the Han nationality, and this festival is somewhat special. Its name comes from eating habits, so what is its origin? It is said that Zhong Er, Jin Wengong, one of the five tyrants in the Spring and Autumn Period, asked everyone not to cook on the anniversary of his friend's death, so everyone could only eat cold food. Gradually, everyone formed a habit on this day, not only to commemorate meson push, but also to commemorate their ancestors. The custom of going to the grave to offer sacrifices comes from the Cold Food Festival. In addition to this story, there is also a story about the origin of the Cold Food Festival, which is a relevant rule formulated by the rulers of the Zhou Dynasty to avoid fire. This was recorded in Zhou Li. In mid-spring, Muduo was banned from leaving the country by fire. ? This means that in mid-spring, officials will start to patrol everywhere, and they need to ring the bell constantly to remind them. Because it is very easy to catch fire in mid-spring, the patrol of officials plays a role of reminding, thus achieving the purpose of preventing fire.

Tomb-Sweeping Day merged with the Cold Food Festival when he entered the Xuanzong period of Tang Dynasty. The Cold Food Festival is a day or two before Tomb-Sweeping Day, so the two festivals are very close, so the customs of the two festivals are merged and gradually rise from a simple agricultural solar term to an important festival. Up to now, Tomb-Sweeping Day is a fusion of solar terms and festivals.