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Date Posted: 11:43:54 07/21/12 Sat
Author: Ends 107th day after dongzhi (April 7)
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Cold Food FestivalBegins 105th day after dongzhi (April 5

Cold Food Festival
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Cold Food Festival
Official name Hanshi Festival (寒食節)
Also called Cold Food Festival
Observed by Chinese, Koreans, Vietnamese
Type Cultural
Begins 105th day after dongzhi (April 5)
Ends 107th day after dongzhi (April 7)
Related to Tết Hàn Thực, Hanshik (한식)
Cold Food Festival
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 寒食節
Simplified Chinese 寒食节
[show]Transcriptions
Mandarin
- Hanyu Pinyin Hánshí Jié
Cantonese (Yue)
- Jyutping Hon4sik6 Zit3

Vietnamese name
Vietnamese Tết Hàn Thực
Korean name
Hangul 한식
Hanja 寒食
[show]Transcriptions
- Revised
Romanization Hanshik
- McCune-
Reischauer Hansik

The Cold Food Festival or Hanshi Festival is a traditional Chinese holiday celebrated for three consecutive days starting the day before the Qingming Festival in the Chinese Calendar, which falls on the 105th day after dongzhi (April 5 by the Gregorian calendar, except in leap years). It is celebrated in China as well as the nearby nations of Korea and Vietnam. At this time of year, the sky becomes clearer and buds sprout in the field. Farmers sow various seeds and supply water to their rice paddies.

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