Spring Equinox Customs: 1. Erect Eggs "The Spring Equinox is here, and the eggs are pretty." On the Spring Equinox, when the yin and yang are at half the same level, it is easiest to stand the eggs up. The reason is: the Spring Equinox is a day when day and night are equal in the northern and southern hemispheres. The earth's axis is tilted at 66.5 degrees.

The orbital plane of the earth's revolution around the sun happens to be in a state of relative balance of forces, which is very conducive to egg erection.

Eggs standing at the spring equinox can bring good luck.

2. Kite flying The clear air rises and the breeze blows, which is the most suitable for flying kites.

You can fly kites to stretch your muscles and eliminate "spring sleepiness" and "depression".

3. Eat spring vegetables. "Eat spring vegetables on the vernal equinox."

"Chuncai" is a kind of wild amaranth, which is called "Chunbi Artemisia" by the locals.

The spring vegetables picked on the vernal equinox are usually boiled in soup with fish fillets at home, which is called "spring soup".

4. Sending Spring Cows The Spring Equinox is coming soon, and pictures of sending Spring Cows from house to house will appear.

The picture is a piece of red or yellow paper printed with the lunar solar terms throughout the year, and also printed with a pattern of farmers plowing the fields, which is called the "Spring Ox Picture".

5. On the spring equinox, farmers have a holiday according to custom. Every family has to eat glutinous rice balls, and they have to cook more than ten or twenty or thirty glutinous rice balls without fillings, and put them on the table with thin bamboo forks.

The ridge on the edge of the outdoor fields is called sticky sparrow mouth to prevent sparrows from destroying the crops.

6. Spring Festival. On the spring equinox in February, graves are visited to worship ancestors, also called Spring Festival.

Before sweeping the tomb, a grand ancestor worship ceremony must be held in the ancestral hall. Drummers are invited to play, and the ritual student reads the sacrificial inscriptions and leads the three offerings.

Folk customs began to visit graves and worship ancestors, also called Spring Festival.

When the spring equinox begins, the tombs of the ancestors of the ancestors and distant ancestors are first swept, then the tombs of the ancestors of each house are swept, and finally the private tombs of each family are swept and sacrificed.

Spring ancestor worship and tomb-sweeping in the southern Hakka area all start at the vernal equinox or earlier, and end at the latest during the Qingming Festival. After the Qingming Festival, the fire luck among the five fortunes has been activated, the yang energy has increased significantly, and the space-time field has closed.

Difficulties in information communication make it difficult for ancestors to enjoy sacrifices and receive gratitude rewards from descendants.

Strictly abide by the degree of trust in the laws of heaven's operation. Keeping trust is an important law of ancient Chinese folk customs.

7. The Spring Equinox is also a traditional festival for celebrating the sun.

In other words, we should worship the sun on the day of the spring equinox, and be grateful to the sun for giving this ritual energy and sunshine to the earth, which promotes the growth of all things on the earth.

Therefore, the custom of worshiping the sun at the vernal equinox and the moon at the autumnal equinox has been inherited in ancient times.

Starting from worshiping the sun on the vernal equinox, the spring festival begins.

On the day of the Spring Equinox, we should take the initiative to express our gratitude to Tao, virtue, heaven, earth, country, relatives, and teachers. This is also called our spring blessing, and it is a thanksgiving sacrifice to spring.

8. Eat sun cakes on the vernal equinox. In ancient times, the vernal equinox was a very important festival. On every vernal equinox, the emperor would lead his ministers to welcome and worship the sun.

Among the people, there is a custom of eating sun cakes on the vernal equinox, which means "the sun is high".

Folk custom believes that eating sun cakes on the vernal equinox can bring you good luck.