Huangli 20 19 Cold Food Festival
Can't Tomb-Sweeping Day go to the grave the day before the Cold Food Festival? The day before Tomb-Sweeping Day, some people called it "Han Festival". It is said that once an emperor killed his generals Han Shizhong and Liang Hongyu by mistake, feeling deeply guilty, so he invited a famous Taoist priest to transfer all the things that people paid homage to their ancestors in Tomb-Sweeping Day the day before to Han's name. Therefore, when Tomb-Sweeping Day went to the grave the day before, he could not receive what you offered to his ancestors. Therefore, Tomb-Sweeping Day is not suitable for sweeping graves the day before.
As for Tomb-Sweeping Day's grave-sweeping time, it is convenient for him as long as he is in Tomb-Sweeping Day. Of course, there are some local customs everywhere, and we should respect them. Also, for some customs, there are some differences in time between sweeping graves for relatives who have died within one year and those who have died more than one year. Remind friends to abide by local customs.
What food do you eat at the Cold Food Festival? Food Customs of Cold Food Festival: Five-color glutinous rice is a traditional snack in Zhuang area, named after its five colors of black, red, yellow, white and purple, also known as "black rice". Every year on the third day of the third lunar month or in Tomb-Sweeping Day, Zhuang people usually cook five-color glutinous rice. They like it very much and think it is a symbol of good luck and good harvest.
Food custom of Cold Food Festival: Purple-legged steamed stuffed bun, also called old steamed stuffed bun, as its name implies, is a traditional food in Tomb-Sweeping Day, Shanxi Province, commemorating meson push. Purple push steamed buns are similar to the helmets of ancient military commanders. They are wrapped in eggs or red dates and have a top. The top is covered with flowers. Mianhua is a small steamed bread made of dough, shaped like a swallow, an insect, a snake, a rabbit or a Four Treasures of the Study.
Dietary Customs of Cold Food Festival: Because the Cold Food Festival is similar to Tomb-Sweeping Day, people later merged it into one festival, which evolved into the custom of worshipping ancestors and sweeping graves in Tomb-Sweeping Day. During the festival, people are not allowed to set off fireworks, so it is necessary to prepare cold food such as porridge to commemorate it. "Chronicle of Jingchu's Age" records: "On the 150 th day of the last winter festival, the wind was high and rainy, which was called cold food. Three days without fire, make glutinous rice porridge. " There is also a saying in the Book of Confucius and Ying Da: "If you want to pay homage to the gods, you must be prosperous." Say it. Egg yolk is a kind of almond porridge made of maltose. Until the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it was still the main food of the Cold Food Festival.
Eating custom of Cold Food Festival: prickly heat is the custom of eating prickly heat all over China. Hairpin, called "Cold Food Festival" in ancient times, is a famous food of Cold Food Festival. In the Book of Qi Yao Min, Jia Sixie recorded in detail the methods of making freezers in the Three Kingdoms and the Jin Dynasty, and was also known as "hairpin" and "thin ring cake" in previous dynasties. The prickly heat is fried, crisp and sweet, and tastes good. Now there is a difference between the north and the south: in the north, seeds are generous and free, and wheat flour is the main material; The southern prickly heat is exquisitely made, mainly rice and flour. Hui and Dongxiang people also make prickly heat, and the ingredients and practices are different from those of Han people.