What are the festivals before and after the ancient spring breeze?

Before and after the ancient spring breeze, there was a festival called Flower Festival.

The vernal equinox is the season when all flowers bloom, so there is a festival called "Flower Festival" around the vernal equinox. Also known as "Flower Dynasty". In ancient times, the status of "Flower Dynasty" can be compared with "Mid-Autumn Festival", and there is a saying that "Flower Dynasty is full moon and bright". Legend has it that "Flower Festival" is the birthday of the flower god, so the ancients had the custom of offering sacrifices to the flower god at "Flower Festival", especially in Jiangnan area.

Because there are many flower beds in the south of the Yangtze River, ancient activities of offering sacrifices to flower gods mainly took place in flower beds. Some modern people who are engaged in flower cultivation will also go to the flower temple to worship the flower god on the "Flower Festival" and pray that flowers and trees will flourish in the new year. In addition to worshipping the god of flowers, the Flower Festival also has the custom of climbing mountains, enjoying flowers and hanging banners. It is a festival for people to get close to nature and cultivate their sentiments. Wu's Dream recorded the grand occasion when people celebrated the Flower Festival in the Southern Song Dynasty.

In the ancient flower dynasty, literati invited three or five confidants to enjoy flowers, drink and have fun, sing for each other and sing praises to the sun. He once wrote the famous drama "Peach Blossom Fan", and also wrote "Zhi Zhu Ci" to describe the grand occasion of the return of the Flower Dynasty: "A thousand miles of fairy land became drunk, and the jagged gates covered the sunset. Carving saddles and embroidering reins fight for the entrance, attracting red dust to the nose. "

There is a poem that says, "In spring, the garden is full of bloom, the branches are cut, and the east wind blows. Steamed clouds and five colors fly to the sunny dock, and the pavilion is opened to help enjoy the red. " It is the realism of this custom. During the period of Wu Zetian, she liked flowers very much, which can be said to be a flower addict.

At that time, the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month, the flower show on February 15th and the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th were regarded as equally important traditional festivals. The dust of years has been washed away for thousands of years. I don't know when this traditional festival began to disappear. However, this traditional festival still exists in Xinzhou Old Street in Wuhan. Moreover, it is said that it began in the spring of the Southern Song Dynasty and has been more than 800 years.