What are the rules for burning paper on October 1 of the lunar calendar?

On the first day of October in the lunar calendar, the Cold Clothes Festival, also known as "October Dynasty", "Ghost Festival" and "Ghost Festival", is a festival for people in northern China to sweep their ancestors and send cold clothes. It is said that it originated in the Zhou Dynasty, but actually it was formed not earlier than the Song Dynasty. Hanyi Festival is very popular in northern China.

Cold clothing festival is usually prepared in the morning. After the offerings were arranged, the family sent the children to the street to buy some five-color paper, mingbi and incense foil for later use. Five-color paper is red, yellow, blue, white and black, very thin, and some have cotton in the middle. After lunch, tidy up the wok, call the Qi family and ask them to burn cold clothes on the grave.

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.

In some places in northern China, 10/day, not only the dead will get warm clothes for the winter, but also the living will have 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.

There are many versions about the origin of Hanyi Festival. It is said that the wax festival began in the Zhou Dynasty at the earliest, and a grand sacrificial ceremony was held on this day, which happened to be 1 October1day in the lunar calendar. Later, the Book of Songs, Collection of Imperial Orders of Tang Dynasty, Miscellanies of Song Dynasty and Spring Festival of Imperial Capital in Ming Dynasty all recorded the contents of offering sacrifices to ancestors on October 1st.

In Qing Dynasty, Ji Sheng at the age of Emperor Jingdi specifically mentioned the "Cold Clothes Festival": "On October New Year ...... scholars worship ancestors to sweep graves, such as the Central Plains instrument. In the evening, seal the book, add five-color silk to crown it with clothes and shoes, burn it outside the door, and say to send cold clothes. "