The Cold Clothes Festival, also known as the "October Morning", "Mingyin Festival", "Ghost Head Day", etc., so which month and day of the lunar calendar is the Cold Clothes Festival? What are the customs of Cold Clothes Festival? Let’s take a look at the following content!Which month in the lunar calendar is the Cold Clothes Festival?Friday, November 5, 2021 (the first day of the tenth month of the Xinchou Year (Year of the Ox), 271 days away from the 2021 Cold Clothes Festival in the lunar calendar)[Lunar calendar] October 1, 2021 [Gregorian calendar] November 5, 2021 [Conflict] Conflict with the Pig (Xin Hai) East [Suitable] Make a stove, take up a post, offer sacrifices, break the house, sign a contract, seek medical treatment, seek wealth, marry a son-in-law, take medicine, and sail [Taboo] Moving, renovating, opening a business, getting married, moving into a new home, obtaining a marriage license, starting construction, groundbreaking, installing doors and beds, traveling, getting engaged, burying, raising the beam, opening a business, traveling, building, praying for blessings, opening the market, accepting livestock, getting married, accepting betrothal gifts, migrating, building a house, wearing a hairpin, erecting pillars, fasting and offering sacrifices, releasing water, dividing accounts, and investing in real estate [Fetal God’s divination] Warehouse, outside the bed, due east [Peng Zu’s 100 Taboos] Ding will get sores if he does not shave his head, and will not travel far. Hidden property [Star] Heart (Heart Moon Fox) [Lucky Gods to Follow] Jing'an Tiancang Yima [Evil Gods to Avoid] Emperor Kusha Gou Chen Hengtian Tianbing Yuepo Zheng Si Fei [Six Yaos] Buddha Destroyed [Twelve Gods] Wei Zhiwei [God of Wealth] Due West Legends and stories of Cold Clothes FestivalLegend of Zhu Yuanzhang "giving clothes"The tenth month of the lunar calendar was an important month in ancient times, as it was the time when rice was harvested and stored in warehouses. “In this month, the emperor began to wear fur clothes” (The Book of Rites, Monthly Ordinances). The emperor used the ceremony of wearing winter clothes to announce to the common people that winter had come. According to legend, Zhu Yuanzhang proclaimed himself emperor in Nanjing in the early Ming Dynasty. In order to show that he was in compliance with the will of heaven, he held a morning court on the first day of October, performed the "clothing-granting" ceremony, and made a hot soup with freshly harvested red beans and glutinous rice for his ministers to taste. A Nanjing folk proverb says: "In the morning of October, wear a cotton-padded jacket and eat bean soup to keep out the cold." This is where the "Cold Clothes Festival" comes from. While people are putting on more clothes to keep out the cold, they are also sending winter clothes to those who are guarding the border, doing business, or studying far away from home to show their concern and care. Meng Jiangnu Delivers Winter Clothes A Thousand Miles Away According to legend, during the Qin Dynasty, the Meng and Jiang families in Songjiang Prefecture in Jiangnan had a daughter while growing gourds. She was named Meng Jiangnu and married to Fan Qiliang. Later, Qi Liang was captured and forced to build the Great Wall in the northern border. Meng Jiangnu traveled thousands of miles to find her husband and give him winter clothes. When she arrived at the foot of the Great Wall, she found that her husband had died and was buried inside the wall. Meng Jiangnu was filled with grief and indignation. She cried towards the Great Wall day and night. Finally, she moved heaven and earth so much that her tears collapsed the Great Wall, revealing her husband's body. For thousands of years, this story of loyal love has been widely circulated. After Meng Jiangnu cried down the 800-li Great Wall, she confronted Qin Shihuang face to face, avenged her husband and vented her anger. Finally, she jumped into the sea with her husband's remains in her arms and died with him. At the moment of jumping into the sea, the waves surged and slowly arched up two reefs. It is said that Jiangnu's tomb on the sea can never be submerged no matter how high the tide is. Because of the story of Meng Jiangnu who traveled thousands of miles to find her husband and send him winter clothes, the first day of the tenth month of the lunar calendar is called "Cold Clothes Festival" both inside and outside the Great Wall. "Burning winter clothes on the first day of October" has long become a custom in the north to pay tribute to deceased relatives. |
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