When is the 2022 Cold Food Festival?

Every year, the first day of the tenth lunar month is the Cold Clothes Festival, and we also have a neglected Cold Food Festival in early spring. Although there is only one word difference, they are both traditional sacrificial festivals in China. In the past, during the Cold Food Festival, people did not light a fire and ate cold food to express their grief for the dead. The Cold Food Festival is next to Tomb-Sweeping Day, so people will also offer sacrifices and have an outing during the Cold Food Festival. So when is the Cold Food Festival in 2022?

1, when is the Cold Food Festival in 2022? Cold Food Festival is the day before Tomb-Sweeping Day. In 2022, Tomb-Sweeping Day was on April 5, the fifth day of the third lunar month; So the Cold Food Festival in 2022 is on April 4, the fourth day of the third lunar month, Monday. In the past, every family could not make a fire during the Cold Food Festival, so they could only eat cold food and cooked food. Up to now, there are still a few places where fires are banned for three days during the Cold Food Festival.

2. The Cold Food Festival is the number of cold food festivals in the lunar calendar. The lunar calendar time is not fixed. It falls on the105th day of the solar term from the winter solstice in the lunar calendar. The day before Tomb-Sweeping Day, Tomb-Sweeping Day usually falls on April 4th to 6th in the solar calendar, so the Cold Food Festival usually falls on April 3rd, 4th and 5th in the solar calendar. The original intention of the Cold Food Festival is to commemorate the meson push of Jin people in the Spring and Autumn Period. On this day, people don't make a fire and eat cold food. Up to now, it is usually used to remember the martyrs.

3. Is the Cold Food Festival the 24th solar term of the lunar calendar? The Cold Food Festival is not one of the traditional twenty-four solar terms, but it is closely related to two solar terms, namely the Solstice Festival in winter and Tomb-Sweeping Day. The Cold Food Festival is the day before Tomb-Sweeping Day and the first 105 day of the solar term from the winter solstice, so it is also called 150 and 150. Cold Food Festival is an ancient traditional festival in China. After historical development, the main customs are offering sacrifices, walking, inserting willows and eating cold food.