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Every solar term, not seen and not scattered
Dear art fans
The first two days of Beijing are still there
"The snow is too late in spring, so the trees in the garden are used as flying flowers"
Today we ushered in the spring equinox
"Late sun, beautiful mountains, spring breeze flowers and herbs"
The most beautiful season of spring is here!
The vernal equinox, the vernal equinox, the equinox is two
The so-called "half of the spring in the middle, half of the spring today"
The vernal equinox is one
Very special day
It is like a central axis
Divide the day and night equally
Divide the spring equally
In ancient times
Spring begins with Li Chun
Until the end of Lixia
The vernal equinox is the midpoint
As a result, people's genius imagination was born
And all kinds of inexplicable emotions
Some people say
Half yin, half yang
Half the day, half the night
It is a solar term that pursues the aesthetics of symmetry
Divided the day and night equally
It was also equally distracted
Half mashed into rain
Half faded into a cloud
It is a somewhat sentimental solar term
Should be from this season
Learn the law of "balance"
"Impartiality, no fault"
You can feel it from it
The "middle way" of dealing with the world
Xiaoyi also felt
The vernal equinox is measured
Understand the balance of solar terms
Not only that
The same is the February festival
Contrast with the domineering sting
A little more gentle
The Republic is the day of neutralization
Compared to the hearty autumn equinox
A little more tenderness
Is this really the case?
We go to phenology and customs to find answers
The three spring equinoxes
"The spring color is equally divided in half, and the birds of the time meet again, and Lei Nai makes a sound in the sky, and the flashing clouds begin to see electricity." The three seasons of the spring equinox are the Genbird Solstice, the Thunder Isa, and the Electricity Begins.
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What is a mysterious bird that sounds mysterious? In fact, it is the usual little swallow. "玄" means black. "Little swallow, wear a flower dress, come here every spring." No, Xiao Yanzi wears a flower dress, how did it become black? Because this is the "deception" of vision, the swallow usually flies fast, and loves to go high and high, and it looks like a black back and a white belly from a distance.
You see, the little swallow has a black back and a white belly, "negative yin and yang", is it a good match with the spring equinox?
People say that the little swallow is the messenger of spring, and when it flies back to the north, it is to bring back the news of spring. Swallow back, hundred flowers blooming, peach blossom red, plum blossom white, cauliflower yellow, warblers crying, swallow dance, butterflies busy, the beautiful spring scenery is about to unfold to us.
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"The east wind is drizzling, and there is light thunder outside the Furong Pond." Yes, the spring thunder that always makes people think of it in shock, and then it is accompanied by a gentle drizzle of "thunder".
The ancients believed that the changes in the climate of heaven and earth were all produced by the dissipation of yin and yang, and the production of thunder was the result of "yin and yang phase thinness", and the yang qi grew during the spring equinox, the yin and yang intersected, and the strength was equal, and the yang qi struggled to break through the obstruction of the yin qi and made a rumbling sound.
However, I don't know whether it is the yin and yang two qi worried about frightening the spring, pity the incense and cherish the jade, or the poets are reluctant to be frightened by the soft flowers and tender grasses, and the spring thunder in the ancient poems always seems to lighten the sound, but the light thunder is faint.
"Rain to see the movie, cloud to hear thunder." Thunder and lightning always go hand in hand. In life, we will also see lightning first, and then hear thunder. Why did the ancients divide thunder and lightning into two seasons, and also rank thunder before lightning?
Some people say that this is related to the ancient people's concept of yin and yang, the ancients took thunder as the yang qi, electricity as the quality of yin, and believed that the yang went first, and the yin began to move, so the second weather was thunder and the third weather was electricity.
Some people gave an explanation from the perspective of natural objects, proposing that the thunder and lightning at the beginning of the spring equinox, the thunder appeared more prominent, it was a red flower, and the lightning was only a green leaf, and it would take some days to "shine on the scene".
The custom of the spring equinox
The custom of the spring equinox is like the blossoming of spring, colorful. There are both national ceremonies and folk activities. There are both solemn rituals and fun games. Each place also has its own tricks, each with its own characteristics, and it is impossible to finish it in three words. Let's choose the one who wants it and take a peek at the leopard.
Vernal Equine Holidays
The most solemn and solemn of the spring equinox customs is the day of sacrifice, which in ancient times was the great ceremony of the country, and "the people shall not be allowed to worship without permission."
In the minds of the ancients, the sun and the moon were gods, and there were early rituals for the spring equinox festival and the autumn equinox festival. The Zhou Dynasty Heavenly Son went to the altar on the morning of the spring equinox day. The Qin Dynasty set up the Main Shrine of the Sun Lord, and used cattle to sacrifice the day at the spring equinox. The Ming Dynasty built the Temple of the Sun in the east of Beijing, and later became the place where the Qing Dynasty Tianzi worshipped the day.
Now Beijing Ritan Park has restored the Qing Dynasty festival ceremony, and if you go there on the spring equinox day, you may be able to meet the festival ceremony, and you can experience the ancestors' reverence for nature in the halogen book ceremony and the sound of Yale.
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"Xiao Gu followed the Spring Society, and the clothes were simple and ancient", in ancient times, before and after the spring equinox was also the Spring Society Day, and the official government and the people would worship the gods of the society to pray for a good year, and the scene was very lively and festive.
The god of society is the god of the land. The land god guards the land on one side and protects the people on the other side. Therefore, every Spring Society Day and Autumn Society Day, neighbors and villagers will gather together, slaughter cattle and sheep to sacrifice wine, and hold ceremonies to worship the gods. All over the south will also perform on this day to reward the gods, called social drama. Lu Xun's novel "Social Drama" describes this matter.
Despite its age, the ancient "shrine" ceremony has not been lost, and Anren County, Chenzhou, Hunan Province, has preserved the ritual of "catching up with the branch" and has been listed as a national intangible cultural heritage. During the spring equinox, the local government holds a grand event of traditional worship to the god Qigu, worshiping shennong, chasing cemeteries, praying valley feng, and Xingyao City, attracting many foreign tourists every year, which is more lively than the scene of "mulberry shadow oblique spring society scattered, family support intoxicated".
Egg celebration
"The sun and the moon are both yin and yang, and the bird does not quit the peach blossom cold." Today's chickens have always been erected, and Kawakami Yoshihito has put paper kites. "4,000 years ago, I don't know who first discovered the "heavenly opportunity" of the spring equinox, which is half yin and yang, well balanced, and easier to put the egg up, and since then, the custom of celebrating the arrival of spring through the erection of eggs has arisen.
Probably because it is simple and interesting, this game is not only popular in various places today, but even went abroad as a "Chinese custom" and became a challenging "world game".
It's all so hot, we can't be left behind. Get up! Challenge a "balance" and verify the "chance".
Step on the green and let go of the kites
"Grass warblers fly on February days, whisking willows drunk with spring smoke. Children return from school early and are busy taking advantage of the east wind to release paper kites. "When the spring equinox arrives, the wind and the sun are beautiful, and the grass is long and warblers fly, which is a good time to fly kites."
Flying a kite is not a child's "patent", go out of the house, you are "once that teenager", take advantage of the spring light, boldly go out of the door, bathed in the melting spring light, running and flying kites, happy to fly hope.
The ancients were not deceived
Balance is an art of living
Grass grows in the season when warblers fly
Ten miles in the spring wind, the Prancing Horse whip
Let's balance it out
Work and family
Study and live
Diligence and leisure
Mental and physical strength
Enjoy happiness in the struggle
Enjoy the happiness of struggle!
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