In late spring, Chang 'an city is full of songs and dances, and countless flowers fall. The east wind of the Cold Food Festival blows on the willow trees in the royal garden.
At dusk, candles are passed in the Han Palace, and light smoke is scattered into the home of Wuhou (2).
(1) [Cold Food] Jingchu Ji: On the one hundred and fifty Day from the winter solstice, there was a disease and a heavy rain, which was called cold food.
There was no fire for three days. Chronicle of Years Old: meson Tui was burned on March 5th, and Chinese people mourned. Not every Spring Festival Evening.
Light a fire, which is called smoking ban. If it is committed, it will rain and hail. Nakanoji: Bingzhou custom, pushing fire to destroy mesons.
Cold food for three days, dry porridge, eat today. (2) [Light Smoke] Chronicle of the Tang Dynasty: Tomb-Sweeping Day
Give the fire of elm willow to the near minister. [Five Hous] Press: "Tang Poetry" Note: Five Hous, or refers to Wang's five.
Hou, or refers to the eunuch destroy Liang Ji five hou. Anyway, come near your home first. Later Han Dynasty: Biography of Officials;
Emperor Huan named Shan Chaoxin as Xu Wei, Bei Qiong as Hou, Zuo Bian as Shang Caihou and Tang as Yang Hou.
The world calls it the Five Marquis.