Many people will confuse Qingming Festival with cold food festival. What's the difference between Qingming Festival and cold food festival? Let's follow sihai.com to see the relationship between cold food festival and Qingming Festival.
The time difference between Qingming Festival and Hanshi Festival is different. First, Qingming Festival, also known as Tomb Sweeping Festival, ghost festival and Ming Festival, is related to the sacrifice of ghosts and gods, together with the mid Yuan Festival on July 15 and the next Yuan Festival on October 15. According to the solar calendar, it is between April 4 and 6 every year, and has a history of more than 2500 years.
2. Cold food festival is also called "no smoking Festival", "cold Festival" and "one hundred and five Festivals". It is generally the 105th day after the winter solstice. Similar to the Qingming Festival. In most areas of Shanxi Province, the cold food festival is held on the day before the Qingming Festival; in a few places, such as Yushe County, the cold food festival is held on the day before the Qingming Festival; in Yuanqu County, the cold food festival is held on the day before the Qingming Festival and the small cold food is held on the day before the Qingming Festival.
Different meanings
1. In China, the rebirth of new fire after cold food is a kind of transition ceremony to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new, revealing the information of season alternation, symbolizing the beginning of new season, new hope, new life and new cycle. Later, it had the meaning of "gratitude" and emphasized the memory and gratitude of "the past".
2. No fire or cold food is allowed in cold food festival, and you can take a new fire for outing in Qingming Festival. Before the Sui and Tang Dynasties, "Qingming Festival" only refers to one of the 24 seasons that distinguish between seasonal alternation and agricultural operation. The main item of the cold food festival is that families are not allowed to smoke and eat cold food, and the time is in the cold winter season.
Merger of two
First, cold food and Qingming were originally two festivals, but most of Shandong folk put the two festivals together. It is generally called Qingming Festival. In a few areas, it is called cold food festival, but the festival is on Qingming Day. Cold food festival customs, there are graves, outings, chicken fights, swing, carpet, hook (tug of war) and so on. Among them, the custom of going to the grave is that the ancient Chinese Spring Festival used to be held on the cold food festival, until later it was changed to the Qingming Festival.
2. Kenli is called "big cold food", "two cold food" and "three cold food" since the first three days of Qingming Festival. The fourth day is Qingming. People go to visit tombs and outings in these four days. Juancheng takes the day before Qingming as cold food festival, also known as "ghost gate joint".