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What month is the vernal equinox of the lunar calendar?

The lunar calendar time of the sting and vernal equinox is uncertain, and the sting time is on March 5-6 of the Gregorian calendar every year; The vernal equinox is between March 20th and 22nd of the Gregorian calendar every year.

First of all, fear

Jing Ke, also known as Qi Zhe, is celebrated on March 5-6 in the Gregorian calendar. Sting reflects the phenomenon that natural creatures germinate and grow under the influence of rhythm changes. Speaking of earthquakes, the sun's spirit rises, the temperature warms up, the spring thunder suddenly moves, the rain increases, and everything is full of vitality.

Farming production is closely related to the rhythm of nature, and the shocking solar terms are of great significance in farming. Since ancient times, our people have attached great importance to this solar term and regarded it as a spring ploughing festival.

Second, the vernal equinox

At the vernal equinox, fingers fight, the longitude of the sun reaches 0, and festivals are held on March 20-22 of the Gregorian calendar every year. During the spring equinox, China has entered a bright spring except the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Northeast China, Northwest China and North China. At this time, the climate is mild, the rain is abundant and the sun is shining, and the wintering crops in most parts of China enter the spring growth stage.

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The custom of vernal equinox:

1, stick the bird's mouth

According to custom, farmers have a holiday on the vernal equinox. Every family should eat dumplings, cook a dozen or twenty or thirty dumplings without wrapping them, and put them on the outdoor ridge beside the field with thin bamboo forks, which is called sticking sparrows' mouths, so as not to destroy crops.

Step 2 fly a kite

The vernal equinox is also a good time for children to fly kites. Especially at the vernal equinox. Even adults are involved. Kites are divided into Wang Zi Kite, Silver Carp Kite, Myxomoth Kite, Leigong Kite and Moon Light Kite. The biggest kite is two meters high, and the smallest one is two or three feet.

3. Spring Festival

At the vernal equinox in February, people began to sweep graves to worship their ancestors, also known as the Spring Festival. Before sweeping the grave, a grand ancestor worship ceremony should be held in the ancestral hall, pigs and sheep should be slaughtered, drummers should be invited to play, and the ritual students should read the eulogy and quote three praises.

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