In mid-March, the annual vernal equinox arrives again.

The spring equinox is the beginning of the direct sunlight hitting the equator, and the day and night are almost equal, after which the direct sunlight gradually moves northward, and the days are longer and the nights shorter. The vernal equinox is a relatively important solar term, which not only has the significance of prematurity: the equinox of day and night in the northern and southern hemispheres; In the climate, there are also more obvious characteristics, the spring equinox, the south of our country has entered the bright spring, in the vast land, the willows are green, the warbler flies and the grass grows, the wheat joints, the rape flowers are fragrant.

In the countryside, the vernal equinox is a busy day. Approaching this early stage, farmers are busy with spring ploughing.

"When the spring equinox wheat gets up, a moment is worth a thousand gold", the areas with little rain in the north in spring should pay close attention to spring irrigation, water and water, apply jointing fertilizer, and pay attention to preventing late frost damage.

The early rice seedling raising in the south of the Yangtze River and the early rice film seedling raising in the Jianghuai region have begun, and the cold and warm changes in early spring are frequent, so it is necessary to pay attention to soaking and promoting germination when the cold air comes, and sowing the seeds at the end of the cold air.

The experience of the masses says: "The cold tail warms the head, and the seedlings are not worried." According to the situation of early weather, we should strive to have three to five sunny days after sowing, so as to ensure that all seedlings are sown at one time. Spring tea has begun to bud, should be applied in time to apply fast-acting fertilizer, control pests and diseases, and strive for high quality tea.

In addition to being a day of raising seedlings and spring ploughing, there is also a very important work in Chujiazhai, that is, worshipping ancestors, and the local place is called "worshipping the mountain". There may be many places where the ancestors are worshiped during the Qingming Festival, but Chujiazhai is different, and there are two days when the ancestors are really solemnly worshipped, which are the spring equinox and the autumn equinox.

China has a tradition of chasing the far and the far in the end, and it will never forget to worship the dead first, that is, to worship the ancestors.

According to the folk concept, one's ancestors should be worshiped seriously, just like the earth, gods, and Buddhas. Because the "spirits of the ancestors" are always caring for and watching the descendants of future generations, and the earthly entry will pray and repay them for the protection and blessing of the white spoon through sacrifices.

In the spring equinox and Qingming Dynasty, the tomb sweeping is because winter goes to spring, plants and trees sprout, and when they go to the tomb that entered first, they will personally inspect whether the tomb has collapsed due to the rainy season, or has been pierced by foxes and rabbits. During the ritual sweep, weeds are removed from the graves, new soil is added, pigs are burned as offerings, incense and wine are burned, paper money is burned, and simple rituals are held to express the memory of the ancestors.

In recent years, although the custom of worshipping ancestors has been strongly impacted by modern civilization, this is not all bad. The traditional way of worshiping ancestors has brought pollution and damage to the environment to a certain extent. Take setting off firecrackers and burning paper money. Firecrackers produce a large amount of harmful gases, and if you are not careful, you can cause fires and so on.

Therefore, some more civilized ways of worshipping ancestors have gradually become popular in many parts of the city. For example, there is a moment of silence at the grave, planting trees, laying flowers, etc.

In fact, the best form of memorial for the first is to inherit the will of the first, work hard to do a good job, care for family members, live in harmony with the family, and live a good life with the United States.

On the contrary, if you spend all your life hanging your children, eating, drinking, gambling, and playing red and black, but you forget to pay tribute to the deceased precedent on the Qingming Festival, if that is the case, no matter how much paper money is burned and how many tributes are placed, the pre-entered spirit will not rest in peace.

"The two rains have stopped, try to finish worshipping the mountain, and save trouble in the future." The second uncle said to everyone. This time to worship the mountain, in addition to Chu Jiaqiang and the second uncle, there are also some cousins and uncles, everyone is in the same hall, and they used to be the same ancestor. Therefore, before this time, everyone would get together and discuss the matter of worshipping the mountain.

"Well, the second brother is right, the forecast says that it will rain again after a while. This matter, it is better to do it sooner rather than later, hurry up and finish it, my family has not raised seedlings yet" Chu Jiaqiang's cousin said.

"It's good that everyone made a little money this year, and thanks to the blessing of their ancestors, Jiaqiang went to college, who in the village doesn't say that we are too public? Let's do it a little grandly this year, and you don't have to save any money. The eldest cousin spoke.

In the Chu family's strong lineage, now the prestige of this cousin is very high, and his son is also a clan elder surnamed Chu in the village, and he has a lot of right to speak in the village. At the beginning, Chu Jiaqiang was admitted to university, and they let out the words that even if they smashed the pot and sold iron, they had to let Chu Jiaqiang study, which was a matter of glory to the ancestors.

"Since this has been decided, then I will go to the town with a few people to buy things, and you can prepare them at home," Chu Shengmin said.

The others nodded: "The firecrackers must be large, forget the cannons, that thing is too dangerous, last time a guy blew up his hands." Try to have as much paper as possible, and do the rest too. Let's go to the village to see who has a bigger fat pig, slaughter one and roast it. ”

In Chujiazhai, the yin market paper is actually the underworld money that is said outside, that is, the paper money that is burned to the first entry.

After the work was divided, a few people sat in Chu Jiaqiang's car and went to the town to buy things together. Those who stay at home help kill chickens and pigs, etc. In addition to chickens and pigs, there is another must-have item, that is, glutinous rice balls.

Chu Jiaqiang waited for him to enter the incense shop in the town that specializes in selling incense paper money, and the second uncle deliberately brought Chu Jiaqiang in, just to teach him what to prepare for worshipping the mountain in the future. Anyway, my nephew has already started a family, and this thing will have to be learned sooner or later.

"Bosses, what do you want? Casually, there are a lot of new goods this year, and these sales are very good. The owner of the incense shop saw that Chu Jiaqiang was waiting to enter in a small car, and immediately knew that it was money to enter, so he immediately stepped forward to say hello.

Chu Jiaqiang found that it was really a "grocery store", with almost everything, and it was quite similar. There are several sets of "villas" on the side, and some "new clothes", "gold ingots" and so on.

"Well, let's take a look first. By the way, what's your hot spot here lately?" The second uncle asked.

A cousin had already walked over to look at those yin market papers, and Chu Jiaqiang couldn't help but be stunned when he looked at the past. The denominations on it are millions, tens of millions, and even found an 8 character, followed by a series of 0s, counted, a total of eight 0s, that is 800 million. Is the inflation in the underworld so strong? A banknote is over 100 million, how can it be embarrassing?

"These are quite hot-selling, like this computer, mobile phone. Oh yes, and these villas have quite a few to offer. The boss spoke.

Chu Jiaqiang turned his eyes to look over, and his eyes widened. That "mobile phone" is actually the Apple version, and it looks quite similar. He picked up one, which was made of paper shells and was very light.

"It looks like it." Chu Jiaqiang said.

"Of course, it's all genuine." The boss immediately said.

Hearing this, Chu Jiaqiang was even more speechless, is there still a pirated version of this thing? But the second uncle felt good when he saw it, and he took several sets in a row, and soon, he bought a lot of them. Everyone helped move things to the back of the car, and then went to the firecracker shop to have a look. (To be continued)

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