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What are the important festivals around Spring Breeze

There is an important festival around the Spring Breeze: the Flower Morning Festival.

The spring equinox is the fourth of the twenty-four solar terms, and it is also an important traditional festival in China. Do you know what are the ancient customs of our country at the time of spring equinox? "The great things of the country, in the rituals and ron", China's ancient times attach great importance to rituals, spring equinox this important festival naturally can not be an exception. According to historical records, more than three thousand years ago, the Western Zhou in the spring equinox "sacrifice the sun at the altar" of the custom, but also a royal exclusive ceremony, and has continued to the Qing Dynasty. In addition, there is also the custom of holding festivals at the ancestral shrine.

As the saying goes: "Spring Equinox, the egg is pretty". People in many parts of our country on the day of the spring equinox will brush up to do an interesting experiment, that is, "vertical egg", also known as "egg". The custom of "erecting eggs in the spring breeze" originated 4,000 years ago, and is a fun and intelligent activity that expresses people's joy in celebrating spring. The process of erecting eggs can cultivate a person's patience, meditation and concentration, and the "Spring Equinox Egg Erection" is also a good opportunity for parents to have fun.

The birthday of a hundred flowers is a good time, not yet half of the spring of the Flower Dynasty; thousands of purple and red embroidery, but also to embellish the God of flowers. This is a portrait of the old folk custom of Jiangnan to celebrate the birthday of the hundred flowers, the night in the flower tree branches on the top of the hanging "flower god lamp", lights and red flowers and green branches reflect each other; it is a good time to show their craft.