What festival is the Cold Clothes Festival?

Hanyi Festival, which falls on the first day of the tenth lunar month every year, is also called "October Dynasty", "Ancestor Festival" and "Ghost Festival". People call it Ghost Festival, which is a traditional festival of sacrifice in China. It is said that it originated in the Zhou Dynasty.

The Cold Clothes Festival is popular in the north, and many northerners will offer sacrifices on this day to commemorate their deceased relatives. This is called sending cold clothes. Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Mid-Autumn Festival and Xiayuan Festival are also called the four "ghost festivals" in a year. At the same time, this day also marks the arrival of severe winter, so it is also a day to send warm clothes to parents, lovers and others who care about it.

The first day of October in the lunar calendar is also the first day of winter. Since then, the weather has become colder and colder, and people are afraid that their ancestors' souls in the underworld are short of clothes and clothes. Therefore, in addition to food, incense sticks, paper money and other general offerings, there is also an indispensable offering-shroud. When offering sacrifices, people incinerate ghost clothes to their ancestors, which is called "sending cold clothes".

Extended data

Customs:

1, manually folded

You'd better fold your own cold clothes on October 1st. If you are a Buddhist, you can recite some Buddhist scriptures when folding paper, such as "Death Mantra", "Auspicious Mantra for Eliminating Disasters", "Seven Buddhist Words for Eliminating Crimes" and "Ghost Mantra". Pray for ancestors to leave suffering and have fun as soon as possible.

2, the style should be complete

When sending warm clothes, five-color paper should be made into clothes, hats, shoes and other styles, and it is best to make some paper houses with clear tile columns and doors and windows.