You don't know the cold clothes festival knowledge, the history of the cold clothes festival introduction

Among the traditional festivals in China, there are four ghost festivals, namely Qingming Festival, Shangsi Festival, Zhongyuan Festival and Cold Clothes Festival, although they are all ghost festivals, but they all contain their own significance, for example, this Cold Clothes Festival, which is literally understood as a festival of cold clothes burned to the deceased before winter, so that he will not be starved and frozen.

History

According to evidence, as early as the Zhou Dynasty, the first day of the tenth month of the lunar calendar is the day of the wax festival, which is held on this day to hold a grand sacrificial activities. The Book of Rites. Moonlighting" describes the situation of Lap Sacrifice in the Zhou Dynasty: with the prey as the sacrifice, the Son of Heaven sacrificed to the gods of the sun, moon and stars on the altar of the society, and sacrificed to the ancestors of the five generations within the menlou, and at the same time, comforted the peasants and enacted a new system of work and rest. Poetry Classic. Bin Feng. July" mentioned that the fire flows in July and the clothes are given in September, meaning that it is getting cold from September onwards. People should add cold clothes, so the first day of October is also commonly known as the clothing festival. Therefore, the previous generation of clothing more in the summer calendar in September, the date is not certain. It is known that the former king of the system of rituals, cover the feelings and feelings of the time. Since the fire period, the business winds change the law, carry the deep and far-reaching, sense of things to increase their feelings, and poetry with the award of clothes, to save Huo Raccoon, in the courtiers, as if it were a private matter, respect for the mausoleums, not standardized style. From now on, every September 1, recommended clothing in the mausoleum, leaving the model thousands of years, and show filial piety. And midsummer Dragon Boat Festival, the matter is not canonical, passed on to the shallow customs, so is to change the wind, not to filial piety, people set up for pro-teaching, sense of travel clothes in Hanji, into the dedication of the newspaper in the rituals of the text, to declare the affluent bureaucrats, so that I know my intention. This edict directly affects the custom of Han folk to send clothes to the tomb. As the October side of winter, September is a little too early, this custom in the Song Dynasty will be transferred to the October solstice.

The custom of the October solstice in the Song Dynasty is mainly manifested in three aspects: the awarding of clothes, sacrifices and the opening of the furnace. Lv Xizhe "Miscellaneous Records of the Year" in: October first, the capital will be school guards and above, and give brocade robes. All clothing to thank. Border Marshal, Cao Cao, the main Hou, are given brocade robes. The old Hebei, Shaanxi, Hedong transit ambassador deputy did not give. During the reign of Emperor Zu Zong, some people presented themselves and were given coats and jackets. The generals and colonels of all armies were all given brocade robes. (Rituals? (Rituals?) According to "Tokyo Meng Hua Records" records, Tokyo Bianliang in late September that is sold medieval clothes, boots and shoes, mat and hat, clothing section, to the October solstice burning theater, so also, to the first of October, the common people are out of the city to entertain the grave, the ban in the car and horse out of the road yard and the Western capital towards the mausoleum. The clan car and horse, also like the cold food festival "Dream sorghum record" recorded the Southern Song Dynasty Lin'an is also the populace to October Festival out of the countryside to sweep the pine, sacrifice to the graves. The inner court car and horse, the difference between the clan south class to save the Palace of the mausoleum ceremony. Henan program remains in the book: worship the tomb is October 1 to worship, feel the frost and dew also. Song people worship first with sheep ball kozo clothes, later called cold clothes, Song people do not yet have this name.

The Ming Dynasty Liu Dong, Yu Yizheng, "Imperial Capital Scenery. Spring Field" has a detailed record of the Cold Clothes Festival: October 1, the paper shop cut paper five colors, for men and women clothes, long feet in length, said Cold Clothes, there are sparse prints of mutilation, recognition of their surnames and characters generation line, such as the book is sent. Family repair equipment night sacrifice, call and burn its door, said to send cold clothes. New mourning, white paper for the, said the new ghosts do not dare clothes color. Sending white people crying, female voice nineteen, male voice eleven. Qing dynasty Pan Rong ah "imperial capital years and years of victory. Sending Cold Clothes" on the Cold Clothes Festival situation: October first scholar and citizen family ancestral tomb, as in the Yuan ritual. Evening evening book of the book of kozo, plus five colors of silk made into a crown, belt, clothes and shoes, outside the door and burned, said to send the cold clothes.

Summary: Cold Clothes Festival after thousands of years of evolution, has slowly conformed to the trend of the times and the context of the times, always remember not to cause great environmental damage because of the tomb sweeping and commemorating friends and relatives.