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Cold Food Festival is a traditional festival in China.

Cold Food Festival is a traditional Tomb-Sweeping Day in China. The traditional Tomb-Sweeping Day in China began in the Zhou Dynasty and has a history of more than 2,500 years. In ancient times, it was not as important as the Cold Food Festival the day before. As the dates of Tomb-Sweeping Day and the Cold Food Festival are close, people gradually merged their customs. In the Sui and Tang Dynasties (58 1 to 907), Tomb-Sweeping Day and Cold Food Festival gradually merged into the same festival, which became the day to pay homage to ancestors, that is, today's Tomb-Sweeping Day.

Jinzhong area still retains the habit of banning fire the day before Qingming. Many local people share sacrificial food after the sacrificial ceremony. When Jinnan people visited Tomb-Sweeping Day, they used to steam steamed bread with white flour, with walnuts, dates and beans in the middle, a dragon-shaped dish outside, and an egg tied in the middle of the dragon's body, named "Zifu". Need to steam a big total "blessing", symbolizing family happiness. When going to the grave, the "Zifu" is usually dedicated to the ancestors and shared by the whole family after going to the grave.