What festival is the first day of the tenth lunar month?

Hanyi Festival, also known as "October Dynasty", "Ancestor Festival", "Ghost Festival", "Autumn Festival" and "October 1st", is a traditional sacrificial festival in China. People will offer sacrifices on this day to commemorate their deceased relatives, which is called sending cold clothes. The first day of October in the lunar calendar is the first day after the cold winter. In ancient times, there were customs such as sending clothes, offering sacrifices and cooking stoves to remind people that winter is coming.

The origin of the Cold Clothes Festival

The origin of China traditional festival Cold Clothes Festival is the story of Meng Jiangnu sending cold clothes thousands of miles away and the legend of Zhu Yuanzhang giving clothes. According to historical records, it originated in the Zhou Dynasty and was recorded in the Book of Songs. Fires are lit in July and clothes are given in September, so the first day of October in the lunar calendar is regarded as the Cold Clothes Festival. The custom of Cold Clothes Festival is mainly manifested in the north, and there are ways of giving clothes and burning clothes. Later, with the historical evolution, sacrifices were gradually given priority to.

According to the Book of Rites and the Moon Order, the Emperor of Zhou offered sacrifices to his ancestors and comforted the peasants on the day of Cold Clothes Festival, and promulgated a new work and rest system. Women are relatives, take out their cotton-padded clothes and send them to distant frontiers for service.

In the book "Dream of China in Tokyo" in the Song Dynasty, it was said that on 10/0, the minister had been given a dress and a brocade coat for three days. In the song dynasty's meticulous "Wulin Old Story", it was said that in October, people went out to sweep graves in the suburbs, wearing cotton, autumn and Chu clothes and so on. Therefore, it is not difficult to see that the custom of worshipping ancestors and sweeping graves appeared in the Cold Clothes Festival.

In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the custom of sending cold clothes further developed. Custom-made clothes are very popular among the people, so it is more important to know their surnames and words. And pay more attention to sacrifice, which shows that the cold clothes are cut with five-color paper and the clothes are paid attention to. Cold clothes paper, ghost paper, ghost clothes and ghost money appeared in Qing Dynasty. On the other hand, from the perspective of the evolution of the custom of Cold Clothes Festival, more attention is paid to mourning for the deceased.