Egg erection, delivering spring oxen, sticking bird's beak, kite flying, spring festival, sunrise, eating spring vegetables, worshipping the gods, and treating the plowing oxen are common spring equinox customs. After the spring equinox, the climate is mild, abundant rainfall, the vast land, the bank willow green, warbler grass long, wheat plucking. There is a proverb that says: Wheat rises at the spring equinox, and a moment is worth a thousand pieces of gold. Then, from today onwards, let us face life more sunshine, say goodbye to sentimentality, not to live up to the spring.

The origin of the spring equinox

The spring equinox, the midpoint of the ninety days of spring, the sun is located in the yellow meridian 0 ° (the equinox) of the day. On the day of the vernal equinox, the sun shines directly on the Earth's equator, and the seasons are reversed in the northern and southern hemispheres; the northern hemisphere is the spring equinox, and in the southern hemisphere it is the fall equinox.

"Monthly Order seventy-two wait collection": "February in the middle of the month, the split half also, this is when the ninety days of the half, so it is called the split. Autumn has the same meaning." The Spring and Autumn Fandanglu - yin and yang in and out of the upper and lower chapters, said: "Spring equinox, yin and yang half also, so the day and night are even and the cold and heat are flat."

Tasting the Spring Equinox

Saying Yan

Coming to the Spring Equinox, the ancients set the four seasons and eight festivals (Spring Equinox and Autumn Equinox, Summer Solstice and Winter Solstice, Spring and Autumn, Summer and Winter) by birds. The Xuanbird is also used to set the spring and fall equinoxes. The Xuanbird is the swallow.

Xuan is black and northern, the so-called "Heavenly Xuan and Earthly Yellow", which is the ancient people's understanding of the birth of all things in heaven and earth. Xuan Yuan is the one energy of heaven and earth at the time of chaos, and the north corresponds to the water of the five elements. When swallows cross the chaotic Qi from the north, they bring the rain of spring. At the vernal equinox, when spring is half over, swallows bring wind and sunshine and spring flowers.

There are several beautiful images of swallows flying home on the vernal equinox. The first is - "Yao Guang Xing Scatters for Swallows", Yao is beautiful jade, and Yao Guang Xing is the seventh star of the Big Dipper, symbolizing auspiciousness. Then there is the flying posture - "The swallow's waist is light and wants to receive the wind", the wind is underneath it, flying so lightly. Then, it is claimed that they are wearing the night moon and fly back, in the moonlit night, feathers draped in a thick layer of moonlight, and how beautiful ......

Swallows spring equinox fly back, the mud attached to the heat, flying flowers into the home fragrance, the day is hot. When the autumnal equinox fly back, put the heat away, the grass will be color change, the day will be cool.

Excerpted from The Four Seasons / by Zhu Wei

Spring Equinox

Xu Hyun (Tang)

On the fourth day of mid-spring, the color of spring was in the middle of the equinox.

The moon wanders in the green fields, and the sunny sky is full of intermittent clouds.

The swallows are still flying, but the flowers are falling.

The night of the woman who sits on a high building, her song is not to be heard.

Mooring at Guazhou

Wang Anshi (Song)

Jingkou and Guazhou are separated by a stretch of water,

and Zhongshan is only a few mountains away.

The spring breeze is greening the south bank of the river again,

When will the bright moon shine on my return?

Treading on the sand

Ouyang Xiu (Song)

The rain cleared up the scenery, and the weather at the spring equinox. I'm not going to be able to get a good look at you, but I'm going to be able to get a good look at you. The new swallows on the painted beams are in pairs, and the parrots in the jade cages are sleeping alone.

The Ficus is a wall of ficus, the berry moss is full of ground. The first thing you need to do is to get your hands on some of the most popular products and services in the world. I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to get a good look at you, but I'm sure I'm going to be able to get a good look at you.

Spring Equinox Customs

Eat Spring Vegetables

"Spring Vegetables", a kind of wild amaranth, the townspeople known as "Spring Artemisia", and fish slices "rolling soup", the name of the "Spring Soup". "spring soup". "Spring soup is used to wash the liver and intestines. The whole family, young and old, safe and healthy."

Sending a spring cow

Printing the year's lunar seasons on red or yellow paper with a picture of a farmer plowing his field, the name is "Spring Cow Picture".

Eggs

"When the spring equinox arrives, the eggs are beautiful." Choose a smooth, well-proportioned, fresh egg that has just been laid for four or five days, and gently stand it up on the table. While there are quite a few failures, there are also many successes. The spring equinox is the perfect time to play the vertical egg game.

Sticky sparrow mouth

Family eat soup dumplings, but also cook some not wrapped in the heart of the soup dumplings, with a thin bamboo fork skewer placed in the outdoor fields, the name of the sticky sparrow mouth, in order to prevent the birds to destroy the crops.

Flying kites

Spring equinox day kite flying, there are Wang Zi kites, chub kites, squint moth kites, Leigong bug kites, moonlight kites, etc., the big ones are two meters high, the small two or three feet.

Seasonal tips

Weather chapter: haze scattered, preventing rainstorms

Southern areas of spring rains are frequent, is expected today, Jiangnan, northern China and other places in the middle to heavy rain, of which, northeastern Guangxi, eastern Hunan, northern Jiangxi and other places in the localities of heavy rain. In the north, it is expected that from noon today, central North China air pollution diffusion conditions turn good, some parts of Beijing will usher in rainfall. 21 to 24, central and southern North China, western Huanghuai area of poor atmospheric diffusion conditions.

Diet: avoid heat and cold, seek neutralization

Spring equinox, the principle of diet is to avoid the great heat and cold, and strive for neutralization. You can eat more soybean sprouts, celery, green onions, lettuce and so on.

Work and rest: sleep, exercise

Ensure adequate sleep, regular work and rest; more food containing vitamin B foods, can drive "spring sleepiness", such as soybeans, peanuts, ham, black rice, etc.; the amount of food should not be too full.

"Spring sleep" can not rely solely on more sleep to solve, to actively participate in exercise and outdoor activities, to promote or improve the body's blood circulation.

Health care: cautious spring cover, more combing

Many people know that spring cover, but after the equinox, whether it should be spring cover depends on the weather. People have to gradually reduce clothes as the temperature rises. At this time, the head to cover less, after the equinox Yang Qi rise, more comb or finger combing, help combing Yang Jing, conducive to Yang Qi rise.