What are the customs and practices during the Spring Equinox? What can we do during the Spring Equinox?

What are the customs and practices during the Spring Equinox? What can we do during the Spring Equinox?
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The customs and practices of the Spring Equinox

1. Hairpin Flowers
In ancient times, there was a custom of wearing flowers and drinking wine during the Spring Equinox. On this day, men, women, young and old would wear flowers in their hair.
2. Ancestor worship
There is a custom of worshiping ancestors on the Spring Equinox. According to the "Book of Rites", "sacrifice is made on the altar on the sun". Since then, this custom has been passed down from generation to generation.
3. Egg Standing
"When the Spring Equinox comes, eggs are pretty." The Spring Equinox is the day when day and night are equal in the Northern Hemisphere. The game of standing eggs on their feet has been around since ancient times and is very popular among children.
4. Sticky Bird's Beak
On the day of the Spring Equinox, farmers eat glutinous rice balls at home. They also cook more than ten or twenty or thirty glutinous rice balls without fillings, stick them with thin bamboo forks and place them on the edges of fields outside. This is called "catching the sparrows' beaks" to prevent sparrows from destroying the crops. 5. Eat spring vegetables
In the Lingnan area, there is a custom of eating spring vegetables during 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 out to pick spring vegetables. There is a saying: "Spring soup cleanses the intestines and liver. May the whole family be safe and healthy."
6. Sending Spring Ox
There is a custom of sending the Spring Ox during the Spring Equinox, that is, sending a picture of the Spring Ox. The Spring Ox Picture is made by printing the lunar calendar terms of the whole year on red or yellow paper, and then printing a picture of a farmer plowing the fields. The person who delivers the pictures is usually a good speaker and singer. He goes from house to house and recites some folk sayings about spring ploughing and auspiciousness that do not violate the farming season, until the host is happy and gives him money. This is commonly known as "talking about spring."
7. Go outing and fly kites
After the Spring Equinox is a great time for outings, especially during the Shangsi Festival. During the Spring Equinox outing, flying kites is an important activity. Kites were called "kites" or "yuan" in ancient times. Both "kites" and "yuan" refer to raptors such as hawks. Most kites in ancient times were made of silk or paper in the shape of eagles, so kites are also called "paper kites" or "paper kites".

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