What does Tomb-Sweeping Day mean by eating cold food?

Tomb-Sweeping Day ate cold food to commemorate Jiexiu, a sage of Jin State in the Spring and Autumn Period. In order to commemorate Jiexiu, who was killed by fire, Jin Wengong ordered the prohibition of eating cold food on his memorial day and designated it as the Cold Food Festival. Later, the Cold Food Festival merged with Tomb-Sweeping Day, gradually forming the tradition of eating cold food in Tomb-Sweeping Day. In addition, Tomb-Sweeping Day also has the custom of ancestor worship, grave sweeping and outing.

What's the point of eating cold food in Tomb-Sweeping Day? Tomb-Sweeping Day eats cold food to commemorate meson push.

When I was in Tomb-Sweeping Day, I ate cold food to commemorate the minister of Jin in the Spring and Autumn Period, Jie Zitui. Jiexiu did not seek fame and fortune. When he was raising people in Jin Wengong, he resigned and lived in seclusion. In order to force Jiexiu, who refused to show up, Jin Wengong ordered the release of Yamakaji, which eventually led to Jiexiu being burned to death. It was only on the Jiexiu Festival that the fire and cold food were banned to commemorate him, and the custom of cold food was formed.

Eating cold food is the earliest custom of the Cold Food Festival.

Earlier, Jin Wengong set up a cold food festival to commemorate Jiexiu. At that time, there was a custom of banning fire and cold food only at the Cold Food Festival. Later, because the time of the Cold Food Festival and Tomb-Sweeping Day was very close, it gradually merged into a festival, so there was a tradition of eating cold food in Tomb-Sweeping Day.

Tomb-Sweeping Day's custom also includes offering sacrifices to ancestors for outing.

There are many traditional customs in Tomb-Sweeping Day, among which ancestor worship is extremely important. On this festival, people will worship their deceased ancestors, burn paper money and repair graves. Some people will go for an outing in the suburbs in Tomb-Sweeping Day to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the revival of everything in spring.