What are the rules for giving cold clothes on October 1st

The precept of sending cold clothes on October 1 is that you need to fold them with your own hands.

October 1st is considered as the day when the ghost gate opens and people can keep their deceased relatives warm by sending cold clothes. At the same time, sending cold clothes is also a way to express filial piety. After sending cold clothes, an altar is usually set up at home and some of the deceased's favorite items are placed there to show remembrance. At the same time, joss sticks and candles are also lit at home to show respect.

The Cold Clothes Festival, also known as the "October Pilgrimage", "Ancestor Sacrifice Festival", "Underworld Festival" and "Autumn Sacrifice", is held every year on the lunar calendar. "It is a traditional festival on the first day of the tenth month of the lunar calendar every year. People will pay special attention on this day to pay homage to the people who died first, through cleaning and burning offerings and sending cold clothes to commemorate loved ones who have passed away in immortality, probably formally formed in the Song Dynasty, and roughly inherited in the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, and passed down to today.

Things you can't do during the Cold Clothes Festival:

Taboo One: Going to Sacrifice and Sweeping the Tomb after 12 o'clock

Sacrifice should pay attention to one thing, don't go more than 12 o'clock at noon, it should be done before 12 o'clock, according to the folklore, if you go again after 12 o'clock, you will give the departed loved ones an impression of disrespect, however, it should not be too early, usually wait until 7-8 o'clock, when the sun rises, you can go to the festival.

Taboo 2: footsteps on offerings

In the festival, some families will let the children go with them, the children may not understand, in the festival, the footsteps on the paper money, food offerings, etc., which is not permitted, there is disrespect for the ancestors of the saying, according to the old people's saying, the footsteps on the foot, after, there may be a bad thing It is not allowed to do so. Therefore, when you go to the festival on the Cold Clothes Day, if there are children present, you must keep an eye on them and do not run around and step on them.

Taboo three: through the colorful clothes

Cold Weather Festival is a holiday to remember loved ones, should not be dressed too colorful, especially when the festival, to plain clothes, black, white and grey, these colors can be, avoid wearing red, red, pink and other overly colorful clothes, after all, it is a very serious matter, wearing too colorful, there is no respect for the ancestors. There is a meaning of disrespect to the ancestors.

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