Cold Food Festival

Cold Food Festival also known as "Smoking Day", "Cold Day", "Bai Wu's Day", 100 to zero after the winter solstice in the traditional Chinese lunar calendar on the 5th, before Ching Ming Yi Erri. Is a first for the festival day, the ban on fireworks, eat cold. And later in the development of a gradual increase in Jisao, hikers, swing, Cuju, a chain hook, bucket eggs and other customs, and Cold Food preganglionic stretching two thousand years later, and was known as the largest private memorial day. "The push made by Masquerade, fire gradually Fen Shen. Sihai with Cold Food Observance, through the ages for one person. The deep injustice could he Tao, Jun traces of ancient non-neighbors. Souls of the mountains and rivers of gas, wind and thunder reign of God. Light smoke-yu Liu fire, blues Tatsuhebi new. Alas wengong gangsters, his life held the Hill. "Tang Dynasty poet Lu like the song" Cold Food Observance "Poetry, words that is, the origins of Cold Food Festival" is pushing Mianshan Fen Shen "story. According to legend, the folk from Memorial Spring and Autumn Period Jin Jie push it (push name name Jie, also known as Jie Zitui, it as a function word, son of King name). Then push it with the Duke Wen of Jin Chong Er Jie exile far and wide, cutting the meat stock for wengong stave off hunger. Wengong national recovery after the push is not seeking fortune, and mother Mianshan Hermitage. Wengong view of the burning mountain, the mountain could not push firmly holding onto a tree and died. Wengong buried their dead in the Mianshan, Xiu-Li Miao temple, and ordered on the day of death of the child to push ban on burning the fire Cold Food Observance, to send grief, after Xiangyan into the vulgar.

Chun Ji China in the past in Cold Food Festival, until it was changed to the Ching Ming Festival. But South Korea still remain in the Cold Food Festival to Chunji tradition.

Shanxi Jiexiu Mianshan, known as "China's Cold Food Qingming culture village", an annual grand Cold Food Qingming festival (Jie Zaitui) ritual activities.

Cold Food Festival, also known as the cooked food section, smoking section, cold section. Its date is 100 to zero on the 5th from the winter solstice, which is just over a day or two days away from the clear and bright. The main section of this festival is to ban vulgar fire, and not allowed to light a fire for cooking, can only be prepared to eat well cooked food, cold, hence the name.

Cold Food Festival from Spring and Autumn Period Legend has it that Jin is the son of the courtiers to commemorate Jin Jie Zitui. Jin Chong Er son in exile overseas for 19 years, Jie Zitui protect the emperor to follow, feats, Chong Er ascended the throne in return, that is, Duke Wen of Jin. Jie Zitui mother carrying it and taken refuge in Mianshan. Duke Wen of Jin went to find, but how to be found. So he set fire to mountain, trying to push the force between them. Unexpectedly, however Jiezi Tui and his mother holding a tree, preferring to burn, nor out of the mountains. Duke Wen of Jin sadly ordered Mianshan renamed Jie-shan (ie, county, Shanxi Jiexiu the Jie-shan), and ordered Jie Zaitui burned to death on the day as the Cold Food Festival, year after year after year after year, every Cold Food Festival to be banned light a fire, eating left-to show to remember the meaning.

In fact, the true origins of Cold Food Festival, is derived from the ancient drilling wood, novelty of the system of the fire. The ancients different depending on the season, a fire drill with different trees, there is change the custom of the fire season to change. Changed each time after the fire, it is necessary for the new fire. Even before the arrival of new fire, they prohibit people from lighting fires. This was a major event. "Zhou Xuan's lawsuit Autumn": "in the spring of wood, the fire ban in the country Duo repair of." Visible was shaking wooden front, walking in the street and ordered the fire ban. This Division Xuan's, which is responsible for managing small to make fire official. In the time of the fire ban, people prepare some cold foods for human consumption, so that gradually became a fixed custom of the. Only after the legend associated with the Jiezi Tui became Cold Food Festival, the date up to a month. After all, this is not conducive to health, it would be to shorten the date, from the seven days, three days is gradually changed to the day after they Tang Ching Ming Festival in the fusion.

Cold Food Festival customs, there is Shangfen, picnic and cock-fighting son, swing, playing blanket, a chain hook (tug of war), etc.. Which Shangfen of customs is very old. There are graves there must be Muji, and later in March has been a result of calling back the soul with the soul of the worldly fusion continued, they gradually set on the Cold Food Festival had. "Tang book" Hutchison says: "Twenty years Kaiyuan Chik, Cold Food Observance on the tomb," Li Jing "no text. Modern legend, the Baptist in order to become vulgar, and are advised on the tomb of Xu sweep with the worship ceremony." Songzhuang Ji-yu "tasteless chapter" Volume Previous: "Cold Food on the mound, nor set up incense. paper money hanging on the tree Ying. their village to go who are looking mountain climbing festival. Liebo in the air, saying that the breaking off of money. The four-fated prayer swept the capital, gradually set up wine essays (zhuan , meals), to bring home spring tour. "