The vernal equinox is the fourth of the twenty-four solar terms and is an important time for farming. The day is full of life, the sun shines directly on the equator, day and night are almost equal, after which the direct sunlight position gradually shifts north, beginning to be long and short.
The meaning of the vernal equinox is twofold, one refers to the equal division of day and night in a day; the other is that in ancient times, spring was divided equally between spring and summer, and the spring equinox was divided equally during the three months of spring. At the time of the spring equinox, most parts of the mainland have entered a bright spring, and on the vast land, the willows are green, the warblers are long, the wheat is knotted, and the rapeseed flowers are fragrant.
The climate at the time of the spring equinox
At the beginning of the vernal equinox, the rain has increased significantly, and the average continental temperature has stabilized by 10 degrees, which is the spring temperature defined by climatology. After the spring equinox, the climate is mild, the rain is abundant, and the sun is shining, and the wintering crops in most parts of China have entered the spring growth stage, which is also the sowing period of early rice.
The vernal equinox has three seasons
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A migratory bird arrives.
Yuan bird, also known as "Genbird",
That is, swallows, for the sake of happy birds.
After the vernal equinox, the swallows fly back,
Under the eaves, everyone is happy.
The second waiting for Lei Nai to speak.
Spring rain is crisp, spring thunder is shaking,
It's the right time, and everything is booming.
Three waiting for the first electricity.
Lightning flashes, and the night sky is like this,
Instantly attracts the attention of all things.
The custom of the spring equinox
The main customs of the spring equinox are egg laying, ancestor worship, walking greens, and eating wild vegetables. In addition, the spring equinox customs such as sending spring cattle pictures, sacrificing hundreds of birds, and sticking finches' beaks also carry people's expectations for the farming season.
Stand-up egg
"Spring equinox arrives, eggs are pretty", on the day of the spring equinox every year, people around the world will do "vertical egg" experiments. How this so-called "Chinese custom" became a "world game" is still difficult to verify. However, the gameplay is really simple and fun.
Eat spring vegetables
Confucius once said, "From time to time, do not eat." "The food also has its own seasons. Spring vegetables, as the name suggests, are spring vegetables. In the Lingnan area, the spring equinox has the custom of eating spring vegetables.
"Spring vegetables" is a kind of wild amaranth, the townspeople call it "spring artemisia", the spring vegetables picked from the field are generally "rolling soup" with fish fillets, known as "spring soup".
Send spring cattle
The spring equinox arrives, and the spring cow diagram is sent. What is a Spring Bull Chart? The two open red or yellow paper are printed on the lunar festival of the whole year, and then printed with the farmer's ploughing pattern, known as the "Spring Cow Map".
The person who sends the picture is generally a person who can speak and sing, mainly speaking some of the sayings of spring ploughing and auspiciousness that do not violate the agricultural time, and each family is even more immediate, saying that the master is happy and gives money. Although these words come out of the mouth, they have a beautiful rhyme. It is commonly known as "saying spring", and people who say spring are called "spring officials".
Spring and kite flying
After the spring equinox, people have begun to travel, outdoor activities, kite flying is an important project. In ancient times, there was also the custom of drinking hairpin flowers at the spring equinox, and on this day, both men and women, young and old, would have hairpin flowers.
Kites, called "harriers" in ancient times and "kites" in the north, have a history of more than 2,000 years. "Harrier" and "kite" are eagle birds of prey, most of the kites in ancient times were made of silk or paper to make the shape of eagles, so kites are also called "paper harriers" and "paper kites". Later, kites came in different shapes, and most of them were swallow kites in the spring.
Poetry at the time of the spring equinox
"Spring Equinox"
(Tang) Changqing
The sun, moon, yang and yin are both heavenly, and the bird does not quit the peach blossom cold.
Today's chickens have always been erected, and Kawakami Yoshihito has put paper kites.
"Tasha Xing• Yu Ji Scenery"
(Northern Song Dynasty) Ouyang Xiu
Rainy scenery, vernal equinox weather.
A thousand flowers and a hundred flowers compete for the bright.
Painting Liang Xinyan a pair of pairs,
The jade cage parrot sleeps sadly.
"Snow After the Ugly Spring Equinox"
(Northern Song Dynasty) Su Shi
Snow into the spring equinox province is rare, half-open peach plum invincible.
Should be ashamed to land on the plum blossoms, but do the sky willow flying.
Regardless of the Dongjun special festival, it will be a new clever yin machine.
From now on, the creation is particularly unpredictable, and it is warmer to leave the royal robe.
(Modern) Wu Rongting
Duqu still exists in the Jade Tea Hall, and the new makeup is made up.
The spring equinox has no length of day and night, and the wind sends nine incense in front of the window.
The spring equinox is a kind of bright tenderness
Spring equinox season
Infinite spring light has poured out
Rainy scenery, vernal equinox weather
A thousand flowers and a hundred flowers compete for the bright
The vernal equinox is a hope that breaks through the ground
In the middle of the night, the cows called out to the women
The Ming Dynasty planted trees at the spring equinox
The weather is clear, windy and smooth
The flower moon is springing
A place where spring flowers bloom
May someone meet you
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