What folk customs are there in the solar terms of the vernal equinox?

Eat "spring vegetables" at the vernal equinox. Spring vegetables can generally refer to seasonal vegetables in spring, but in Kaiping, Guangdong, spring vegetables refer to a local wild amaranth, commonly known as "Artemisia annua". Every spring equinox, villagers go to the fields to pick spring vegetables. When you come back, you can "boil soup" with spring vegetables and fish fillets, which is called "spring soup". As the saying goes, "spring soup fills the dirty and washes the liver and intestines." A family, Xian Yi, young and old, is safe and healthy. "

In some areas of southern China, it is customary to eat glutinous rice balls and noodles at the vernal equinox. Tangyuan is not only for human consumption, but also shared with birds: the cooked tangyuan is inserted in the field with a bamboo fork, which is called "sticking the bird's mouth". It is said that this can stick the mouths of birds such as sparrows and prevent them from pecking rice. In Yangjiang, Guangdong, women pick flowers and leaves in the spring equinox, and make soup and pasta with rice flour in late spring, which is called detoxification.

The custom of brewing spring wine at the vernal equinox is very popular in most parts of the country. In Yuqian, Zhejiang, people make wine at the vernal equinox and store it in jars. After three days, the scum became itself. Its color is red and its taste is not bad for a long time, so it is called "vernal equinox wine". In Lingchuan, Shanxi, the vernal equinox not only makes wine, but also sacrifices wine to farmers to pray for a bumper harvest.