What are the taboos when sending winter clothes? What is the Cold Clothes Festival?
October 28, 2019 is the Cold Clothes Festival. Do you know the taboos of sending winter clothes? What is the Cold Clothes Festival? In the sky of October in the lunar calendar, the wind is no longer gentle, the sunlight is no longer bright, and the chill of winter has spread. Follow Shuimoxiansheng.com and take a look at the contents of the lunar calendar for October 2019.What are the taboos when sending winter clothes?(1) All clothing and paper money sent to the deceased must be burned. Only when they are burned thoroughly can these papers from the living world be transformed into silk, cloth, houses, clothes, and gold, silver, and copper coins in the underworld. As long as there is even a little bit that is not burned out, all previous efforts will be wasted and the deceased cannot use it.(2) Burning winter clothes. In some places, this is done at the grave of the deceased, and it is important to visit the grave before the sun rises. In some places, it is customary to burn sacrificial offerings in front of the door. (3) In many places in Yanbei and Pingyao County in Jinzhong, women would cry loudly outside their doors in the evening. (4) When drawing a circle on the grave, don't forget to add another circle next to it. The purpose is to help those wandering ghosts who have no one to worship them, so that they don't become evil and steal the clothes of their ancestors. (5) When sending winter clothes to the elderly, the Chinese also pay attention to burning some colorful paper at the crossroads to symbolize cloth. The purpose is to help those lonely souls who have no one to worship their ancestors, so that the winter supplies sent to their relatives will not be snatched away by them. What is the Cold Clothes Festival?The Cold Clothes Festival, which falls on the first day of the tenth month of the lunar calendar every year, is also known as the "October Morning", "Ancestor Worship Festival" and "Mingyin Festival". It is called Guitou Day by the people. It is a traditional sacrificial festival in my country and is said to have originated in the Zhou Dynasty. The Cold Clothes Festival is popular in the north. Many northerners will pay homage to their deceased relatives on this day, which is called sending cold clothes. In the north, the Cold Clothes Festival is collectively referred to as China's three major "Ghost Festivals" along with the Qingming Festival in spring and the Zhongyuan Festival on July 15th. At the same time, this day also marks the arrival of severe winter, so it is also the day to send warm clothes to parents, lovers and other people you care about.The same grain of gold may have the same fate but different fortunes. Some gold will be buried forever in the sand and will never be discovered. This is what is called good fate and bad fortune. So how can you understand your own destiny? Shuimoxiansheng.com’s exquisite eight-character calculation function will tell you! |
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