In the folk, there are festivals and activities to celebrate the Spring Festival. In ancient China, beginning of spring had to put up spring stickers and offer sacrifices to the God of Spring. Japanese people in beginning of spring also have the custom of eating spring cakes, spring dishes and biting radishes.

2. Rain

At this time, the climate is cold, and honey, jujube, yam and tremella are all supplements suitable for this solar term. On the rainy festival, married daughters will bring gifts back to their parents' homes to visit their parents.

3. Stunned

Folks have the custom of eating pears when they are startled; In ancient times, people would hold fragrance and wormwood to drive away snakes, insects, mosquitoes, rats and musty smell in their homes, which gradually evolved into "beating villains" to drive away bad luck.

4. vernal equinox

On the vernal equinox, there is a folk custom of "laying eggs vertically", which is to choose a smooth and symmetrical fresh egg and successfully stand it on the table. In the Lingnan area of China, there is also the custom of "eating spring vegetables at the vernal equinox". The so-called "spring vegetables" are wild amaranth.

5. Qingming

On this day in Tomb-Sweeping Day, people often go for an outing in the suburbs to sweep the graves; In the folk, there is also the habit of inserting willows in front of Tomb-Sweeping Day.

6. Grain Rain

There is a custom of picking tea in Grain Rain in the south; There is a custom of eating Toona sinensis in Grain Rain in the north; In Baishui County, Shaanxi Province, there is a custom of Grain Rain's offering sacrifices to Wen Zu and Cang Xie, which has been spread for thousands of years since the Han Dynasty.

7. long summer

In China's coastal areas, long summer has the folk custom of "fighting eggs" on this day. The children are in groups of three and five, playing a game of fighting eggs with hard-boiled eggs. When fighting eggs, the head of the egg fights the head of the egg, and the tail of the egg hits the tail of the egg. Whoever breaks it loses.

8. Xiaoman

In Xiaoman season, the physiological activities of the human body are in a vigorous period, and a lot of nutrients are consumed. Therefore, soups with the functions of clearing heat, nourishing yin, eliminating dampness, warming the stomach, and warming up should be supplemented appropriately. On the day of Xiaoman, there are also customs of "grabbing water" and "offering sacrifices to car gods".

9. Miscanthus

On this day, people have the custom of "sending flowers to the gods" in their spare time and busy time. In the southeast of Guizhou, there will be mud fights before and after the mango seeds every year.

10, summer solstice

In the north, there is a saying that "winter solstice jiaozi summer solstice noodles", and people pay attention to eating noodles on the summer solstice; In Shaoxing, Zhejiang, there is a custom of offering sacrifices to ancestors on the summer solstice; In Lingnan area, dog meat and litchi are eaten on the summer solstice.

1 1, Xiaoshu

Eating jiaozi on the head is a traditional custom in the north, and some places in Shandong will eat raw cucumbers and boiled eggs to cure the bitter summer; Xuzhou people like to eat mutton when they are asleep; In Linyi, Shandong Province, there is also the custom of improving the diet of cattle.

12, summer heat

In Taizhou Bay, Zhejiang Province, there is a custom of "sending a summer boat". Sending a summer boat means sending away the plague and praying for peace.

13, beginning of autumn

Beginning of autumn Festival, also known as July Festival. Since the Republic of China, it has been a custom for people to predict the cold and hot weather in beginning of autumn during the day or night. There is also the custom of tasting watermelons and green beans and offering sacrifices to ancestors; There will be people in beginning of autumn the day before, Chen Bing melon, steamed eggplant and so on.

14, summer heat

During the summer season, which falls around the 15th day of the seventh lunar month, there will be folk activities to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, commonly known as "making July and a half" or "Mid-Autumn Festival". In Taiwan Province, there is a custom of "worshipping good brothers".

15, Millennium

Every year, in the Millennium season, on the shores of Taihu Lake, there will be a incense ceremony for Yu Wang, which lasts for a week. In Fuzhou, Fujian, there is a traditional custom that "the Millennium must eat longan"; In Zixing Xingning, Sandu and Liaojiang, there has always been a custom of brewing wine, which is called "Bailu Rice Wine".

16, autumnal equinox

At the autumnal equinox, it is a traditional "Moon Festival". The Mid-Autumn Festival in modern society comes from the traditional "Moon Festival". Set up a big incense table, put on moon cakes, watermelons, apples, etc., worship the moon and pray for blessings.

17, cold dew

The cold dew has a pleasant solar term, which is very suitable for mountaineering. All the customs of climbing slowly on the Double Ninth Festival have also become the customs of the cold dew season.

18, first frost

In Xialei Town, Guangxi, China, there is a "Zhuang first frost Festival".

19, beginning of winter

In some areas, beginning of winter has the custom of eating dumplings; Since ancient times, people have celebrated beginning of winter, which is called "He Dong". People in Heilongjiang, Henan, Jiangxi and other places like to use winter swimming to welcome the arrival of winter.

20, light snow

It is a traditional custom to eat Ciba when there is a light snow in the south of China.

2 1, heavy snow

Every household in Nanjing will be busy pickling "salty goods" as soon as the snow and solar terms arrive; At the same time, heavy snow is also a good time for "tonic".

22, winter solstice

The winter solstice is not only a natural solar term, but also a traditional festival to worship ancestors. There is a saying among the people that the winter solstice is as big as a year, and the winter solstice is also called a "small year"; In northern China, there is often a custom of eating jiaozi on the winter solstice.

23, slight cold

When it comes to slight cold, old Nanjing usually cooks vegetable rice, and "Nanjing vegetable rice" can even be compared with Laba porridge in the north; In the traditional customs of Guangzhou, glutinous rice is eaten on a cold morning.

24. Great cold

In the severe cold solar terms, there is a very important day for northerners-Laba, that is, the eighth day of December in the lunar calendar. On this day, people will cook a pot of sweet and delicious "Laba porridge".

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