In Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, it is said that Zhu Yuanzhang gave clothes. According to legend, after Zhu Yuanzhang proclaimed himself emperor in Nanjing, he gave clothes on the first day of October of the lunar calendar and gave the harvested red beans and glutinous rice to ministers. Nanjing folk songs have: "Go to the DPRK in October, wear cotton-padded jackets and eat bean soup to keep out the cold."
There are many stories about "Cold Clothes Festival" in other places, the most famous of which is the salesman's theory. Legend has it that Cai Lun made paper, and Cai Lun's sister-in-law asked her husband to learn paper from Cai Lun, and then went back to his hometown to make paper by himself. As a result, he is not proficient in papermaking and the paper is rough. Finally, I thought of a way to make these papers into clothes and money to keep out the cold and eat for my dead relatives, and sold my paper. This legend has no basis, it is purely a legend, and it is not widely circulated among the people.