關於寒食節的起源有不同說法。民間流傳最廣的說法是為了紀念春秋時期晉國的介子推。
There are different versions about the origin of the cold food festival. The most popular folk saying is to commemorate the spring and Autumn Period Jin jie.
春秋時代，晉國公子重耳逃亡在外，生活艱苦，跟隨他的介子推不惜從自己的腿上割下一塊肉讓他充飢。後來，重耳回到晉國，做了國君(即晉文公〕，封賞有功之臣。唯獨介子推拒絕接受封賞。他帶母親隱居綿山，不肯出來。晉文公無計可施，只好放火燒山，逼其下山。誰知介子推母子寧願被燒死也不肯出來。為了紀念介子推，晉文公下令將綿山改名為介山，並修廟立碑。同時，還下令在介子推遇難的這一天，“寒食禁火”，舉國上下不許燒火煮食，只能吃乾糧和冷食。
In the spring and Autumn period, Chonger childe could escape in the outside, hard life, follow his muon push from his leg at cut off a piece of meat let him eat. Later, he returned to the state of Jin, do the monarch (the Jin), a reward meritorious. Muon push refused to accept Fengshang alone. He took mother seclusion mt.mianshan, refused to come out. Jin Wen Gong had to be put in a quandary, set the mountain on fire, forcing it down. Who knows the Jie mother would rather be burned to death also refused to come out. In order to commemorate Jie, Jin Wen Gong ordered Mianshan renamed medium mountain, and to repair the temple built. At the same time, also ordered in this day of Jie Zitui died, "cold food observance ban fire," the whole nation not only eat food cooked food, and cold.
古代的人們都非常崇敬介子推的氣節，“寒食禁火”的習俗，被後人流傳下來，形成了寒食節這個特殊的紀念節日。
The ancient people worship muon push "," cold food observance ban fire "custom, was later handed down, the formation of the cold food festival this special festival.
民俗專家介紹說，漢代以前，寒食節禁火的時間較長，以一個月為期。整整一個月都吃冷食，對身體實在不利，漢代改為3天。
Folklore experts say, before the Han Dynasty, the cold food festival fire ban time is longer, with a month. Eat cold food for a whole month, is detrimental to the body, the Han Dynasty to 3 days.