Cold Food Festival
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The Cold Food Festival is a traditional Chinese holiday, historically observed by refraining from using fire and eating only cold food, that precedes and is closely associated with the Qingming Festival.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese holiday
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cultural observance ⓘ traditional Chinese festival ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Hanshi Festival
NERFINISHED
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Hanshi Jie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Qingming Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Chinese traditional festivals
ⓘ
East Asian spring festivals ⓘ |
| commemorates | Jie Zitui NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| culturalRegion |
northern China
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
southern China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followsCalendar | traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar ⓘ |
| foodTradition |
avoiding hot meals
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eating pre-cooked cold dishes ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
ancestor veneration
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mourning ⓘ seasonal change ⓘ |
| historicalAssociation | Jie Zitui NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | once widely observed in imperial China ⓘ |
| influenced | development of Qingming Festival customs ⓘ |
| linguisticName | 寒食节 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticNameLanguage | Chinese ⓘ |
| modernStatus |
largely absorbed into Qingming Festival
ⓘ
less strictly observed fire taboo in contemporary times ⓘ |
| mythologicalMotive | mourning Jie Zitui by avoiding fire ⓘ |
| observanceRule |
eating only cold food
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refraining from using fire ⓘ |
| originatesFrom | Jin dynasty legend of Jie Zitui ⓘ |
| precedes | Qingming Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Chinese ancestor worship
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fire taboos ⓘ tomb-sweeping customs ⓘ |
| religiousContext |
Chinese folk religion
NERFINISHED
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Confucian ritual tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| season | spring ⓘ |
| symbolism |
austerity
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filial piety ⓘ respect for the dead ⓘ |
| taboo |
cooking with open flame during observance
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lighting new fires during the festival period ⓘ |
| timeRelativeToQingming |
immediately before Qingming Festival
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often merged with Qingming observances in practice ⓘ |
| traditionalPractice |
extinguishing household fires
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offering sacrifices to ancestors ⓘ preparing food in advance ⓘ visiting ancestral tombs ⓘ |
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