When is the social day this year?

The spring club day in 2023 is March 2 1 day, Tuesday, February 30 of the lunar calendar.

Since ancient times, Spring Festival has spread, and there is no unified date. The pre-Qin, Han and Wei Jin dynasties chose different dates. Since the Song Dynasty, the fifth day after beginning of spring has been regarded as a social day.

Specific calculation process: February 4th, 2023 in beginning of spring, and February 9th is the first May Day after beginning of spring. The second May Day after beginning of spring in 2023 is February19; The third May Day after beginning of spring in 2023 is May Day on March 1 day; The fourth Mayday after beginning of spring in 2023 is March11; The fifth May Day after beginning of spring in 2023 is March 2 1 day, which is also the Spring Festival.

In ancient times, the land gods and the places where they were sacrificed were called "clubs". According to the folk custom in China, whenever sowing or harvesting season, farmers should set up clubs to worship, pray or reward the land gods.

The custom of spring club day

1. Customs of Spring Festival in Lianzhou City, Guangdong Province: Several villages such as Lashang Village, Qingjiang, Xing Zi Town, Lianzhou City have had the custom of Spring Festival, which is the fifth day after the original beginning of spring; The local Spring Festival custom is that every household eats food made of various eggs and opens food for babies celebrating the Spring Festival for the first time, hoping that children will live long and be happy.

2. Spring Festival custom in Funing County, Jiangsu Province: The date is the second day of February, and the local big villages will invest to build the land altar, while the poor small villages will put their big jars upside down on the ground, knock out a rectangular hole at the bottom and put the land monument in it. During the Spring Festival, local farmers will go to worship.

3. Customs of the Spring Festival in Yizheng City, Jiangsu Province: The date is the second day of February, and the local people will make a land statue out of paper, cover it with a robe made of paper-cutting, and then "powder it" as a shrine.