The vernal equinox is one of the 24 solar terms, and the equinox is half as long as day and night. Do you know what are the customs and activities of the vernal equinox? The following are the customs, activities and meanings about the vernal equinox that I collected for you. Welcome to refer to them!

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The vernal equinox means that day and night are almost equal

The vernal equinox is one of the solar terms reflecting the changes of the four seasons. In ancient China, beginning of spring, long summer, beginning of autumn and beginning of winter were used to indicate the beginning of the four seasons. The vernal equinox, summer solstice, autumn equinox and winter solstice are in the middle of each season. On the day of the vernal equinox, the sun shines directly on the equator, and the time between day and night is equal in all parts of the earth. Therefore, the ancient vernal equinox and autumnal equinox are also called "day and night equinox", and there is a folk proverb that "the vernal equinox and autumnal equinox are equally divided between day and night".

Folk custom of vernal equinox

1. Vertical eggs

"When the vernal equinox arrives, eggs are pretty." The vernal equinox is the day when the yin and yang are in half, and it is the easiest to stand an egg. The reason is that the vernal equinox is a day when the northern and southern hemispheres are equal day and night, and the earth's axis tilted at 66.5 degrees is in a state of relative balance with the earth's orbital plane around the sun, which is very beneficial to stand an egg. Eggs can prosper in spring.

2. Flying a kite

It is most suitable for flying a kite because the air is rising and the breeze is floating. You can fly kites to exercise your muscles and eliminate "spring sleep" and "depression".

3. Eat spring vegetables

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

4. Send Spring Cattle

The vernal equinox will come soon, and then there will be pictures of spring cattle sent from house to house. The picture is printed on red paper or yellow paper with the lunar solar terms throughout the year, and also printed with the farmer's ploughing pattern, which is called "Spring Cattle Map".

5. Sticking finches' mouths

On the Spring Equinox, farmers have a holiday according to the custom. Every family has to eat glutinous rice balls, and more than ten or twenty or thirty glutinous rice balls that don't need to be wrapped in hearts are cooked, and they are placed on the ground ridge outside the field with thin bamboo forks, which is called sticking finches' mouths, so as not to damage crops by finches.

6. Spring Festival

In February, the spring equinox began to sweep graves to worship ancestors, also called Spring Festival. Before sweeping the grave, a grand ancestor worship ceremony should be held in the ancestral temple, and the drummer should play, and the ritual students should read the eulogy and lead the three tributes.

folk customs began to sweep graves to worship ancestors, also called spring festival. At the beginning of the spring equinox grave-sweeping, first, we sweep the graves of ancestors and distant ancestors, then sweep the graves of ancestors in different rooms, and finally sweep the private graves of families. In southern Hakka areas, ancestor worship and grave-sweeping began at the vernal equinox or earlier, and ended at Qingming at the latest. After Qingming, the fire movement in the Fifth National Games was launched, and the yang was obviously improved, so the space-time field was closed and the information transportation was difficult, which made it difficult for ancestors to enjoy the sacrifice and receive gratitude from their descendants. It is an important law of ancient folk custom in China to abide by the law of heaven's operation and keep faith.

7. Memorial Day

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

The spring festival begins with the sacrifice to the sun at the vernal equinox. On the day of the vernal equinox, we should take the initiative to show our gratitude to Tao, morality, heaven, earth, country, relatives and teachers. This is also called our spring blessing, which is a grateful sacrifice to spring.

8. Eat the sun cake at the vernal equinox

In ancient times, the vernal equinox was a very important festival. Every vernal equinox day, emperors would lead their ministers to greet the sun and offer sacrifices to the sun. In the folk, there is the custom of eating sun cakes on the vernal equinox, which means "the sun is high". Folk customs believe that eating sun cakes on the vernal equinox can bring you good luck.

What food do you eat at the Spring Equinox in Beijing

1. Eating radish has the function of ventilation and digestion, and everything grows in spring, in fact, there will be more bacteria, so at this time we can nourish and recuperate our bodies by eating radish. Therefore, many Beijingers will also make some dishes with radish to taste and eat on the vernal equinox. Many old Beijing will also make radish cakes with radishes to eat, which is also a traditional food that is eaten more during the vernal equinox.

Second, snowballing usury

Many friends think that snowballing usury is a delicacy in Tianjin. In fact, Tianjin and Beijing are very close, so snowballing usury is also a delicacy in Beijing. On the vernal equinox, according to the dietary customs of old Beijing, it is necessary to eat snowballing usury. Because eating snowballing usury can ward off evil spirits and pray for blessings, which has a very good moral. Therefore, on the vernal equinox, many authentic Beijingers will make this kind of snowballing to eat and take the meaning of good luck.

Third, Sun Cake

People in China have the custom of offering sacrifices, especially during this solar term, they will prepare some food to worship the heaven and earth, hoping to keep the good weather. Then the sun cake is a kind of food used in worship. It is made of glutinous rice flour and sugar. After worshipping the sun, you can eat it, which is equivalent to eating a blessing. Therefore, on the vernal equinox, Beijingers will make sun cakes to worship heaven and earth, and eat sun cakes that have worshipped heaven and earth.

Fourth, eat Toona sinensis

Toona sinensis is listed in March every year, and will gradually go out of the market after Tomb-Sweeping Day in April. Because Toona sinensis is the most tender and delicious only during this period. Therefore, the spring equinox season is the season when Toona sinensis grows vigorously. We can pick Toona sinensis and make some pasta or stir-fry it, which is very delicious. Therefore, during the vernal equinox, Beijingers will also buy some Toona sinensis to make Toona sinensis cakes or scramble eggs with Toona sinensis to taste the delicious food brought by the vernal equinox.