The difference between Cold Clothes Festival and Tomb-Sweeping Day

The difference between Han Festival and Tomb-Sweeping Day lies in the different dates.

Hanyi Festival, also known as ancestor worship festival, ghost festival, autumn festival and October 1st, is a traditional festival of sacrifice in China. On this day, people will offer sacrifices to sweep and burn in memory of their deceased relatives. This is called sending cold clothes. The date of Tomb-Sweeping Day is set on April 5th every year. The Cold Food Festival is similar to the main custom in Tomb-Sweeping Day, which is to pay homage to ancestors. Therefore, the main difference between Han Festival and Tomb-Sweeping Day is the different dates.

According to legend, the Cold Clothes Festival originated in the Zhou Dynasty, and the time is the first day of the tenth lunar month every year. Festivals pay special attention to those who die first, which is called sending cold clothes. The Book of Rites and the Moon Order describes the situation in La Worship in the Zhou Dynasty: the son of heaven offered sacrifices to the gods of the sun, the moon and the stars on the social altar, and offered sacrifices to five generations of ancestors at the gate, at the same time comforting farmers and promulgating a new work and rest system.

Tomb-Sweeping Day is a traditional major Spring Festival. It is a fine tradition in China since ancient times to visit graves and remember ancestors. It is not only conducive to promoting filial piety and family memory, but also conducive to promoting the cohesion and identity of family members and even the nation.

Customs before and after Cold Clothes Festival

Shanxi 1

In some areas of Shanxi, it is generally necessary to go to the cemetery. In Yanbei area and Yao Jinzhong, at night, women should cry loudly outside the door. Every household in Luliang area cut clothes with colored paper and burned them on graves, which is called sending cold clothes. When people send warm clothes, they also pay attention to burning some five-color paper at the crossroads at night, symbolizing cloth and silk, which is intended to help some homeless people who have not sacrificed.

2. Beijing

In the early years of the Republic of China, most Beijingers followed the old customs. Before the first day of October, they went to Nanzhi store to buy cool clothes paper. It is made of colored wax paper and a nightgown, and cut into strips. Generally, a piece of paper breaks three or four.

3. Shandong

Every year, on the first day of the tenth lunar month, Shandong people go to visit the graves of their dead relatives. They will give their autumn harvest to their deceased relatives and report the harvest results of that year to their ancestors. Besides these, they will cut out clothes with colored paper and burn them for their ancestors, which means to burn cold clothes in front of the grave on October 1.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Cold Clothes Festival