What are the customs of the Spring Equinox? When is the Spring Equinox in 2019?
What are the customs and traditions of the Spring Equinox? When is the Spring Equinox in 2019? The Spring Equinox represents the equal length of day and night, and the balance of yin and yang. Spring is a season of vitality and revival, but the weather changes greatly. Shuimoxiansheng.com has summarized the festivals and solar terms in February of the lunar calendar in 2019. Welcome to check!What customs are there during the Spring Equinox?1. Spring Festival: On the Spring Equinox in February, people start sweeping tombs and worshipping ancestors, which is also called the Spring Festival. Before tomb sweeping, a grand ceremony of ancestor worship is held in the ancestral hall, with pigs and sheep being slaughtered, drummers playing music, ritual students reading sacrificial texts, and leading the three offerings ceremony. When tomb sweeping begins on the Spring Equinox, the first things people do are to sweep and offer sacrifices to the tombs of the founding ancestors and distant ancestors. The entire clan and the entire village are mobilized, and the procession is large, with often hundreds or even thousands of people. After sweeping the tombs of the founding ancestor and distant ancestors, each room will then sweep and offer sacrifices to the tombs of their ancestors, and finally each family will sweep and offer sacrifices to the family's private tomb. In most Hakka areas, spring ancestor worship and tomb sweeping begin at the Spring Equinox or earlier and are completed by Qingming Festival at the latest. There is a saying in various places that the tomb doors will be closed after Qingming Festival and the heroic spirits of the ancestors will no longer be able to benefit from it.2. Sending the Spring Ox The Spring Equinox is about to arrive, and at that time people will send pictures of the Spring Ox to every household. The picture is made of red or yellow paper with the lunar calendar dates of the whole year printed on it, as well as a picture of a farmer plowing the fields. It is called the "Spring Ox Picture". The people who sent the pictures were all folk singers who were good at speaking. They mainly talked about spring ploughing and auspiciousness in accordance with the farming season. Every time they went to a house, they would be inspired by the scene and say whatever they saw, until the owner was happy and gave them money. Although the words come out casually, every sentence is rhythmic and pleasant to the ear. Commonly known as "Shuochun", people who talk about spring are called "Chunguan". 3. Standing eggs on the Spring Equinox is a folk tradition in China. According to historical records, the tradition of standing eggs on the Spring Equinox originated in China 4,000 years ago to celebrate the arrival of spring. On the day of the Spring Equinox, people choose a smooth and symmetrical fresh egg that has been laid just four or five days ago, and carefully place it upright on the table. Although there are many failures, there are also many successes. The Spring Equinox becomes the best time to play the egg-standing game, hence the saying "When the Spring Equinox comes, the eggs are pretty." The upright egg looks so beautiful. According to relevant information, the reason why eggs are easy to stand upright on the day of the Spring Equinox is not only a matter of skill, but also has many scientific reasons. Firstly, the vernal equinox is the day when the day and night are of equal length in the northern and southern hemispheres. The earth's axis, which is tilted at 66.5 degrees, and the orbital plane of the earth's revolution around the sun are in a state of relative balance of forces, which is conducive to standing an egg upright. 4. Catching sparrows' beaks On the day of the Spring Equinox, farmers have a holiday according to custom. Every family eats glutinous rice dumplings, and they also cook more than ten or twenty to thirty glutinous rice dumplings without fillings. They use thin bamboo forks to stick them on the ground outside the field. This is called "catching sparrows' beaks" to prevent sparrows from destroying the crops. The spring equinox is also a great time for kids to fly kites. Especially on the day of the Spring Equinox. Even the adults get involved. There are many types of kites, including the Wang-shaped kite, the silver carp kite, the squinting moth kite, the thunder worm kite, and the moonlight kite. The biggest ones are two meters high, and the smallest ones are two or three feet high. There are kites for sale in the market, most of which are relatively small and suitable for children to play with, but most are made by themselves and are larger. When flying them, people compete with each other to see who can fly the highest. 5. Eating spring vegetables The Xie family in Cangcheng Town, Kaiping, one of the former Four Counties (now Five Counties with Heshan), had an unofficial custom called "eating spring vegetables on the Spring Equinox". "Spring vegetable" is a kind of wild amaranth, which the locals call "Spring Green Artemisia". On the day of the Spring Equinox, the whole village goes to pick spring vegetables. When searching in the fields, most of the plants you see are light green, thin, about the length of a palm. The harvested spring vegetables are usually boiled with fish fillets in a soup called "spring soup". There is a saying: "Spring soup cleanses the internal organs and washes the liver and intestines. The whole family, young and old, are safe and healthy." Since spring, people pray for peace at home and good health. When is the Spring Equinox in 2019?February 15, 2019 (Lunar calendar)Aries (Thursday, March 21, 2019) 【Today’s lunar calendar is suitable】 [Do not use it for major events on the day of the year] Getting married, setting up the bed, making the stove, traveling, planting, fasting and offering sacrifices, seeking a son, retiring, burying, erecting pillars, acquiring livestock, signing contracts, raising livestock, tailoring, meridians [Today's taboos in the almanac] [Do not use it for major events on the day of the year] Building a house, raising the beam, offering sacrifices, praying for blessings, building, breaking ground, buying property, breaking ground, building embankments, releasing water, seeking medical treatment, taking up a post, opening warehouses, moving into houses, living apart, opening the market, seeking wealth, migrating, and collecting wealth Time of Spring Equinox: Thursday, March 21, 2019 05:57:59 As the saying goes, "A good fate is not as good as good luck." 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