Bailu handwritten newspaper

? It is recorded in the almanac of our country that "the bucket refers to the dew, the yin is getting heavier, and the mausoleum is the dew, hence the name dew". Due to the bad weather, the sun is still very hot during the day, and the temperature drops quickly when the sun returns to the mountains. At night, the water vapor in the air condenses into tiny water droplets, which are very densely attached to the green stems, leaves or petals of flowers and trees, showing white color. Especially after being irradiated by the sun in the morning, it looks more crystal clear, flawless and attractive, so it is called Millennium.

The custom of solar terms in the Millennium

1, ten kinds of white

In Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China, there was also the custom of the Millennium Festival. In Cangnan, Pingyang and other places, people collect "ten kinds of whites" (also known as "three kinds of whites") on this day to stew black-bone white-haired chickens (or ducks). It is said that eating it can nourish the body and dispel the atmosphere (arthritis). These "ten kinds of white" are 10 herbs with the word "white", such as hibiscus, white hair bitter and so on. , literally corresponding to "white dew".

2. Autumn House

Autumn Society and Spring Society are both "social days" to worship the land gods in ancient times. Autumn clubs are usually held on the fifth day after beginning of autumn, about forty days after beginning of autumn, and usually around the millennium and the vernal equinox. This is a festival to celebrate the harvest and offer sacrifices to the gods. In the Song Dynasty, there were customs of eating cakes, drinking wine and women visiting their mothers. Tang Hanjiang's poem "No See" is willing to be a monarch swallow, and the autumn party will return. Up to now, this custom still exists in some parts of China.

The story of the Millennium solar terms

In some parts of China, there is a custom of offering sacrifices to Yu Wang in the Millennium. Yu Wang is a legendary hero of water control, and fishermen on Taihu Lake call him "Waterway Bodhisattva".

Every year, on the eighth day of the first month, Tomb-Sweeping Day, the seventh day of July, and White Deer Festival, there will be ceremonies to burn incense to Yu Wang, among which Tomb-Sweeping Day and White Deer Spring and Autumn Festival are the largest and last for one week. While offering sacrifices to Yu Wang, they also offered sacrifices to the land god, flower god, silkworm flower girl, door god, house god and Jiang Taigong. In the activity, "fishing and killing a family" is a must-play project, which embodies people's hopes and yearning for a better life and is also the purest wish in people's hearts.