What are the taboos of the autumn equinox?
0 1 Avoid excessive exercise
As we all know, autumn health care should be based on "harvest", and the autumnal equinox is the beginning of officially entering autumn. Therefore, do not exercise too much, which will cause physical fatigue. It is advisable to take light and gentle activities, such as mountaineering, walking, playing Tai Ji Chuan, cycling and dancing.
Avoid raw and cold food.
The autumnal equinox forbids eating cold, because the autumnal equinox season is cold and wet, so pay attention to moderate diet, don't eat too much iced and cold food, try not to eat sea stuffing, and increase the burden on your stomach, so as to get yourself through this stage smoothly. At this time, the spleen and stomach are not sick, and in the next conversion of solar terms, you can maintain a good state of not getting sick and not getting sick.
The origin of autumnal equinox season
The autumnal equinox, like the vernal equinox, is the earliest solar term established by the ancients. There is a good saying: "Summer retreats and autumn turns sunny and cool, and the sun and night are long." The arrival of the autumnal equinox solar terms means officially entering autumn. After that, the position of direct sunlight moved south, and the days in the northern hemisphere were short and the nights were long.
The autumnal equinox is 16 of the 24 solar terms and the fourth solar term in autumn. "Equinox" means "equal share". The date of the autumnal equinox is just in the middle of 90 days in autumn, which means "equal share", hence the name "autumnal equinox". At this time, the festivals of "Silver Cotton, Golden Rice, Sweet Xiao Ju and Wan Li" coincided with the harvest season of farmers in China. At this time, the autumn colors of the motherland appear, farmers are busy in the golden fields, and the joy of harvest is everywhere.
It is the most beautiful time of the year when day and night are even, and the cold and summer are flat!
The folk customs of the autumnal equinox mainly include: eating autumn vegetables, offering sacrifices to the autumn moon, sending autumn cows, sticking birds' mouths and laying autumn eggs.
0 1 Eat autumn vegetables
The custom of "eating autumn vegetables" is mainly popular in the south of Wuling in southern China, which is a unique folk custom of local Hakkas.
The so-called "autumn vegetable" refers to fresh wild amaranth, which is called autumn chrysanthemum by locals and has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials and diuresis. As the saying goes: "autumn soup is dirty, washing the liver and intestines; The whole family, old and young, are safe and healthy. In the local area, every year on the day of the autumn equinox, the whole village picks autumn vegetables, makes autumn soup with fish fillets, cleans the stomach and keeps the family healthy.
02 Sacrifice the autumn moon
As the saying goes, "the sun is sacrificed in spring, and the moon is sacrificed in autumn", and the solar terms of the "autumnal equinox" evolved from the traditional "moon festival", so the autumnal equinox is also a day of "moon festival".
The ceremony of "offering sacrifices to the moon" is very grand. A big incense table was prepared in advance. Sacrifices such as watermelons, apples, red dates, plums and grapes are placed on the table, and then the tablet of "Luna" is placed in the direction of the moon. After the red candle was lit, the whole family took turns in Yue Bai to pray for peace.
03 send autumn cattle
"Sending autumn cows", also known as "sending autumn cows", is a very unique custom in China's rural areas.
In fact, the "Autumn Cattle Map" is to print the lunar solar terms of the whole year on red paper or yellow paper, which is printed with the patterns of farmers ploughing the fields. In rural areas of our country, every year at the autumnal equinox, an activity of sending pictures of autumn cows is organized.
The farmer who sends pictures is called "Qiu Guan". This person must be very good at singing, because his job is called "Talking about Autumn". He has to send pictures of autumn cows door to door, and every time he goes to a house, he has to improvise, and words come out casually, and every sentence is auspicious and melodious, which makes the owner happy to give money.
04 Sticky Sparrow Mouth
The custom of "sticking the sparrow's mouth" is mainly popular in Hakka dialect, and a sparrow refers to a sparrow.
The autumnal equinox is a festival for Hakka farmers and friends. On this day, they will have a holiday according to the custom, put down farm work and take care of jiaozi. In addition to food for family members, we should also pack a dozen jiaozi without stuffing and put them on the windowsill of outdoor fields with thin bamboo forks for sparrows to eat. In order to prevent crops from being damaged by it, the custom of "sticking sparrows' mouths" came from this.
05 vertical autumn eggs
Like the vernal equinox, the sun shines on the equator at the autumnal equinox, day and night are equal, and the earth axis and orbital plane are in a state of stress balance, so it also has the custom of laying eggs vertically.
Every year on the day of the autumnal equinox, tens of millions of people all over the world are doing an "upright egg" experiment: choose a smooth and symmetrical fresh egg that has just been born for four or five days and gently stand it on the table.
As the saying goes: "When the autumnal equinox arrives, all eggs look good". Laying eggs vertically in autumn is a very interesting activity. Although there are many losers, there are also many winners. Because our clever ancients discovered this natural law, people celebrated the arrival of the autumnal equinox in this way.