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Hanshi Festival

The Cold Food or Hanshi Festival is a popular Chinese occasion which developed from the nearby remembrance of the death of the Jin aristocrat Jie Zhitui in the seventh century bc under the Zhou into an East Asian event for the celebration and worship of progenitors by the seventh century Tang. The lighting of flame was stayed away, even from the preparation of food. This training initially happened at midwinter and takes as long as a month, however the hardship this included prompted rehashed endeavors to boycott its recognition. Before the finish of the Three Kingdoms Period third century, it was restricted to three days in the spring around the Qingming solar term. Under the Tang, progenitor observance was limited to the single day which is presently celebrated as the Tomb-Sweeping Festival. The Cold Food Festival isn't an official occasion in any nation or area; however it keeps on observing some recognition in China, Korea, and Vietnam. Tet Han Thuc, otherwise called Cold Foods Festival, is a well known occasion in Vietnam which happens on the third day of the third lunar month of the year. This is the ideal event to recall precursors and for family gatherings. The Cold Food Festival was initially seen at mid-winter the Dongzhi solar term, but moved to late spring the Qingming solar term around the second century. Its essential movement was a strict taboo against utilizing fire, for the most part under the superstitious conviction that infringement prompted violent climate.
Source: hellotravel.com