Why is there no cold food in the twenty-four solar terms?

The reason why Tomb-Sweeping Day is called Cold Food Festival is that Qingming is a very important solar term. As soon as Qingming arrives, the temperature rises, which is a good time for spring ploughing and planting.

1. Cold Food Festival

According to records, during Jin Wengong's exile, meson tui once reduced his inventory to satisfy his hunger. Jin Wengong returned to China and dismissed his ministers. Jiezitui refused the reward and took his mother to live in seclusion in Mianshan. Jin Wengong invited mesons to promote it. Meson Tui doesn't want to be an official. Hiding in the mountains, Jin Wengong's people released Yamakaji, trying to force mesons to show their faces. As a result, he and his mother were burned to death under a big willow tree. To commemorate him, Jin Wengong ordered meson to eat cold food on the day of his death, instead of cooking with a fire. This is the so-called Cold Food Festival.

2. Tomb-Sweeping Day and Cold Food Festival

The Cold Food Festival is usually from winter to the day after 105. The days near Tomb-Sweeping Day. Tomb-Sweeping Day is scheduled for two days after the Cold Food Festival; After the reform of the Tang family, the Cold Food Festival was held the day before Tomb-Sweeping Day. The definition of modern twenty-four solar terms follows the Tang family, so the Cold Food Festival is the day before Tomb-Sweeping Day. In some areas, two festivals are celebrated together.

Nowadays, many people are celebrating the Cold Food Festival.

However, some people still celebrate the Cold Food Festival. According to records, most areas in Shanxi now choose Tomb-Sweeping Day to celebrate the Cold Food Festival the day before, and a few places such as Yushe County celebrate the Cold Food Festival two days before Tomb-Sweeping Day. Yuanqu County also pays attention to the Cold Food Festival the day before and the light cold food the day before in Tomb-Sweeping Day. However, there are some changes in the food eaten at the Cold Food Festival. It is no longer cold rice, but dry food such as snacks, and the time is not a month.

Now, some people are celebrating the Cold Food Festival, while others are spending it in Tomb-Sweeping Day.