What are the rural customs of the vernal equinox solar terms?

The vernal equinox, as its name implies, is to split the vernal equinox in two. The ancients called the period from the beginning of spring to the end of summer the vernal equinox, which was preceded by rain and fright, which happened to be the 45th day after beginning of spring. The vernal equinox solar terms had three periods: waiting for the arrival of birds; Second, wait for Lei Nai to make a sound; Third, wait for the power to start. Among them, the meta bird refers to the swallow. When the spring equinox solar terms arrive, swallows will fly back from the south, and the rain will increase during the spring equinox solar terms, often accompanied by lightning. Pay attention to safety in field work.

What are the customs of vernal equinox and solar terms in rural areas? When I was a child, in the hometown of farmers, it was the vernal equinox custom every year. Every household will wrap some jiaozi, and then insert it on the branch of a pillar, a dozen on a bamboo stick, and then insert it in their own fields. This custom is called "sticking sparrow's mouth" in our local area. According to parents, this is to stick the sparrow's mouth so as not to steal and destroy the crops. At that time, basically every household would do this.

At that time, because of the hard living conditions, children didn't have any snacks to eat, so when the vernal equinox and solar terms came, they would go to other people's fields in the wild to find jiaozi planted in the fields, which was also a different kind of fun. However, no one in the countryside has made dumplings to stick the birds' mouths. In fact, in addition to the custom of "sticking a bird's mouth", there is another one that many people should know, and that is "laying eggs". There is also an agricultural proverb among the people, "When the vernal equinox arrives, all eggs look good". According to the older generation, the success rate of laying eggs vertically on the vernal equinox is higher.