When is the Spring Equinox in 2017? What are the traditional customs of the Spring Equinox?
Introduction: The Spring Equinox is one of the 24 solar terms in my country. "In February, the Spring Equinox comes with the Waking of Insects. Planting trees, fertilizing and tilling the land is a good time for farming. So, how do people in my country celebrate the arrival of the Spring Equinox? What are the traditional and interesting folk customs of the Spring Equinox? Please follow the editor to learn about it! The second month of the lunar calendar tells the stories of each day in February, and brings you the daily taboos and the directions of the God of Wealth and the God of Happiness in February, which makes you full of expectations.When is the Spring Equinox in 2017?The Spring Equinox of 2017 is on March 20, 2017, which is the 23rd day of the second lunar month.What are the traditional and interesting folk customs of the Spring Equinox?On the vernal equinox every year, tens of millions of people around the world will do the "egg standing up" experiment. It is still difficult to verify how this game, which is called a "Chinese custom", became a "world game". However, the gameplay is simple, easy and fun: choose a smooth and symmetrical fresh egg that has been laid just four or five days ago, and gently stand 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 is so beautiful. 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 that goes: "Spring soup cleanses the internal organs and cleanses the liver and intestines. The whole family, young and old, are safe and healthy." Since spring, people have been praying for peace in their families and good health.Sending the Spring Ox The Spring Equinox is about to arrive, and 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". 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, stick them with thin bamboo forks and place them on the edge of the field outdoors. This is called "sticking 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. 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. Folk festivals for worshiping gods around the Spring Equinox include the birthday of Kaizhang Shengwang on February 15th: Kaizhang Shengwang, also known as "Chen Shengwang", was Chen Yuanguang, a military scholar in the Tang Dynasty. He made great contributions to Zhangzhou and became the patron saint of Zhangzhou after his death. February 19th is the birthday of Guanyin Bodhisattva. On every birthday, many believers eat vegetarian food and go to various Guanyin temples to worship. February 25th is the Sanshan King Memorial Day: The Sanshan King refers to the mountain gods of Dushan, Mingshan and Jinshan in Jieyang County, Chaozhou Prefecture, Guangdong Province. In the early years, they were regarded as patron saints by Chaozhou Hakka immigrants, so their believers are mainly Hakka people. Summary: After reading the introduction in the above article, do you have a new understanding of the Spring Equinox? There are so many interesting customs during the Spring Equinox, March is indeed a good time! |
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