What is Tomb-Sweeping Day's name?

Tomb-Sweeping Day is also called Cold Food Festival.

As early as the Spring and Autumn Period, Qingming did not make a fire to cook, but only ate cold food prepared in advance, that is, "cold food". Later, the activities of the Cold Food Festival gradually changed from banning cooking stoves and eating cold food to offering sacrifices to ancestors.

In modern times, the Cold Food Festival has become an important form of remembering the sages. Every Cold Food Festival, that is, sweeping graves to worship ancestors, has become an important festival to inherit national culture-Tomb-Sweeping Day. At this time, the Cold Food Festival and Tomb-Sweeping Day have become one. Therefore, Tomb-Sweeping Day is also called "Cold Food Festival".

The origin of Tomb-Sweeping Day

Tomb-Sweeping Day memorial meson push. Jie Zitui is an important official of Jin State. He followed Zhong Er, the son of the State of Jin (that is, Jin Wengong), for many years. Once, Zhong Er was hungry, cold, exhausted and running around. Meson pushed off the meat on his leg and gave it to Zhong Er. Nineteen years later, Zhong Er finally returned to China and became a monarch. All the ministers who followed him in those years were rewarded, but the virtuous minister Jie Zitui, who was kind enough to cut shares for himself, was forgotten. Jie Zitui didn't want to strive for merit, so he lived in Mianshan.

Later, Zhong Er remembered meson push and wanted meson push to be an official. Jiezitui resolutely refused to be an official and hid in the mountains. Jin Wengong had to let Yamakaji go, thinking that Jie Zhitui was virtuous and filial, and would definitely walk out of the predicament behind his mother's back. As a result, Jie Zhitui was burned to death under an old willow tree.

Later, Jin Wengong ordered that the anniversary of Jietui's death every year be called Cold Food Festival, on which only cold food and cold dishes can be eaten to commemorate Jietui. This incident later became the source of the Cold Food Festival. On this day in the second year, Jin Wengong Sophie led his ministers to climb Jieshan on foot to pay homage to Jiexiu. After the sacrifice, Jin Wengong named the resurrected old willow "Qingming Willow" and named the day after the Cold Food Festival Tomb-Sweeping Day.