Cold food festival (HanShi Jie)

Cold food festival, a traditional Chinese festival, falls on the 105th day after the summer solstice and the first or second day before Qingming Festival. It is the first day of the festival. Fireworks are forbidden and only cold food is eaten. In the development of later generations, customs such as sacrificial sweeping, outing, swing, Cuju, hook pulling and chicken fighting have been gradually added. The cold food festival lasted for more than 2000 years, which was once known as the largest Memorial Day among Chinese people. Cold food festival is the only festival named after the dietary custom among the traditional festivals of the Han nationality.

The origin of the cold food festival, according to historical records: in the spring and Autumn period, the prince Chong'er of the state of Jin lived in exile in other countries for 19 years to avoid disasters and chaos. The minister Jie Zitui always followed around and never gave up; Even "cut shares and eat you". Chong'er worked hard to become a famous King "Duke Wen of Jin". However, Jie Zitui didn't ask for Lilu and retired to Mianshan with his mother. Duke Wen of Jin ordered to set fire to the mountain in order to force him to meet him out of the mountain. Jie Zitui resolutely refused to go out of the mountain and was eventually burned to death. Duke Wen of the Jin Dynasty felt the loyalty of his loyal officials, buried him in Mianshan, built a temple, and ordered to ban fire and cold food on the day of Jie Zitui's death in order to send mourning. This is the origin of the "cold food festival".

Before Tang ruowang's calendar reform in the early Qing Dynasty, the Qingming Festival was set two days after the cold food festival; After Tang's reform, the cold food festival was set one day before the Qingming Festival. The determination of the 24 solar terms in modern times follows the Tang family, so the cold food festival is on the day before the Qingming Festival.

Since the spring and Autumn period, the cold food festival has a history of more than 2600 years. The place where the story takes place in Shanxi, China, sets the cold food festival as the day before Qingming Festival. On this day, customs such as eating cold food, offering sacrifices and going outing have been handed down and accepted by the whole country. With the passage of years, the cold food festival has quietly integrated into the Qingming Festival. The praise of people for loyalty, integrity and political clarity represented by the cold food is the same for thousands of years.

Cold food festival Wiki：

Chinese name	HanShi Jie
Foreign name	Coldfoodfestival
alias	No smoking Festival, cold Festival, hundred and five Festival and no fire festival
Holiday time	One or two days before Qingming Festival on the Gregorian calendar every year
Festival type	traditional festival
Epidemic area	East Asian cultural circle
Festival origin	sacrifice
Festival activities	Sweep, outing, swing, Cuju, draw hook, cockfight
Holiday diet	Eat only cold food
Holiday significance	In memory of meson push
Set location	Jin state during Spring and Autumn period
to establish an institution	Prince Wen of Jin
Set time	spring and autumn