"Hanfu Festival Countdown" is an online tool specifically designed for the Hanfu Festival, a traditional Chinese holiday. Based on the configuration information (the first day of the tenth lunar month), this tool can accurately calculate how many days, hours, and minutes are left until the Hanfu Festival, and update in real-time. It aims to help users stay informed about the arrival of the Hanfu Festival, facilitate early planning for memorial activities and remembrance of ancestors, and pass on the culture of filial piety.
This tool does not require users to input any parameters; simply open the page to view the results.
Assuming today is October 25, 2024, Friday.
The Hanfu Festival (first day of the tenth lunar month) in 2024 corresponds to October 31, Thursday, in the Gregorian calendar.
At this time, the tool will display:
"There are 6 days, 0 hours, 0 minutes until the 2024 Hanfu Festival (first day of the tenth lunar month)"
The Hanfu Festival, also known as "Yin Festival", "Tenth Month Morning", or "Ancestor Worship Festival", is an important traditional Chinese memorial festival, and together with the Qingming Festival and the Zhongyuan Festival, it is known as one of China's three "Ghost Festivals". It is said that the custom of the Hanfu Festival originated in the Zhou Dynasty and has a long history. On the first day of the tenth lunar month each year, people prepare "winter clothes" for their deceased relatives and burn them in front of graves or at crossroads, expressing their grief and sending warm clothes to the deceased. This custom not only embodies the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation to remember ancestors and show filial piety but also carries the deep thoughts and good wishes of the living for the deceased.
The core custom of the Hanfu Festival is "burning winter clothes". People usually go to their ancestors' graves, add soil to the graves, tidy them up, and place offerings, burning clothes cut from five-colored paper, as well as gold and silver paper money and other sacrificial items. These paper clothes and paper money are believed to be sent to the underworld for the deceased relatives to use, helping them to ward off the cold during the chilly season. In addition, in some places, people also eat dumplings or pastries, symbolizing reunion and the comfort of the festival. Through these memorial activities, respect and remembrance for ancestors are expressed, and it is also an important manifestation of the continuous transmission of family spirit and traditional culture from generation to generation.
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2025.08-01