What are the customs of the twenty-four solar terms?

The characteristics and customs of the twenty-four solar terms are as follows:

1, the spring:

The spring is the first of the twenty-four solar terms, the day after the grass and trees recovered, everything began to grow, the arrival of spring, in the Zhou Dynasty, three thousand years ago, there is a ceremony to welcome the spring, the son of heaven rate of the three dukes and nine secretaries of the feudal lords and grandmasters go to the east of the dwelling of the Mang God to worship, and to pray for a good harvest.

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2, rain:

After the rain, rainfall increases. Peach blossoms and pear blossoms are budding, the tops of the grass and trees have a touch more green, and the busy spring plowing begins. Married daughters have to bring their husbands, carrying two rattan chairs and jars of meat, back to their mother's home to see their parents, and if they have children, they have to pull the bao bao for their own sons and daughters.

3, hibernation:

As its name in the surprise, boom boom, hibernating critters are all awakened by the spring thunder, in addition to the crops to prevent insects, this day, but also to play the little man drive away bad luck. Because the pear and away from the same sound, hibernation this day, eating pear has become a reserved program.

4, equinox:

Spring equinox day, day and night, meaning fair, the ancients will be in this day proofreading measuring instruments, in addition, every year on this day, no matter men and women, young and old, are childishly playing the same game, so that the round eggs stand up, this seemingly simple and difficult to play the game continued for thousands of years.

5, Qingming:

In the twenty-four festivals, both festivals and festivals, only the Qingming, many of the customs of this day and outings related to trekking, swinging, kite flying, Cuju, willow, Qingming festival is very entangled, both the sadness of the deceased, but also the cozy trekking to enjoy the scenery.

6, Guyu:

Guyu is the last of the spring festival, Bashu and other places began to rain at night, in addition to farming, the ancient people in Guyu to do a lot of things, young women to walk Guyu, that is, field walks; the South to pick the Guyu tea, legend has it can be clear fire, eyesight, but also to ward off evil spirits, the North to eat toon, to improve immunity.

7, summer:

After the summer, everything from the beginning of life into the luxuriant, in fact, according to the meteorological significance of the summer is not to the summer, many people love to eat tea eggs is due to the summer, it is the day of the most classic food, I have heard that the day of the summer ate the egg can pray for the summer peace.

8, small full:

Man, at this time, some of the summer crops have begun to full of seeds, however, there is a small word, so they have to wait a while to mature. Xiaoman is the season for inserting rice, and the most important thing for farmers to do is to make sure there is enough water in the rice fields.

9, mango:

Mango is very busy, both barley, wheat, etc. to rush to harvest, but also late cereals, millet, jik and other summer crops to be busy sowing, at this time when the plums are ripe, and the plum taste sour and difficult to enter directly, from the Xia Dynasty, mango season will have the custom of cooking plum, sour plum soup has become the best summer food.

10, summer solstice:

This day, the northern hemisphere, the day up to the longest, and then slowly shorten, although so, the summer solstice is not the hottest time, however, due to air convection, especially in the late afternoon or evening, prone to thunderstorms.

11, small summer:

Small summer mark is out of the plum, into the ambush, after that, is the day of the three volts, but, small summer is also a fruitful day, the farmers labor half a year can finally taste the new rice.

12, Dashu:

Dashu is the hottest time of the year, extreme weather such as drought, flooding, windstorms are also very frequent, therefore, the farmers to look at the time, harvesting and planting, drought and flooding, however, they will also be busy to take the time to eat to treat themselves, Taizhou, Zhejiang Province, people eat ginger to remove the body's dampness, while Putian, Fujian Province, people want to go in the opposite direction, to eat the hot lychee, Mutton to fight poison with poison.