Is the story of Duke Wen of Jin and Jie Zitui the origin of (Cold Food Festival)?
Regarding the Cold Food Festival, we know that it is the day before Qingming Festival. On this day, there are customs such as banning fire, worshiping ancestors, and outing. Is the story of Duke Wen of Jin and Jie Zitui the origin of the Cold Food Festival? In the third month of the lunar calendar, the weather gradually becomes warmer, embracing the warmth of spring, and the whole earth is full of vitality. For more details about the 2020 lunar calendar for March, please visit Mr. Shuimo’s website for consultation!Is the story of Duke Wen of Jin and Jie Zitui the origin of (Cold Food Festival)?——Mr. Qiu Xigui proposed in "Cold Food and Changing Fire": The story of Duke Wen of Jin and Jie Zitui was fabricated to explain the Cold Food Festival. "1" In the minds of ancient people, changing fire "can not only eliminate diseases, but also prevent natural disasters, promote crop growth, etc." "Changing fire is undoubtedly a necessary thing to ensure agricultural harvest."《2》 The story of Jie Zitui being burned to death was "fabricated against the background of ancient customs related to changing fire" in order to explain the origin of the Cold Food Festival. ——In the ancient fire-changing customs, there was a ritual of burning living people to death in bonfires as representatives of tree spirits or corn spirits in order to promote crop production and obtain a good harvest. “ ——The prototype of Jie Zitui who was burned to death should be the human sacrifice who was burned to death in the fire as a representative of the God of Grain. ” ——The legend that Jie Zitui cut off his thigh to feed Duke Wen or cut off his flesh to replenish the army's rations was based on the custom of sharing human sacrifices in sacrifices to pray for a good harvest. 】Fame of Cold Food Festival: Before the Tang Dynasty, the Cold Food Festival was much more famous than the Qingming Festival. 《1》On the 105th day after the winter solstice—usually one or two days before Qingming Festival—people are forbidden to burn fire and eat cold rice. 《2》Since people are not allowed to light fires to cook and can only eat cold rice on Cold Food Festival, it is called Cold Food Festival. It is also commonly known as the "Cold Festival" and the "No Smoking Festival". Cold Food Festival - Fire ban, ancestor worship(1) Fire ban <br /> The Cold Food Festival was also called the "No Smoking Festival" in ancient times. Every family was forbidden to light fires and eat cold food. However, due to the Chinese people's persistent feeling of commemorating the ancient sages, it was banned and revived repeatedly from the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and the royal family of the Tang Dynasty recognized and participated in it.——The line "Let's try the new tea with the new fire" in Su Shi's "Wang Jiangnan from Chaoran Terrace" refers to the poet's act of making tea after the Cold Food Festival. ——In Shanxi, the folk custom of banning fire during the Cold Food Festival is mostly one day, and only a few places still have the custom of banning fire for three days. (2) Ancestor worship <br /> Tomb sweeping and ancestor worship during the Cold Food Festival was considered a "wild sacrifice" from the Southern and Northern Dynasties to the Tang Dynasty. ——It was included in “Kaiyuan Ritual” in “Volume 87: Sacrifices and Sweeping the Houses of Kings and Dukes Below (Attached to Sacrifices and Sweeping the Houses of Cold Food Festival)” in the Tang Dynasty and became one of the auspicious rites officially recognized and advocated. ——Later it evolved into the royal family offering sacrifices to the tombs; government officials offering sacrifices to the Confucius Temple and to the sages; and the common people visiting the graves, etc. ——At that time, a family or a clan would go to the ancestral grave together, offer sacrifices, add soil, hang paper money, then scatter Zitui Swallow, Snake Coil Rabbit on the top of the grave and roll them down, string them up with willow branches or knotty needles, and place them in a high place in the room, in the hope of receiving the ancestors' virtues. |
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