4hw.com.cn: the spring equinox is one of the traditional 24 solar terms in China. After the spring equinox, the direct point of the sun begins to turn the chair in the northern hemisphere, and the day in the northern hemisphere begins to be longer than the night. Do you know what day is the spring equinox in 2018? What are the customs of the spring equinox? Let's take a look at it together with Sihai Xiaobian.
Time of the spring equinox in 2018: 00:15:24, March 21, 2018, the fifth day of February (University) in the lunar calendar.
On the custom of the spring equinox
rites for ancestor-worshipping in spring
At the spring equinox in February, people began to visit tombs and worship ancestors, also called spring sacrifice. At the beginning of spring equinox tomb sweeping, a grand ancestor worship ceremony should be held in the ancestral hall, including pig killing, sheep killing, drummer blowing, etc. Then, they began to sweep and sacrifice the tombs of the ancestors of Kaiji and Yuanzu, the tombs of their ancestors in different rooms, and the private tombs of their families.
Spring cattle
In the ancient vernal equinox, there was a picture of sending spring cattle from house to house. Those who send pictures are folk singers who are good at saying that spring ploughing and auspiciousness are not against the time of farming. When they come to a family, they are more like the scene, saying what they see and what they say. Give money for the master's pleasure.
Eat spring vegetables
Spring vegetable is a kind of wild amaranth, which is called "spring pole" by villagers. On the day of Spring Festival, the whole village went to pick spring vegetables. When they searched in the fields, they found many green and slender trees about the length of palms. The spring vegetables collected are usually boiled with fish fillet at home, which is called spring soup.
Fly a kite
At the spring equinox, there are many people selling kites, because it's a good time for children to fly kites. There are many kinds of kites, especially on the day of spring equinox, even adults will participate in kite flying activities.