The customs of the autumnal equinox include: eating autumn vegetables, offering sacrifices to the moon, laying eggs, sticking birds' mouths, flying kites, walking clubs and so on.

1. Eating autumn vegetables

Autumn equinox is the harvest season, and eating autumn vegetables is a traditional custom in Lingnan area. Eating autumn vegetables at the autumnal equinox symbolizes harvest and happiness, and also reflects people's yearning and prayer for a better life.

2. Sacrificing the Moon

The autumnal equinox is a traditional "Festival of Sacrificing the Moon", because the day of the autumnal equinox is not necessarily a full moon, and it was later changed to the Mid-Autumn Festival on the fifteenth day of the lunar calendar, so the Mid-Autumn Festival came from the traditional "Festival of Sacrificing the Moon".

Third, vertical eggs

There is also the custom of "vertical eggs" in the autumnal equinox. On this day of the vernal equinox or autumnal equinox every year, tens of millions of people in many parts of China are doing "vertical eggs" experiments. It is said that eggs can be erected, and good weather and good things have happened in this year.

Fourth, stick the sparrow's mouth

On the autumn equinox, farmers have a holiday according to the custom. Every family should eat glutinous rice balls, and they should also cook them without wrapping their hearts, and put them on the outdoor ridge with a thin bamboo fork, which is called sticking the sparrow's mouth, so as not to damage crops.

5. Flying kites

During the autumn equinox, people like flying kites. Because the weather is clear and the air is fresh in autumn, flying kites can not only bring happiness to children, but also make them feel the beauty of nature.

VI. Going to the club

The autumnal equinox is one of the 24 solar terms in the lunar calendar, and it is also the time for farmers to carry out agricultural activities. Going to the club is an important custom of the Autumn Equinox Festival, which means that farmers take land as their only resource, and without land, they can't carry out farming activities. When leaving the club, the neighbors will greet each other and show their love and mutual assistance.