The Origin and Customs of Cold Food Festival

The origin of the Cold Food Festival comes from the Spring and Autumn Period, and the custom is that cold food is forbidden to fire.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, Zhong Er, the son of the State of Jin, fled and lived a hard life. He followed the meson and cut a piece of meat from his leg to satisfy his hunger. Later, Zhong Er returned to the State of Jin, became a monarch (namely Jin Wengong), and also made a hero.

Only meson push refused to accept the reward. He took his mother to live in seclusion in Mianshan and refused to come out. Jin Wengong had no choice but to let go of Yamakaji and force him to go down the mountain. Who knows that the mother and son would rather be burned to death than come out.

To commemorate Jiezitui, Jin Wengong ordered Mianshan to be renamed Jieshan, and a temple was built to erect a monument. At the same time, it was also ordered that on the day when Xie Tui died, it was forbidden to eat cold food, and the whole country was not allowed to cook with fire, but only to eat dry food and cold food. This was the origin of the Cold Food Festival.

Cultural Significance of Cold Food Festival

The cultural connotation of cold food with loyalty and filial piety as the core and honesty extended from loyalty and filial piety are the essence of meson spirit, the core of Chinese traditional morality, the foundation of national ancestral culture and the moral force to maintain national and family unity.

In today's society, it is an important way of activity and spiritual concept to unite people's hearts, unite the soul of China, realize the peaceful reunification of the motherland and build a harmonious society. The political clarity pursued by meson tui is the unanimous wish of the broad masses of the people for thousands of years, which has far-reaching practical significance for the construction of contemporary democratic politics.