What day is the Cold Food Festival? What are the customs?
Cold Food Festival As the name suggests, it is a festival forbidding people to make fires for cooking.When this day comes, every household will fast from hot rice to cold rice, and will also hold sacrifices and other activities to cherish the memory of their ancestors.
It is well known that Chinese culture has a long and profound history, so there are many traditional cultural festivals naturally passed down in the long river of historical development, and the Cold Food Festival is one of the most typical ones.Because this festival was first established to commemorate Chong"er, the son of Jin State, it can be said to have a long history and culture and great commemorative significance.
Cold Food Festival is a few months and a few days
Cold Food Festival is one of the traditional Chinese folk festivals.The specific time is one or two days before Qingming Festival.Legend has it that in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the son of Jin State Chong"er was rescued by Jie Zitui, so after he became Duke Wen of Jin, he wanted to ask him to come out to help him, but Jie Zitui"s ambition was not here, so Duke Wen of Jin set fire to the mountain, which made the people who returned to the mountains and forests retreat.Jie Zitui was burned to death, and later generations established the Cold Food Festival to commemorate this great historical figure.
What are the customs and habits of the Cold Food Festival
Because a generation of sage Jie Zitui died in a fire, people chose to forbid cooking on a fire during the Cold Food Festival to commemorate him.It is to eat some cold rice to express my respect and regret in my heart.In addition, people will also carry out sacrificial activities on this day, which is not only a memory for the deceased relatives, but also expresses the respect for Jie Zitui.
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