4hw.com.cn: the spring equinox is coming soon. The spring equinox is one of our traditional 24 solar terms, which also means that flowers bloom in spring and everything recovers in a year. So what are the customs of the spring equinox solar terms from ancient times to now? Let's take a look with Sihai Xiaobian.
On the custom of spring equinox solar terms
Vertical egg
On the spring equinox every year, people will do the 'vertical egg' test, choose a smooth and symmetrical fresh egg that has just given birth for four or five days, and put it up on the table with light hands and feet. If you succeed, you can show off to your friends for a year, because they have to wait until the next year if they want to overthrow you! Spring is divided into the best time of the vertical egg game, so there is the saying 'when the spring equinox comes, the eggs are pretty'.
Spring cattle
At the ancient spring equinox, there was a picture of sending spring cattle from house to house. The picture givers are good folk singers. They mainly say that spring ploughing and auspiciousness do not violate the agricultural season. When they go to each house, they are inspired by the scene and say what they see. The host is happy and gives money.
rites for ancestor-worshipping in spring
At the spring equinox in February, we began to sweep tombs and worship our ancestors, also known as spring sacrifice. At the beginning of the spring equinox tomb sweeping, a grand ancestor worship ceremony should be held in the ancestral hall, killing pigs and sheep, asking drummers to blow, etc. Then they began to sweep and sacrifice the tombs of Jizu and distant ancestors, divided rooms to sweep and sacrifice the tombs of ancestors in each room, and finally sweep and sacrifice the private tombs of families.
Eat spring vegetables
Spring vegetable is a kind of wild amaranth, which is called spring green pole by villagers. On the Spring Festival, the whole village went to pick spring vegetables. When searching in the field, it is often green and thin, about the length of a palm. The spring vegetables collected are usually boiled with fish fillets at home, which is called spring soup.
fly a kite
At the spring equinox, there are many people selling kites, because the spring equinox is a good time for children to fly kites. There are many kinds of kites, especially on the day of the spring equinox, and even adults will participate in kite flying activities.