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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Cold Food Festival canonical 3

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese holiday ⓘ
cultural observance ⓘ
traditional Chinese festival ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Hanshi Festival ⓘ
linked to: Zhongyuan Festival

Hanshi Jie ⓘ
associatedWith Qingming Festival ⓘ
category Chinese traditional festivals ⓘ
East Asian spring festivals ⓘ
commemorates Jie Zitui ⓘ
linked to: Jie Zhitui
countryOfOrigin China ⓘ
culturalRegion northern China ⓘ
linked to: North China

southern China ⓘ
followsCalendar traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar ⓘ
foodTradition avoiding hot meals ⓘ
eating pre-cooked cold dishes ⓘ
hasTheme ancestor veneration ⓘ
mourning ⓘ
seasonal change ⓘ
historicalAssociation Jie Zitui ⓘ
linked to: Jie Zhitui
historicalStatus once widely observed in imperial China ⓘ
influenced development of Qingming Festival customs ⓘ
linguisticName 寒食节 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
refraining from using fire ⓘ
originatesFrom Jin dynasty legend of Jie Zitui ⓘ
precedes Qingming Festival ⓘ
relatedTo Chinese ancestor worship ⓘ
fire taboos ⓘ
tomb-sweeping customs ⓘ
religiousContext Chinese folk religion ⓘ
Confucian ritual tradition ⓘ
linked to: Zhou ritual system
season spring ⓘ
symbolism austerity ⓘ
filial piety ⓘ
respect for the dead ⓘ
taboo cooking with open flame during observance ⓘ
lighting new fires during the festival period ⓘ
timeRelativeToQingming immediately before Qingming Festival ⓘ
often merged with Qingming observances in practice ⓘ
traditionalPractice extinguishing household fires ⓘ
offering sacrifices to ancestors ⓘ
preparing food in advance ⓘ
visiting ancestral tombs ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Qingming Festival → relatedFestival → Cold Food Festival ⓘ
Duke Wen of Jin → associatedRitual → Cold Food Festival ⓘ
subject linked to: Duke Wen of Jin (晉文公)
Tomb-Sweeping Day → relatedTo → Cold Food Festival ⓘ