The origin of the Cold Clothes Festival

1, Han Festival, a traditional festival in China, is also called "October Dynasty", "Ancestor Festival" and "Ghost Festival" on the first day of October in the lunar calendar every year, which is called Ghost Head Festival by the people and is a traditional festival of sacrifice in China. It is said that it originated in the Zhou Dynasty. There are many kinds of folklore about its origin. First, Meng Jiangnv cried in the Great Wall in the Qin Dynasty; second, the promotion method of Cai Lun's eldest sister-in-law; third, Zhu Yuanzhang's folk "gift clothes"; fourth, the legend of "red bean rice" in memory of Cowherd.

2. Among them, Meng Jiangnv cried the Great Wall, which was widely circulated among the people. Legend has it that Meng Jiangnu was newly married, and her husband was taken to the corvee to build the Great Wall of Wan Li. When autumn came and winter came, Meng Jiangnv went through all the hardships to send her husband warm clothes. But who knows that when she went to the Great Wall, she knew that her husband had died on the Great Wall. She was heartbroken and finally cried, and this story has been passed down.

This statement comes from Cai Lun's eldest sister-in-law, whose name is Hui Niang. Seeing that Cai Lun's papermaking was profitable, she encouraged her husband Cai Mo to learn papermaking with his younger brother. But then a room full of paper was built, but no one bought it. Later, Mrs. Cai Lun pretended to be a ghost, which scared people to buy paper in succession, and finally the paper was successfully sold.

There is a legend about cowherd in Jiangsu. Once upon a time, there was a cowherd who was hacked to death by the landlord for fighting with him, and the rice scattered on the ground was dyed red with blood. People were shocked to see this scene. It was the first day of October. From then on, the poor will eat red bean rice on the first day of October to commemorate him and this spirit of daring to fight.