▼Autumn Equinox (September 23, 3:21)
The autumn equinox is the boundary of the autumn half. On this day, the sun reaches 180 degrees of ecliptic longitude, directly at the equator, and the day and night are evenly divided, so it is called the autumn equinox. The arrival of the autumn equinox marks the official entry of cool autumn in most parts of china. The autumn equinox is also a good time for new grain warehouses and fragrant fruits. Since 2018, the autumn equinox has been set up as the "Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival", allowing the people of the whole country to share the joy of this harvest.
autumnal equinox
The sun has a yellow longitude of 180 °
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"Harvest" Luo Bing/Lyrics Lu Zhongqiang/Qu
The autumn equinox divides the autumn color equally
Autumn comes and autumn equinox
On the day of the autumn equinox, the sun shines directly at the earth's equator, and since then, the daylight and night are both long, the summer and autumn are cool, and the colors of the land of Shenzhou begin to color. At this time, the wind is clear and cold, and the air is clear and cloudy. The mountains are bright and the water is clear, and the leaves are red and yellow. The most open and comfortable and poetic season of the four seasons, stepping on the unhurried rhythm, leisurely walking towards us.
The autumn equinox is also an important festival in agricultural production, and it is the busy season of the year for autumn harvest, autumn ploughing and autumn planting. Chinese's feelings for the "harvest" are engraved in their bones. This word with the aroma of being warmed by the sun not only means the abundance of material, but also means an irreplaceable sense of security.
You see the waves of rice in the sea of grass, the whole house, the fruit and branches, the fish and crabs full of warehouses ... The colorful picture of the harvest is a beautiful picture written by hard work.
The autumn equinox awaits
After a while, the thunder began to sound 丨 Thunder sounded in the February sun, and the sun began to shine. In August, the sound is muffled in the shadows. Sunlight then fades. In the first half of autumn, the autumn clouds are thick and the autumn is full of light; in the second half of autumn, the wind is everywhere, the autumn rain is lingering, and the autumn insects are still singing.
Second, the sting insect billet household 丨 "suddenly far away branches empty, cold insects want billet households." "Billet" here means "pei", the insects are expelled by the cold, into the ground to seal the nest, bid farewell to the autumn in advance, and prepare for hibernation.
Three weather, the water begins to dry up 丨 dry is exhausted, the influence of water vapor, spring and summer water long, to autumn and winter dry.
| Autumn Equinox poetry |
Wing 24 Poems Mid-August of the Autumn Equinox
Don Yuanshu
The piano plays the southern Lu tune, and the wind color has been high-definition.
The clouds drifted and the thunder roared.
Qiankun can be quiet, and the cold and summer are evenly peaceful.
Suddenly seeing a new goose, do people dare to be alarmed?
Evening Sunny
Don Du Fu
The return to the oblique beginning, the floating clouds are thin and have not returned.
Jiang Hongming drank far away, and the gorge rain fell and flew.
The goose finally went high, and the bear felt fattened.
The autumn equinox is still there, and the bamboo dew is slight.
Night Joy Helan Three Visits
Don Jay Island
The clock is still shallow at night, and the season is about to fall.
Springs perch pine cranes, wind removes moon clouds.
Treading moss to induce excitement, pillow stone lying paper.
That is, this is ordinary quiet, and it is only a king.
Three rhymes with the third
Late Song Dynasty and Early Yuan Dynasty Yang Gongyuan
On the bright moon at the head of the house, this night is the autumn equinox.
Thousands of people are together, and three glasses of wine are drunk.
The river is clear and there is water, and the night is always cloudless.
The laurel tree is full of shadows, and the fragrance of the sky is full of smells.
On the evening of August 4, the thunderbolt shattered the big willow tree
Song Lou Key
The autumn equinox thunder closed on its own, and the White Dew Ming Dynasty suddenly shook the thunder.
Strangely sitting in the middle of the panic, adjacent to the wall of the old willow shattered atrium.
Guest Mid-Autumn Festival Night
Ming Sun Zuo
The old garden should be white, and the cool night should be autumnal.
The moon is empty and the mountains are quiet, and the sky is clear and a goose smells.
Feeling sad and alone, draining the drunk at first.
The beans are ripe in the south mountain, and they have to cultivate themselves in what year.
Autumn equinox customs
Festival of the Moon Festival
The autumn equinox was once a traditional "festival of the moon". In ancient times, there was a saying that "spring festival day, autumn festival moon". The Beijing Moon Temple is the place where the Ming and Qing emperors worship the moon. This custom was not only practiced by the court nobility, but also gradually affected the people.
Send cattle charts
There is also the custom of sending autumn cattle figures from door to door. When sending pictures, it is also necessary to say some auspicious words related to autumn farming, commonly known as "saying autumn".
Standing egg
"The autumn equinox is coming, and the eggs are pretty." Like the "spring equinox," every year on the occasion of the "autumn equinox," many places in our country hold interesting games or competitions for "erecting eggs."
Eat autumn vegetables
In many places during the autumn equinox, you will eat an autumn dish called "wild amaranth". Autumn vegetables and fillets "rolling soup", the soup is called "autumn soup". There is a smooth mouth: "Autumn soup is dirty, washing the liver and intestines." Family, young and old, safe and healthy. ”
Sticky sparrow mouth
In the countryside, there is also the custom of eating tangyuan, in addition to self-food, but also to cook twenty or thirty uncanny tangyuan, insert bamboo sticks and put them on the edge of the field, this is the "sticky sparrow mouth", the meaning is to let the finches not to destroy the crops.
Autumn equinox regimen
After the autumn equinox, health care should adapt to the characteristics of the "autumn harvest", maintain a calm mind, introverted spirit, calm mood, cultivate a peaceful mentality, optimism, and prevent bad emotions such as depression and depression.
From the perspective of diet, the autumn equinox health should follow the principle of "yin and yang secret", that is, a balanced diet, yin deficiency nourishes yin, and yang deficiency is aphrodisiac. People with insufficient yin qi and more than yang qi should not eat hot supplements, people with cold stomachs should not eat raw and cold foods, people with skin diseases and asthma should avoid shrimp, crabs and other seafood, and children should not over-supplement if there is no special reason. In general, after the autumn equinox, you should drink more water and eat moist and warm foods, such as sesame, walnuts, glutinous rice, honey, pears, etc., which can play a role in nourishing the yin and moisturizing the lungs and nourishing the yin.
Autumn weather is getting colder, people will inevitably inhale cold air when they go out, resulting in gastric mucosal vasoconstriction, gastrointestinal mucosa ischemia and hypoxia, destroying the defense barrier of gastrointestinal mucosa, which can easily lead to the occurrence of gastrointestinal diseases. Therefore, when going out after the autumn equinox, pay special attention to keeping warm.
From the autumn equinox to the cooler days
May the king be healthy and healthy in his old age
Editors: Liu Qian, Jiang Ziyi (Intern)
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