Best time to send cold clothes in 2023
Proverbs are a popular oral language among the people. It is simple and vivid. The word "sending cold clothes" on October 1st refers not to the Gregorian calendar, but to the first day of the 10th lunar month. After all, people's farming activities are mostly related to the 24 solar terms, and the number of days is also calculated according to the lunar calendar. As far as folks are concerned, the first day of the tenth lunar month can also be said to be beginning of winter.
Although the solar terms in beginning of winter officially entered the winter in the twenty-four solar terms, there are still differences between the civil division of winter and the twenty-four solar terms. After all, the folk division method is more general. Folk usually take January, February and March as spring, April, May and June as summer, July, August and September as autumn, and October, November and December as winter. So the first day of October became the first day of winter.
The origin of the Cold Clothes Festival
Cold clothing festival has a long history. The earliest time was also called the October Dynasty. At this time, it was the time of autumn harvest, and the grain Man Cang and New Valley appeared. In order to thank their ancestors for their blessings, the ancients worshipped their ancestors with all kinds of delicious food, so it was also called autumn sacrifice. Later, because of the legend that Meng Jiangnv sent cold clothes thousands of miles away, she cried down the Great Wall, shook the earth and exposed her husband's body. Meng Jiangnv covered her husband's body with cold clothes and buried it. Because it is the first day of the tenth lunar month, it has evolved into the Cold Clothes Festival.
In view of the ancient people's concept of immortality after death, in order to thank their deceased relatives and not be frozen when it is cold, people symbolically give them paper clothes to keep their deceased ancestors warm to show their concern. In a sense, it is also a kind of filial piety.