Cold Food Festival and the Origin of Tomb-Sweeping Day

Origin of Cold Food Festival: Cold Food Festival originated in the Spring and Autumn Period, and Jiezhitui was burned in Mianshan, Jiexiu. Jin Wengong ordered a ban on fire and cold food on the anniversary of the child's death, and sent grief with cold food.

The origin of Tomb-Sweeping Day: Tomb-Sweeping Day is the most solemn ancestor worship festival of the Chinese nation, and it belongs to a traditional cultural festival that remembers the ancestors and pursues the future cautiously. Tomb-Sweeping Day embodies the national spirit, inherits the sacrificial culture of Chinese civilization, and expresses people's moral feelings of respecting and honoring their ancestors. Grave-sweeping is "grave-sweeping sacrifice", which is called "respecting time" for ancestors. Spring and Autumn Festival has existed since ancient times.

Tomb-Sweeping Day has a long history, which originated from ancient ancestral beliefs and spring sacrifices. According to the research results of modern anthropology and archaeology, the two most primitive beliefs of human beings are the belief in heaven and earth and the belief in ancestors. The establishment of the ancient branch calendar provided decisive conditions for the formation of festivals. Ancestor belief and sacrificial culture were important factors in the formation of ancestral worship custom in Qingming Festival.