Today is the day before the Qingming Festival,
Commonly known as the Cold Food Festival.
Legend has it that it originated in the Spring and Autumn Period,
Duke Wen of Jin, in order to mourn the loyal ministers,
The custom of ordering a ban on fire and cold food on the day of his death.
It has a history of more than 2,000 years,
It is more than 300 years before the Dragon Boat Festival.
Originally, the Cold Food Festival was on the 105th day after the winter solstice.
So it's called "One Hundred and Five Verses.",
About one or two days before the Qingming Festival every year.
During the Tang Dynasty,
The Cold Food Festival was officially defined as the day before the Qingming Festival,
Tang Xuanzong's twenty-year edict to the world:
Cold food on the grave.
On the day of the Cold Food Festival,
Every household should smoke fire and eat only cold food.
Go to the cemetery to worship the ancestors.
And gradually increased in the development of later generations
Customs such as stepping on green, bowing, swinging, flying kites, etc.,
It was once the first festival day in mainland China.
Later, because the Cold Food Festival was close to the Qingming Festival,
Many activities are also integrated into the Qingming Festival.
To this day,
Qingming Festival rises from a solar term to an important traditional festival,
And the Cold Food Festival is becoming more and more silent,
Fewer and fewer people know about the Cold Food Festival.
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