When is the Flower Festival?

The Flower Festival is on February 2nd.

Flower Festival refers to the birthday of China Baihua, also known as Flower Festival, Baihua Birthday, Flower Birthday and Picking Vegetables Festival. It is a traditional festival of the Han nationality, popular in Northeast China, North China, East China, Central South and other places. It is usually held on the second day of February, February 12th, February 15th and February 25th of the lunar calendar.

In festivals, people go to the suburbs to enjoy flowers together, which is called an outing, and girls cut five-color paper and stick it on branches, which is called enjoying the red. There are also customs such as lion lanterns.

In the old society, February 12 of the lunar calendar was the birthday of flowers in the south of the Yangtze River. On this day, every family will make a sacrifice to the flower god. Boudoir women cut five-color paper strips, take red ropes, and tie the five-color paper strips to the flower trees, which is called red appreciation. They go to the flower temple to burn incense and pray for the blessing of the flower god and the lush flowers and trees. Liu Mengmei is the goddess of flowers in the first month, and Yang Guifei is in February.

Other customs of Flower Festival

1, I wish the temple fair. It is said that the flower god is in charge of the growth of plants in spring and summer, so her worship is not limited to flower farmers, but also includes farmers who grow crops and fruits. There are many flower beds in the Yangtze River Delta. In the past, flower farmers in wuyue often offered statues of flower gods. On the second day of February, the flower god was born. In many places, many farmers gathered in the flower temple to offer sacrifices and wish the flower god a happy birthday.

2. When sowing and praying for a bumper harvest, the flowers are auspicious. When making wine in Fang Fei, every family spread all kinds of seeds. It is said that hundreds of seeds need to be collected to pray for a bumper harvest. The method of prediction is simple: shelter from the rain under the sun, and sunny days bring good omen for everything to be rich and mature.

3. Planting flowers and arranging flowers is a folk custom. Folk plants flowers, literati plants bonsai, and arranges flowers to make wine, which is a fragrant and elegant thing. Flower arrangement is often seen in ancient paintings or imitations of Tang and Song Dynasties.