traditional festival; Cold Food Festival; pre-Qingming day
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Cold Food Festival; traditional festival
A traditional Chinese festival on the day before Qingming. Historically, people extinguished fires and ate only cold food for three days. It has become intertwined with Qingming Festival customs in some regions.
Hán寒
shí食
jié节
shì是
Zhōng中
guó国
gǔ古
dài代
de的
zhòng重
yào要
jié节
rì日
zhī之
yī一
。
The Cold Food Festival was one of the important festivals in ancient China.
Táng唐
dài代
shī诗
rén人
Hán韩
Hóng翃
xiě写
guò过
zhù著
míng名
de的
《
Hán寒
shí食
》
shī诗
。
The Tang dynasty poet Han Hong wrote the famous poem 'Cold Food'.
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Yǒu有
xiē些
dì地
fāng方
，
hán寒
shí食
hé和
qīng清
míng明
yǐ已
jīng经
hé合
wéi为
yī一
gè个
jié节
rì日
le了
。
In some regions, Cold Food and Qingming have merged into a single festival.
noun
Qingming Festival (in some dialects)
dialectIn certain regional dialects or local customs, '寒食' is used interchangeably with '清明' (Qingming Festival).
Zài在
wǒ我
men们
lǎo老
jiā家
fāng方
yán言
lǐ里
，
sǎo扫
mù墓
nà那
tiān天
jiù就
jiào叫
hán寒
shí食
。
In my hometown dialect, the day for tomb sweeping is called 'Cold Food'.