What are the customs of the autumn equinox?

The customs of the autumnal equinox include: offering sacrifices to the moon in autumn, laying eggs, eating autumn vegetables, sending pictures of autumn cows, sticking birds' mouths and other folk activities.

1, autumn festival to the moon

The autumnal equinox used to be the traditional "Festival of Sacrificing the Moon". For example, in ancient times, there was a saying that "the sun is sacrificed in spring and the moon is sacrificed in autumn". Now Mid-Autumn Festival comes from the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival.

2, vertical eggs

When the autumnal equinox comes, eggs are beautiful. Every spring or autumn equinox, tens of millions of people are doing "vertical egg" experiments in many places.

Step 3 eat autumn vegetables

In Lingnan area, Hakkas have the custom of eating autumn vegetables. Autumn vegetable is a kind of wild amaranth, which villagers call autumn Artemisia. On the autumnal equinox, the whole village went to pick autumn vegetables. The production method is the same as that of spring soup, and it is made into autumn soup with fish fillets. The jingle of vernal equinox becomes "autumn soup is dirty, washing the liver and intestines." Family, old and young, safe and healthy.

4. Send a picture of autumn cows

At the autumnal equinox, people will send photos of autumn cows door to door. In fact, sending autumn cattle is to print the annual lunar solar terms on red paper or yellow paper, and also print the farmer's farming pattern, which is called "Autumn Cattle Map". The people who send pictures are all good folk singers, mainly saying that autumn ploughing is auspicious and not against the farming season. Although the words come out casually, every sentence is melodious. Commonly known as "Autumn", Qiu Ren is called "Qiu Guan".

Step 5 stick the sparrow's mouth

According to custom, farmers have a holiday on the autumn equinox. Every family should eat dumplings. Ten, twenty or thirty dumplings that don't need to be wrapped are cooked, and a thin bamboo fork is placed on the outdoor ridge beside the field, which is called sticking the sparrow's mouth without destroying crops.