The origin of the spring equinox

The spring equinox, also known as the "day in the", "day and night points", according to the "moon order seventy-two wait for the collection of explanation": "the middle of the month of February, half of the points also, this is when the ninety days of the half, and so called the The division." Another "Spring and Autumn flourish dew - yin and yang in and out of the upper and lower chapters" said: "the equinox, yin and yang half also, so the day and night and cold and heat flat." Therefore, the significance of the equinox, one refers to the time of day and night evenly divided, each for 12 hours; two is the ancient spring to summer for the spring, the spring equinox is just three months in the spring, the equal division of the spring.

Spring Equinox Customs:

1, vertical egg

"Spring Equinox to, the egg is pretty." Spring Equinox this day half of the yin and yang, the easiest to stand up the egg, the reason is: the spring equinox is the northern and southern hemispheres day and night equal days, 66.5 degrees tilt of the earth's axis and the earth's orbit around the sun plane is just in a relative balance of forces, is very conducive to the vertical egg. Spring equinox eggs can be prosperous luck oh.

2, kite flying

Clear air rising, the breeze, the most suitable for kite flying. We can fly a kite to move the muscles and bones, to eliminate the "spring sleepy" and "depressed".

3, eat spring vegetables

"Spring equinox eat spring vegetables"." Spring vegetables" is a kind of wild amaranth, the townspeople called "spring artemisia". On the day of the spring equinox to pick back the spring vegetable general family and fish "rolling soup", the name is "spring soup".

4, send the spring cow

Spring equinox is coming, then there will be sent from home to home spring cow picture. The figure is the two open red or yellow paper printed on the lunar calendar throughout the year, but also printed on the farmer plowing pattern, the name is "spring ox figure.