The villagers of Fire Knife Village attached great importance to the annual Cold Food Festival, although it lasted only one day and came at a busy time during spring planting, which was nothing like the bustling Lunar New Year. However, the level of importance they placed on it was by no means inferior.
On this day every year, farmers would still go out to their fields to work as usual, but they would always return home early to pay tribute to their ancestors. If the weather was good, they would also take their families out to the mountains for a stroll, considering it a way to mark the occasion by enjoying the fresh greenery of spring. Young ladies and newlyweds would also come out in droves, playing on swings under the trees, their bright spring dresses dancing in the wind and their laughter unceasing, adding more splendor to the spring day.
