Traditional customs of flower festival

1, Pray for the Temple Fair, the birthday of the Flower God. In many places, many farmers will gather in the Flower Temple to offer sacrifices to pray for the Jubilee of the God. Northeast China also pays attention to offering sacrifices with vegetarian dishes, and people are in an endless stream, thus forming temple fairs. On this night, we will hold lanterns of various shapes and cruise around the Flower Temple to prolong the activities of entertaining the gods.

2. In the ancient Flower Dynasty, literati invited three or five confidants to enjoy flowers, drink and have fun, sing with each other and sing loudly. During the Song Dynasty, the "butterfly-catching meeting" was popular in the flower dynasty around Kaifeng, which was a very interesting folk entertainment at that time.

3. Sacrifice to persuade farmers to express gratitude for the yin and yang of heaven and earth.

4. Plant flowers and pick vegetables. On this day, there are also customs of planting flowers and trees in various places. Picking vegetables means digging wild vegetables-Artemisia annua and shepherd's purse are fresh and tender.

5, sowing and praying for a bumper harvest, flowers are auspicious, just like Fang Fei brewing, every household sows all kinds of seeds, and it is said that it is necessary to gather its "hundred kinds of seeds" to pray for a bumper harvest.

6, flower arrangement, "Flower Festival" on this day, there is also the custom of women cutting flowers and inserting them. For example, "Xuanfuzhi" in Xi Zhong, A?vagho?a contains: "Flower Festival, women in the city cut the ribbon for flowers and tied it into a bun, thinking that it should be a festival."

The Flower Festival, which started at least in the Spring and Autumn Period, is commonly known as "Flower Festival" and "Flower's Birthday", roughly between the solar terms "fright" and "vernal equinox". At this time, spring returns to the earth, everything revives, plants turn green, and flowers are in bud or in full bloom, which are very important traditional folk festivals in ancient China. Due to the vast territory of China and the different flower festival periods, the festival periods of flower festivals vary from place to place.