Winter has arrived and the weather has cooled down. What is the next sentence?
Please don’t forget to add some clothes. May you be well and feel warm.
Today is the Winter Clothes Festival on the first day of October, also known as the October Dynasty and the Ancestor Worship Festival. This day means the arrival of severe winter. People should pay homage to their ancestors, "send cold clothes" to them, and provide warmth to their loved ones. Resist the cold wind and frost of this world.
According to legend, the Cold Clothes Festival originated in the Zhou Dynasty. "Fire flows in July, and clothes are given in September." Since September, when the weather gets colder, clothes are given out, and clothes to keep out the cold are purchased. Therefore, the Cold Clothes Festival is also called Clothing Day.
Today in ancient times, emperors would put on winter clothes to announce the coming of winter, women would put on warm clothes for their families, and people would use the autumn harvest to worship the gods and report this to their ancestors. A year of good harvest and hope, praying that this winter will no longer be cold. People will worship their ancestors on this day, burn Mingyi, which is called "sending cold clothes", or burn five-color paper wrapped with cotton, which means ancestors. Can be used to make cotton-padded clothes and quilts.
It is said that people should be careful when burning, and they must be burned cleanly so that the ancestors can wear warm clothes. Prudence comes from caring. No matter how cold the weather is, as long as you are loved, your heart will never cool down. The Chinese have never been a nation that is good at expressing love, but we never neglect our longing for our loved ones and our concern for our loved ones, even if we are thousands of miles apart, even if we are separated by heaven and earth.
Therefore, what you hear most from your mother when you are outside is not that you should come back early, but that you should eat more and take care of yourself. Therefore, during every festive season, we must first worship our ancestors, not only to pray for their protection, but also to hope that they can also feel the joy of the world. Love has always been a real life
Today is the Winter Clothes Festival, and the weather is getting colder. Please remember to buy clothes for your loved ones to keep them warm, and give clothes to your deceased ancestors to keep them warm. For Chinese people, the deepest words to express their deepest longing are not "I miss you" but "Winter has arrived and the weather is getting cold. Please don't forget to put on more clothes."