Spring Equinox, people will also have to trekking out of the house, it is the time of the blossoming of flowers, the outdoor scenery is very good, in addition to outdoor activities, kite flying is an important project. People can fly kites to move their muscles and bones, eliminating the "spring sleep" and "lack of stew".

Day Sacrifice

Vernal equinox is also the traditional festival of the day, as early as the Zhou Dynasty, there is a spring equinox ceremony of the day. This means that on the day of the spring equinox the sun is worshipped, giving thanks to the sun for giving this rite of passage energy and sunlight to the earth, which promotes the growth of all things.

What are the customs and symbols of the spring equinox2

1, the spring equinox is a more important festival

Vernal equinox, March 20 or 21 every year, the calendar, the sun reaches 0 degrees of the yellow meridian (the vernal equinox) when the beginning. On this day, the average length of day and night, just half of the ninety days of spring, so called "spring equinox". On the equinox, the sun shines directly on the equator, and the day and night are almost equal, after which the sun's direct rays gradually move northward, and the day begins to be longer and the night shorter. The vernal equinox is a relatively important festival, it not only has the significance of astronomy: the northern and southern hemispheres day and night, the equinox, the summer solstice, the autumn equinox and the winter solstice is the beginning of the four seasons, so the vernal equinox is the beginning of the spring, of course, is the first day of the astronomical year.

In terms of climate, there are also more obvious features, the equinoxes, in addition to the Tibetan Plateau, Northeast, Northwest and North China outside of the region into the bright spring, in the vast land, willow green, warbler grass grows, wheat plucking, rapeseed flowers.

2, the spring equinox is one of the twenty-four solar terms

Vernal equinox, is the midpoint of the ninety days of spring. It is one of the twenty-four solar terms. The sun is located in the yellow longitude 0 ° (vernal equinox) of the day. Vernal equinox is the day when 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. The "seventy-two lunar months": "In February, the half of the equinox is also the half of the ninety days, so it is called the equinox. Autumn has the same meaning." Spring and Autumn flourish dew - yin and yang in and out of the upper and lower parts of the said: "Spring Equinox, yin and yang half also, so the day and night and cold and heat flat."

3, the spring equinox is also a traditional festival

China's ancient will be divided into three equinoxes: "a wait for the first bird to the; the second wait for Lei Nai sound; the third wait for the beginning of the power." That is to say, after the spring equinox, swallows will fly in from the south, and when it rains, the sky will thunder and send out lightning. The "Monthly Rules and Seventy-two Waiting Periods": "(Summer Calendar) in the middle of February, the half of the equinox is also the half of the ninety days, so it is called the equinox. Autumn has the same meaning." Han Dong Zhongshu, "Spring and Autumn Fandanglu - yin and yang in and out of the upper and lower": "As for the month of mid-spring, yang is in the east and yin is in the west, which is called the spring equinox. The equinox is the half of yin and yang, so the day and night are even and the cold and heat are even."

Ancient Yellow River basin and the corresponding phenomenon for the "Xuanbird to the thunder is sound, the beginning of electricity" (see "Nongsang Tongxie"). At this time, most of China's overwintering crops into the spring growth stage. Central China agricultural proverb: "spring equinox wheat up, a moment worth of dry gold." The spring equinox is also a traditional festival.

What are the customs of the spring equinox

1, the customs of the spring equinox spring eggs

In the spring equinox every year, tens of millions of people around the world in the "Chinese folk custom of the vertical egg". Why is it so easy to put up eggs on the spring equinox? First of all, the equinox is a day when the days and nights in the northern and southern hemispheres are the same length, and the Earth's axis, which is tilted at 66.5 degrees, is in a relative balance of forces with the plane of the Earth's orbit around the Sun, which is conducive to the erection of eggs.

2, the custom of the spring equinox eat spring vegetables

In the past, the four yups (now plus Heshan for five yups) Kaiping Cangcheng town of 'Xie surnames, there is a custom, called "spring equinox to eat spring vegetables". "Spring vegetables" is a kind of wild amaranth, which is called "spring artemisia" by the townspeople. On the day of the spring equinox, everyone in the village goes to pick spring vegetables. When searching in the field, you will see that it is tender and green, thin, and about as long as the palm of your hand.

3, the customs of the spring equinox spring festival

February spring equinox, the beginning of the tomb sweeping ancestor, also known as the spring festival. Before sweeping the tomb to hold a grand ancestral ceremony in the ancestral hall, killing pigs, slaughtering sheep, please drummers playing, by the ceremony read the text, with the introduction of the three offerings.

What to eat on the vernal equinox

1, vernal equinox eat spring bamboo shoots

Speaking of eating spring, have to mention is the spring bamboo shoots. Spring bamboo shoots crisp and fresh, can chew out the fragrance and sweet to, known as the "vegetarian first product", bamboo shoots of nutritional value is also very high, its fiber, protein content is relatively high, and rich in B vitamins, minerals, etc., with the elimination of food, phlegm, detoxification, diuretic effect. In particular, the fiber content is very high, often eat to help digestion, to prevent constipation function.

2, equinox eat honey

Honey is also "eat spring" first choice, according to Chinese medicine, honey taste sweet, into the spleen and stomach two meridians, can be complementary to the gas, lubricate the bowels. Spring climate change, the weather at first warm and cold, it is easy to catch a cold. Because honey contains a variety of minerals, vitamins, and the function of lung detoxification, it can enhance the body's immunity, is the ideal spring tonic.

3, spring equinox eat chestnuts

Eat spring vegetables is the custom of the spring equinox, dig chestnuts, scrambled eggs, you can remove the cat winter to hide down the turbulence, free from spring sleep. Spring calcium preferred vegetables, non-capsicum. Shepherd's purse is rich in nutrients, its Vitamin