Do you know the custom of vernal equinox?

1, vertical egg

"When the vernal equinox comes, eggs are beautiful." The vernal equinox is the day when yin and yang are half-and-half, and it is the easiest to lay eggs. The reason is that the vernal equinox is a day in which day and night are equal in the northern and southern hemispheres, and the earth's axis is tilted by 66.5 degrees, which is in a relatively balanced state with the earth's orbital plane around the sun, which is very conducive to laying an egg. Eggs will thrive in spring.

Step 2 fly a kite

The fresh air rises and the breeze comes, which is most suitable for flying kites. You can fly a kite to exercise your muscles and eliminate "spring sleep" and "depression".

Step 3 eat spring vegetables

"eat spring vegetables at the vernal equinox" "Spring vegetable" is a kind of wild amaranth, which villagers call "Artemisia chun". Spring vegetables collected on the day of the vernal equinox are usually boiled with fish fillets at home, which is called "spring soup".

Step 4 send spring cattle

The vernal equinox is coming soon, and there will be a picture of spring cattle delivered door to door. The picture is printed with red paper or yellow paper on the lunar solar terms all the year round, and also printed with farmers' ploughing patterns, which is called "Spring Cattle Map".

Step 5 stick the sparrow's mouth

According to custom, farmers have a holiday on the vernal equinox. Every family should eat dumplings, cook a dozen or twenty or thirty dumplings without wrapping them, and put them on the outdoor ridge beside the field with thin bamboo forks, which is called sticking sparrows' mouths, so as not to destroy crops.

6. Spring Festival

In February, the spring equinox began to sweep graves to worship ancestors, also known as the Spring Festival. Before sweeping the grave, a grand ancestor worship ceremony should be held in the ancestral hall, and the drummer will play music, read the eulogy and quote three praises.

Folk customs began to sweep graves to worship ancestors, also known as the Spring Festival. At the beginning of the spring equinox grave sweeping, we sweep the graves of ancestors and distant ancestors first, then sweep the graves of ancestors in different rooms, and finally sweep the private graves of each family. In southern Hakka areas, ancestor worship and grave sweeping began at the vernal equinox or earlier, and ended at Qingming at the latest. After the Qingming Festival, the Five Fire Movement was launched, and the yang was obviously improved. The space-time field was closed, and it was difficult to transmit information. It was difficult for ancestors to enjoy sacrifices and receive gratitude from future generations. It is an important law of ancient folk custom in China to abide by the operation law of Heaven and keep promises.

7. Memorial Day

The vernal equinox is also a traditional festival to worship the sun. In other words, on the vernal equinox, we should worship the sun and thank the sun for giving this ritual energy and sunshine to the earth and promoting the growth of all things on earth. So in ancient times, we have always inherited the habit of offering sacrifices to the sun at the vernal equinox and the moon at the autumn equinox.

The spring festival began with the spring equinox offering sacrifices to the sun. On the vernal equinox, we should take the initiative to express our gratitude to Tao, morality, heaven, earth, country, relatives and teachers. This is also called our spring blessing, and it is a grateful sacrifice to spring.

8. Eat sun cakes at the spring equinox.

In ancient times, the vernal equinox was a very important festival. On the vernal equinox every year, the emperor will lead his ministers to meet the sun and make sacrifices to it. Among the people, there is a custom of eating sun cakes at the vernal equinox, which means "the sun is high". According to folk custom, eating sun cakes at the vernal equinox can bring you good luck.