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What are the customs of the spring equinox?

1, the spring equinox, the egg is pretty.

Spring Equinox this day in our country in the north and south of the egg said, that is, put the egg up on the table. If you can stand up, it is a full year. Of course, most people can not stand up, in fact, life is stumbling, life is not easy.

2. The spring equinox comes, the kite flies.

With the arrival of the spring equinox, the weather becomes very warm, the sun shines brightly, and the spring breeze is intoxicating! So this time of year, the spring wind is not too windy, it is a good time to fly kites, especially in the north of China kite flying as an important activity of the spring equinox. It can solve people's spring sleepiness or depressed mood, embrace nature, release feelings, and reduce mental stress.

3, spring equinox to, eat spring vegetables.

The spring equinox has arrived, the field of wild vegetables rooted and sprouted, some places in the countryside began to pick wild vegetables to make spring soup. That is to say, making wild vegetable soup can make one's body warm, remove some of the body's cold, and make one's body healthy.

4. Spring Festival and Day Sacrifice.

Spring festival is an important custom in some places, to the day of the spring equinox to go to the ancestors, because the spring equinox is the balance of yin and yang days, once the spring equinox, the weather is gradually warming up, the yang rises, for the ancestors in the past to enjoy not to sacrifice offerings.

Sacrificing the sun refers to worshiping the sun on the day of the spring equinox, because the sun gives us light, and with the sun comes warmth and the growth of all things. In folklore there is the custom of sacrificing the sun on the spring equinox and the moon on the fall equinox.

Fifth, eat donkey rolls.

Donkey rolls, the traditional cuisine of the north, the custom of eating donkey rolls on the day of the spring equinox, also known as bean flour cake. After the pastry is shaped, it is rolled in soybean flour, as if a donkey is rolling in yellow sandy soil, commonly known as donkey roll.

It is a traditional snack in old Beijing and Tianjin Wei and the Northeast, the finished product is yellow, white and red, sweet taste, fresh texture, unique flavor, soft in the mouth, sweet into the heart, is a traditional snack that people like to eat.