The world's oldest Egyptian customs

Egypt is an ancient civilization with a long history of more than 6000 years. The Egyptians have created splendid ancient culture and proudly call their country "Eternal Egypt." Today, Egypt not only has a large number of treasures of human culture and art such as pyramids, sphinxes, and Luxor Temple, but also many national traditional festivals that embody ancient Egyptian civilization and customs. Among them, Wenfeng Festival is the oldest festival passed down to this day.

Every year on May 6, Egyptians celebrate their Wind Festival. From early morning, the whole country was in jubilation. Millions of men, women and children from all over the country flock to parks, seashore, banks of the Nile and other places to celebrate this traditional festival together. For Egyptians, the annual Wenfeng Festival is a time for family reunion and spring outing. From morning to night, the outing attractions all over Egypt are crowded with tourists, singing and laughing everywhere. The major parks in Cairo, the capital, are crowded with people. The dam park on the Nile River in the suburbs alone and the city's zoo have reached nearly 1 million and more than 600,000 respectively. In addition to enjoying the spring natural scenery, visitors can also enjoy the colorful performances of folk art groups. Of course, tourists who can sing and dance can also sing and dance by themselves to enjoy themselves.

Wenfeng Festival originated from the pharaohs of ancient Egypt before 2700 BC. It is one of the oldest festivals still having vitality in the world today. In the pharaoh's era, Wen Feng Festival was a festival that ancient Egyptians celebrated the arrival of spring, so they also called it the Spring Festival. Based on changes in solar terms, the ancient Egyptians chose the day when the day and night hours were exactly half of each spring as the Wenfeng Festival. They believed that this day was the birth day of the world. Historians believe that Wenfeng Festival became an official festival in the late Third Dynasty of ancient Egypt. At that time, it was called "Shamo", which means "the revival of all things." It later evolved into the Arabic name "Wenfeng Festival". Wenfeng Festival is called "Shamm Nassim" in Arabic."Shamm" means smell and smell, and "Nasm" means breeze and wind. Therefore, there is also a Chinese translation of Huifeng Festival.

Interestingly, the ancient Egyptians used the pyramids as coordinates to determine the precise time for the arrival and start of the festival of Shamu. The night of the current day is fading, the dawn of the Wenfeng Festival is approaching, and the pyramid is vaguely visible in the haze, various celebrations have begun. Historically, the Sun God celebration ceremony at the Great Pyramid was spectacular. Starting from 6 p.m., the ancient Egyptians gathered in front of the Great Pyramid and looked north at the gorgeous sunset above the tower. They believed that the sun god was looking down on the earth and his subjects from the tower. At this moment, exactly half of the Great Pyramid is covered in sunlight, and the other half is shrouded in shadow. It seems to be divided into two halves in the middle, adding a more mysterious color. A few minutes later, the red sun disappeared from behind the pyramid, marking that the sun god had left, and the celebration ceremony ended against the beautiful sunset.

To this day, the Giza Pyramid area is still a place that many Egyptian people yearn for during the Weng Van Van Festival. On this day, many people want to climb the pyramid and experience the ancient charm of Wenfeng Festival for themselves. Over the years, the humidity inside the Pyramid of Giza has increased and damage has intensified. The government has banned tourists from climbing. However, every Wenfeng Festival, the phenomenon of climbing the pyramid continues repeatedly. Starting this year, the authorities simply ordered that the pyramids will only accept foreign tourists during the Wenfeng Festival.

Some historians believe that the Spring Festival in many countries around the world, the Jewish Passover and the Christian Easter all originated from the Egyptian Festival. The Old Testament of the Bible and many historical documents record that the day when Moses led the Jews to flee from Egypt coincided with the Festival of Wen Feng. After successfully escaping from Egypt, the saved Jews designated this day as a celebration day, which was the Passover. After the birth of Christianity, the Jewish Passover coincided with the Resurrection Day of Christ, so this day was the Christian Easter Day.

Eating specific traditional foods is an indispensable part of the Wenfeng Festival. During the Wenfeng Festival, the spring breeze is rippling and flowers are in full bloom. Many people often bring their own boiled eggs, lettuce, onions, salted fish and other foods according to traditional customs, and find a suitable place to have a picnic at the hiking spot. The ancient Egyptians believed that green onions could cure diseases and exorcise evil spirits, and that lettuce and raw salted fish could strengthen the body, especially enhancing fertility. However, the most popular one is to eat boiled eggs. The ancient Egyptians regarded eggs as the origin of life and believed that the sun god gave life to eggs and the earth. Therefore, eggs hatched into chickens and the earth gave birth to living beings.

The ancient Egyptians not only used eggs as a must-have sacred food on holiday tables, but also used eggs to pray for good luck. They used colored pigments to paint various wishes on boiled eggs at night, and then put these eggs into baskets, placed them in front of and behind the houses, or hung them on nearby tree forks, waiting for the sun god to appear. Clashing eggs with each other while exchanging greetings during the festival is also a way for Egyptians to pray for good luck. Whoever's egg does not break means that the sun god will satisfy his wishes.