"Autumn Equinox" is the sixteenth solar term among the twenty-four solar terms and the fourth solar term in autumn. ? The "fen" of the autumnal equinox means "equivalence" The autumnal equinox is just in the middle of 90 days in autumn, which means "autumn is equally divided", hence the name "autumnal equinox". At this time, "Silver, cotton, golden rice and sweet osmanthus fragrance" are the harvest seasons for farmers in China. At this time, the autumn colors of the motherland are beginning to appear and colorful. Farmers are busy in the golden fields. Joey.
The autumnal equinox is the most beautiful time of the year. The folk customs of the autumnal equinox mainly include: eating autumn vegetables, offering sacrifices to the autumn moon, sending autumn cows, sticking birds' mouths and laying autumn eggs.
1 Eat autumn vegetables
The custom of "eating autumn vegetables" is mainly popular in the south of Wuling Mountain in southern China. It is a unique folk custom of local Hakkas.
The so-called "autumn vegetable" refers to fresh wild amaranth, which is called autumn chrysanthemum by locals and has the effects of clearing away heat, detoxifying and diuresis. As the saying goes: "Autumn soup fills the soil, washes the liver and intestines, and the whole family is safe and healthy." Every year in the local autumnal equinox, the whole village picks autumn vegetables and cooks autumn soup with fish fillets to clear the intestines and nourish the stomach. Keep your family healthy.
? Mid-Autumn Festival
As the saying goes, "Spring worships the sky and autumn worships the moon", and the solar term "autumnal equinox" evolved from the traditional "Moon Festival", so the autumnal equinox is also the day of "Moon Festival".
The "Sacrifice to the Moon" ceremony was grand. Prepare a big incense table in advance, and put offerings such as watermelons, apples, red dates, plums and grapes on the table. Then put the "Luna" tablet in the direction of the moon and place a red candle to light it. After that, the whole family went to Yue Bai one by one to pray for peace.
3 Send autumn cattle
"Sending autumn cows", also known as "sending autumn cows", is a very unique custom in China folk villages.
Autumn Cattle Map is actually a picture of farmers ploughing fields. Every year, the lunar solar terms are printed on two pieces of red paper or yellow paper. In the folk village of China, every year when the autumnal equinox comes, an activity of sending pictures of autumn cows is organized.
The farmer who delivers the map is called "Qiu Guan". This man must be good at singing, because his job is called "Speaking Autumn" and he needs to pass pictures of autumn cows from door to door. Make love on the spot, say it casually, every sentence rhymes with luck, and the owner is willing to pay.
4 Mouth sticking to nipple
The custom of "sticking a sparrow's mouth" is mainly popular in Hakka dialect, and a sparrow refers to a sparrow.
Autumn Equinox is a festival for Hakka farmers and friends. On this day, they will have a holiday according to the custom, put down farm work and take care of jiaozi. Besides giving it to my family, I will also pack a dozen jiaozi without stuffing and put them on the outdoor ridge with thin bamboo forks for sparrows to eat. The crops were destroyed by it, and the custom of "sticking sparrows' mouths" came from it.
5 the beginning of autumn eggs
Like the vernal equinox, the sun shines on the equator at the autumnal equinox, day and night are equal, and the earth axis and orbital plane are in a state of stress balance, so there is also the custom of laying eggs vertically.
Every autumn equinox, tens of millions of people around the world do the "egg vertical" experiment: choose a smooth, symmetrical fresh egg that has just been born for four or five days and gently stand upright on the table.
As the saying goes: "Autumn equinox comes, eggs are beautiful". Vertical spawning in autumn is a very interesting activity. Although vertical autumn eggs have many losers, there are also many winners. Because the wise men in ancient China discovered this natural law, people celebrated the arrival of the autumnal equinox in this way.
The main taboos of the autumnal equinox are: avoid excessive exercise and avoid cold food.
1 Avoid excessive exercise
As we all know, autumn health care should pay attention to "harvest", and the autumnal equinox is the beginning of formal autumn. Therefore, avoid excessive exercise and lead to physical overwork. Be gentle and suitable for activities with little activity, such as mountaineering, walking, tai chi, cycling and dancing.
Avoid cold food.
Avoid eating cold food at the autumnal equinox. Because the autumnal equinox is cold and wet, we should pay attention to light diet, don't eat too much cold food, and try not to eat hassai, which will increase the burden on the stomach and intestines, so that we can spend it smoothly. This stage. At this time, the spleen and stomach are not sick. In the next change of solar terms, can you keep a good state and get sick less or not?