Social day, a traditional Chinese festival, also known as land birthday, is an ancient Chinese traditional festival. Social day is divided into spring society and autumn society. In ancient times, the date of social day festival was determined according to the Ganzhi calendar, and later changed to the lunar calendar due to calendar changes. The spring society is calculated according to the fifth day after the beginning of spring. Generally, it is around the second day of February in the lunar calendar. The autumn society is calculated according to the fifth day after the beginning of autumn, about the August of the lunar calendar when Xingu appears. In ancient times, the land God and the place where the land God was worshipped were called "society". According to the folk custom of our country, farmers should establish a society to worship and pray for or reward the land God every sowing or harvest season.
The ancients believed that all things were born in the earth, so the land God was one of the widely respected gods. It is believed that the God is in charge of the growth of grain and the peace of the place. February 2 is the Christmas of the land God, also known as the God of fortune. In southern China, it is the birthday of the land father-in-law, known as "land birthday". In order to "warm the life" of the land father-in-law, some places have the custom of holding "land meetings": Families raise money to celebrate the birthday of the land God, burn incense and sacrifice in the earth temple, beat gongs and drums, and set off firecrackers.
"February 2" in the South still follows the custom of sacrificing the society (land God). For example, in Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and other regions, there are both customs similar to the dragon head raising Festival and the new "February 2" custom dominated by sacrificing the society. The land God is widely worshipped in the south.
| Chinese name | SheRi Jie |
| Foreign name | Communityday |
| Holiday time | The fifth day after the beginning of spring |
| Festival type | traditional festival |
| Epidemic area | China |
| Festival origin | Primitive belief |
| Festival activities | Burn incense and sacrifice, beat gongs and drums, and set off firecrackers |
| Set time | ancient times |
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