Are there any special customs in the autumnal equinox?

1, vertical egg: choose a smooth and symmetrical fresh egg that has just been born for four or five days, gently stand it up and put it on the table. The autumnal equinox has become the best time for vertical egg games, so there is a saying that "when the autumnal equinox arrives, the eggs will look good."

The Mid-Autumn Festival is scheduled on the day of the autumnal equinox, but there may not be a full moon because the date of August in the lunar calendar is different every year.

3, send autumn cattle: the autumn equinox is coming soon, and then there will be a delivery of autumn cattle to the door. The picture is printed with red paper or yellow paper on the lunar solar terms all the year round, and also printed with farmers' ploughing patterns, which is called "Autumn Cattle Map". The pictures are all folk singers, who mainly say things like good luck in autumn ploughing that do not violate the farming season. Every time they go to a house, they say whatever they see until the owner is happy to give money.

4. Flying kites: The autumnal equinox is a good time for children to fly kites. Especially at the autumnal equinox. Even adults are involved. Kites are divided into Wang Zi Kite, Silver Carp Kite, Myxomoth Kite, Leigong Kite and Moon Light Kite. The biggest kite is two meters high, and the smallest one is two or three feet.

5. Eat autumn vegetables: On the day of the autumnal equinox, the whole village goes to pick autumn vegetables. When searching in the wild, it is often green and thin, about the length of a palm. Picked autumn vegetables are usually boiled with fish fillets at home, which is called "autumn soup". There is a jingle: "autumn soup is dirty, wash the liver and intestines." Family, old and young, safe and healthy.