The Origin and Customs of Cold Food Festival

The origin and customs of the Cold Food Festival are as follows:

During the Spring and Autumn Period, Zhong Er, the son of the State of Jin, lived in exile for 19 years. The dismissal minister always followed around, never leaving, and even "broke the stock and killed the king." Zhong Er tried to become a famous gentleman "Jin Wengong". However, meson push is not beneficial, so he retired from Mianshan with his mother.

Jin Wengong ordered the release of Yamakaji to force him to meet him from the mountain. Jiezitui was determined not to come out of the mountain, and eventually he was burned to death, leaving the butterfly. Remembering his loyalty, Jin Wengong buried him in Mianshan, built a temple, and ordered that no fire and cold food be allowed on the day of Jiexiu's death to express his grief.

The customs of the Cold Food Festival include ancestor worship, grave-sweeping, willow planting, outing, poetry competition, playing football, planting trees, swinging, flower viewing, chicken fighting, group building, tug-of-war, drilling wood for fire, flying kites and many other activities, which greatly make up for the regret that the ancients did not have the Internet.

Culture and art

During its development, the Cold Food Festival produced many literary works: Twenty-four Years of Zuo Zhuan Gong, which was quoted many times by historical masterpieces such as Historical Records and Purple Bamboo Slips, and was included in the enlightenment book of ancient prose in Qing Dynasty, and the first piece of China's prose appreciation, Jiezitui Silent Record.

Among the poems of past dynasties, the poems dedicated to the Cold Food Festival have never stopped, from Qu Yuan in the Warring States, Sun Chu in the Western Jin Dynasty to modern times. There are nearly 300 poems in the whole Tang Dynasty, and more than 100 poems and Yuan songs in the Song Dynasty, involving historical celebrities such as Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty and Zhang Shuo, and representatives of various factions such as Du Fu, Bai Juyi and Eight Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties, which have become important materials for studying the development history of Chinese poetry.