Winter clothing festival
The first day of October in the lunar calendar is the Cold Clothes Festival, also known as Ghost Festival, which is one of the three major Ghost Festivals in a year. As usual, many people all over the country want to "send cold clothes" to their deceased ancestors.
At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, most Beijingers followed the old customs and went to Nanzhi Store to buy cool clothes paper before the first day of October. It is a kind of colored wax paper, pink with white pattern, white with purple pattern and yellow with red pattern, and it is very common. In short, it is just a symbolic thing. Generally, they are cut into the shape of cloth strips, some are cut into clothes and trousers, some are not cut, and they are directly wrapped in paper money and banknotes to make a fire.
winter clothing festival
10 month 1 day, which is the Cold Clothes Festival. On this day, special attention is paid to paying homage to those who died first, which is called sending cold clothes. Tomb-Sweeping Day in spring and Mid-Autumn Festival in autumn are also called the three "ghost festivals" in a year.
According to folklore, Meng Jiangnv was newly married, and her husband was taken to perform ballads and build the Great Wall of Wan Li. When autumn came and winter came, Meng Jiangnv went through all the hardships to send her husband warm clothes. Who knows that her husband died at the construction site and was buried under the city wall. Heart-broken, Meng Jiangnv wailed at the sky, touched the sky, cried down the Great Wall, found her husband's body, put on her clothes again, and buried it with the cotton-padded clothes she brought. This produced the "Cold Clothes Festival".
Spring, summer, autumn and winter are repeated, and October is Meng Dong. 1 October1day is the first day to enter the cold winter season. From the cold protection of the living to the cold protection needs of the dead.
When sending warm clothes in the south of Shanxi, pay attention to wrapping some cotton in five-color paper, saying that it is to make cotton-padded quilts for the dead.
When sending warm clothes in the north of Shanxi, five-color paper should be made into various styles of clothes, hats, shoes and quilts. Even a set of paper houses, tile columns, doors and windows have been completed. Apart from their small size, these paper handicrafts look more exquisite and beautiful than real houses.
Everything given to the dead, such as clothes and money, must be burned. Only when it is burned cleanly can these earthly papers become silks and satins, clothes and clothes for houses, and gold, silver and copper coins in the underworld. As long as a thing is not burned, all the previous efforts will be in vain, and the dead will not use it. So 1 October1day, be sure to burn cold clothes, and be especially careful. Although this kind of action seems funny, it also reflects the grief and reverence of the living for the deceased and belongs to a spiritual sustenance.
When people send warm clothes, they also pay attention to burning some five-color paper at the crossroads to symbolize cloth and silk. The original intention is to help orphans who have no ancestors to worship, so as not to be robbed of winter supplies for their loved ones.
Burn cold clothes, some places in front of the grave of the deceased, and pay attention to sweeping the grave before the sun rises. Some places are used to burning sacrifices in front of the door. In many places in Yanbei and Pingyao counties of Jinzhong, at night, women will burst into tears outside the door. In the old days, there was a poem in Linxian County: "Sticking paper and cutting clothes, burning ash in the morning." Is Taiwan Province fruit useful to keep out the cold in spring? But the sad voice is sweet! "It not only describes the scene of sending cold clothes, but also questions its legendary effect.
Children are filial and wear mourning for three years. On the first day of October in the year of filial piety, he changed into a military uniform.
Rituals such as burying ancestors are always held on October 1st.
10/day, people will not only send warm clothes to the dead for the winter, but also carry out some traditional activities symbolizing winter. On this day, women will take out cotton-padded clothes and let their children and husbands change seasons. If the weather is still warm, it is not suitable to wear cotton at this time, and children and husbands should be urged to try it on for good luck. People are used to arranging stoves and chimneys on this day. After installation, try to make a fire to ensure smooth heating in cold weather.
1 October1day, women are forbidden to go out. People improve their lives, and buckwheat noodles and oatmeal noodles are very popular in mountainous areas.