What does it mean to eat cold food before and after Tomb-Sweeping Day?

What does the Cold Food Festival before and after Tomb-Sweeping Day mean? In fact, this is a reminder of our traditional festivals. According to the traditional custom, every year around Tomb-Sweeping Day, people will hold a ceremony to pay homage to their ancestors and ancestors to express their thoughts and respect for their loved ones. The Cold Food Festival is two days before Tomb-Sweeping Day. People should avoid cooking with fire to show respect for their deceased relatives.

Every year around Tomb-Sweeping Day, it is the time to worship ancestors and sweep graves. This is one of the ancient traditional customs in China, and it is also the most sincere memorial to our ancestors. At this special moment, people will go to the ancestral graves, offer flowers, food, drinks and other items to their deceased relatives, burn incense and worship, and tell their thoughts. Sacrificing ancestors and sweeping graves is not only an expression of deceased relatives, but also an inheritance and inheritance of China culture and tradition.

Cold Food Festival is a very unique solar term in China traditional culture. On this day, according to traditional customs, people don't make a fire to cook, and at the same time avoid dangerous operations such as knife cutting and fire attack. This is to avoid accidents, but also a respect for ancestors. On this day, people will choose to eat cold dishes, vegetarian dishes and fragrant drinks. Express their grief and nostalgia for their deceased relatives. This traditional custom is still widely inherited and advocated in modern society.

Generally speaking, Tomb-Sweeping Day and Cold Food Festival are very important traditional festivals and cultural customs in China. On this special day, people will remember and pay homage to their deceased relatives, and at the same time inherit and carry forward the essence of China culture by inheriting and carrying forward these customs.