Cold Food Festival
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The Cold Food Festival is a traditional Chinese holiday, historically observed by refraining from using fire and eating only cold food, that precedes and is closely associated with the Qingming Festival.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cold Food Festival canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9889348 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cold Food Festival Context triple: [Qingming Festival, relatedFestival, Cold Food Festival]
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A.
Ludlow Food Festival
Ludlow Food Festival is a renowned annual food and drink event in Ludlow, England, celebrating local producers, regional cuisine, and culinary demonstrations.
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B.
Gladmat food festival
Gladmat food festival is a major annual culinary festival in Stavanger, Norway, known for showcasing Nordic cuisine, local producers, and food-related events.
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C.
Mold Food and Drink Festival
The Mold Food and Drink Festival is a popular annual culinary event in Mold, Wales, showcasing local produce, street food, and chef demonstrations.
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D.
Stone Food and Drink Festival
Stone Food and Drink Festival is an annual culinary and beverage celebration in the town of Stone, featuring local producers, street food, tastings, and live entertainment.
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E.
Taste of Our Towns festival
The Taste of Our Towns festival is an annual food and community celebration in Lewisburg, West Virginia, featuring local restaurants, vendors, and entertainment along the town’s historic streets.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cold Food Festival Target entity description: The Cold Food Festival is a traditional Chinese holiday, historically observed by refraining from using fire and eating only cold food, that precedes and is closely associated with the Qingming Festival.
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A.
Ludlow Food Festival
Ludlow Food Festival is a renowned annual food and drink event in Ludlow, England, celebrating local producers, regional cuisine, and culinary demonstrations.
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B.
Gladmat food festival
Gladmat food festival is a major annual culinary festival in Stavanger, Norway, known for showcasing Nordic cuisine, local producers, and food-related events.
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C.
Mold Food and Drink Festival
The Mold Food and Drink Festival is a popular annual culinary event in Mold, Wales, showcasing local produce, street food, and chef demonstrations.
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D.
Stone Food and Drink Festival
Stone Food and Drink Festival is an annual culinary and beverage celebration in the town of Stone, featuring local producers, street food, tastings, and live entertainment.
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E.
Taste of Our Towns festival
The Taste of Our Towns festival is an annual food and community celebration in Lewisburg, West Virginia, featuring local restaurants, vendors, and entertainment along the town’s historic streets.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese holiday
ⓘ
cultural observance ⓘ traditional Chinese festival ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Hanshi Festival
ⓘ
linked to:
Zhongyuan Festival
Hanshi Jie ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Qingming Festival ⓘ |
| category |
Chinese traditional festivals
ⓘ
East Asian spring festivals ⓘ |
| commemorates |
Jie Zitui
ⓘ
linked to:
Jie Zhitui
|
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| culturalRegion |
northern China
ⓘ
linked to:
North China
southern China ⓘ |
| followsCalendar | traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar ⓘ |
| foodTradition |
avoiding hot meals
ⓘ
eating pre-cooked cold dishes ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
ancestor veneration
ⓘ
mourning ⓘ seasonal change ⓘ |
| historicalAssociation |
Jie Zitui
ⓘ
linked to:
Jie Zhitui
|
| historicalStatus | once widely observed in imperial China ⓘ |
| influenced | development of Qingming Festival customs ⓘ |
| linguisticName | 寒食节 ⓘ |
| linguisticNameLanguage | Chinese ⓘ |
| modernStatus |
largely absorbed into Qingming Festival
ⓘ
less strictly observed fire taboo in contemporary times ⓘ |
| mythologicalMotive | mourning Jie Zitui by avoiding fire ⓘ |
| observanceRule |
eating only cold food
ⓘ
refraining from using fire ⓘ |
| originatesFrom | Jin dynasty legend of Jie Zitui ⓘ |
| precedes | Qingming Festival ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Chinese ancestor worship
ⓘ
fire taboos ⓘ tomb-sweeping customs ⓘ |
| religiousContext |
Chinese folk religion
ⓘ
Confucian ritual tradition ⓘ
linked to:
Zhou ritual system
|
| season | spring ⓘ |
| symbolism |
austerity
ⓘ
filial piety ⓘ respect for the dead ⓘ |
| taboo |
cooking with open flame during observance
ⓘ
lighting new fires during the festival period ⓘ |
| timeRelativeToQingming |
immediately before Qingming Festival
ⓘ
often merged with Qingming observances in practice ⓘ |
| traditionalPractice |
extinguishing household fires
ⓘ
offering sacrifices to ancestors ⓘ preparing food in advance ⓘ visiting ancestral tombs ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cold Food Festival Description of subject: The Cold Food Festival is a traditional Chinese holiday, historically observed by refraining from using fire and eating only cold food, that precedes and is closely associated with the Qingming Festival.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.