What do people do during the fall equinox?

The twenty-four seasons is an important agricultural guidance material in China's ancient times, but for many of the little ones living in the city, the customs of the twenty-four seasons are very unfamiliar. So, what do people do during the fall equinox? Today, Lao Wei will take you into the story behind the autumn equinox.

One, the autumn equinox vertical egg

"Autumn equinox to, the egg is pretty". On the day of the autumnal equinox, many places will hold a vertical egg fun competition. In fact, more than 4,000 years ago, the vertical egg began to meet the spring equinox and set up activities, as the name suggests, is to be fresh raw eggs without relying on external objects will be erected. Later, the people in order to celebrate the arrival of the autumn equinox, the "vertical egg" from the spring equinox inherited, which also represents the people for the reverence of life and the expectation of a better life.

Second, the autumn equinox sticky bird beak

In the autumn equinox this day, because the agricultural work is basically finished, so farmers will generally take a holiday rest, and eat dumplings. At the same time, they would also place the unfilled dumplings outside with tree branches, because the sparrows would stick to their mouths when they ate them, so they could not harm the crops, so they were also called sticky sparrow beak . Meanwhile, the Autumn Equinox, high and clear, very suitable for adults and children to go out together to fly kites, in this day, there will be a variety of kites in the sky, people will be competing who fly the highest, because the higher the fly, the next year's troubles will be less.

Three, the autumnal equinox send autumn cattle

Whenever the autumnal equinox, there will be people to make the autumn cattle map, that is, with the two open red or yellow paper printed on the lunar calendar throughout the year, at the same time, printed on the farmer's plowing oxen, the name of the "Autumn Cattle Map". The sender of the map will be in front of the farmers to send the harvest, blessing words, until the farmers are happy to thank until, therefore, this "send the autumn cow" is also known as say autumn.

Four, the autumn equinox worship

In Zhangzhou, around the autumnal equinox is the birthday of Zhangwang, Zhangwang is the Tang Dynasty martial arts scholar Chen Yuanguang, Zhangzhou merit, after his death, became the guardian god of Zhangzhou, by the people of Zhangzhou worship. The 19th of August is the birthday of Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Mercy, and believers from all over the world visit the Guanyin Temple to pay homage to him. In addition to this, many other regions will honor their local gods of heaven on this day in order to have a safe and bountiful harvest this year.