What kind of winter clothes will be burned on the Cold Clothes Festival in 2020? Is the Cold Clothes Festival held to commemorate Meng Jiangnu?

What kind of winter clothes will be burned on the Cold Clothes Festival in 2020? Is the Cold Clothes Festival held to commemorate Meng Jiangnu?
What kind of winter clothes will be burned on the Cold Clothes Festival in 2020? Is the Cold Clothes Festival held to commemorate Meng Jiangnu? The tenth month of the lunar calendar is now also commonly called the "Little Spring". What are the auspicious days this month? Shuimoxiansheng.com has compiled the information related to the tenth month of the lunar calendar in 2020, come and have a look.

What kind of winter clothes will be burned on the Cold Clothes Festival in 2020?

In addition to the usual offerings such as food, incense, candles, and paper money, there is another indispensable offering during the Cold Clothes Festival - clothes for the dead. During sacrifices, people burn funeral clothes for their ancestors, which is called "sending winter clothes." Later, in some places, the custom of "burning winter clothes" has some changes. People no longer burn winter clothes, but "burn bundles". People put a lot of ghost paper in a paper bag, write the names of the recipient and the sender and the corresponding titles on it, which is called a "bundle". They have the name of winter clothes, but not the reality of winter clothes. People believe that the underworld is just like the world of the living, where you can buy many things with money.

Is the Cold Clothes Festival held to commemorate Meng Jiangnu?

There is a saying that the Cold Clothes Festival is to commemorate Meng Jiangnu.
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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