The willow wind is weeping, and the rain is dotted back to the pond. At 23:33 on March 20, the sun reached zero degrees of ecliptic longitude and the vernal equinox.
The vernal equinox, which is halfway through spring, is a day when the sun shines directly at the equator and the day and night are evenly divided. In the "Spring and Autumn Dew", it is said: "The spring equinox, yin and yang are half, so the day and night are equal and the cold and summer are flat." ”
Phenology of the vernal equinox, yuan bird solstice, thunder sound, initiation; spring equinox flower letter, begonia, pear blossom, magnolia. Therefore, one must see the swallows fly back, and the other must see the begonia blossoms, which is considered to be the festival. At the beginning of this day, the grass and trees are luxuriant, the birds are singing and the people who pick wild vegetables are singing and laughing, which is exactly what is described in the "Book of Poetry, Xiaoya, and Out of the Car" described as "The spring is late, and the wood is long." Cang Geng tweeted, Cai Xuan Qi Qi. ”
Equinox flower letter, begonia
After the spring equinox, although there are still cold springs and misty rain, the climate is slowly warming. Ouyang Xiu said: "When the South Garden is halfway through the spring, the wind and smell the horses hiss, the green plums are like bean willows like eyebrows, and the sun-long butterflies fly. "The rainy scenery, the spring equinox weather, the bright and sunny days of flowers and flowers have become the main tone.
Warm day smoke willows
The ancestors believed that The Sun belonged to the essence of the Yang, and the Spring Equinox Yang Qi was eternal. The ancients have always had the habit of treating special days differently, so the spring equinox has produced unique festivals.
In ancient times, the emphasis on "the sun and the sunset and the moon" originated from the worship of the sun and the keen discovery that since the spring equinox, the day has gradually become longer than the night, and the yang qi has risen, so starting from the Zhou Dynasty, every year on the day of the spring equinox, the Son of Heaven will lead the civil and military officials to hold "sacrifice day" activities. The Book of Rites records: "The day of the sacrifice is at the altar. The Day of the Spring Equinox festival is "the great ceremony of the kingdom, and the people are not allowed to worship without permission." "In the years of A, C, E, Geng, and Nong, the emperor himself sacrifices, using the jade veil, the three offerings, the seven musics, the dance of the eight, and the three kneeling and nine prayers.
Folk celebrations are much richer.
People printed the annual lunar festival and the farmer's ploughing pattern on colored paper, called the "Spring Cow Chart", and the folk singers as "Spring Officials" were sent door to door by door. Every time he went to a house, the "Spring Official" would improvise a piece of auspicious words such as persuasion and harvest, and the host family would always happily give a few rewards to ask for an auspicious year's wind and rain, abundant food and clothing.
Spring Cow Diagram
Today's chickens have always been erected, and Kawakami Yoshihito has put paper kites. Hanging eggs and flying kites should be people's favorite games during the spring equinox.
"The spring equinox is here, and the eggs are pretty." Choose a fresh egg and erect it in a flat space. The sun shines directly at the equator, and the time of day and night in the northern and southern hemispheres is the same, which has a delicate effect and balance on gravity, gravity of all things, etc., which makes the game of erecting eggs relatively more successful on the day of the vernal equinox.
The spring equinox arrives, and the eggs are pretty
The sun is beautiful and the wind is gentle, passing through the willows of the whiskers, and releasing paper kites. The customs and activities of a specific day are not only regarded as a kind of game, flying kites at the spring equinox, but also the good wishes of people to let go of bad luck and hope that everything will go smoothly.
Busy taking advantage of the east wind to release paper kites
Seasonal food is spring vegetables. Wild vegetables can be found in the fields and under the trees on the slopes, or cold mixing, or stir-frying, or steaming, or boiling soup, which have been far away from the era of relying on wild vegetables to feed their stomachs.
Seasonal spring vegetables
Of course, the most dashing and unbridled literati inkers will certainly not let go of the bustle of the spring equinox. Nourished by wine, half of their literary attainments, they invited each other to go out and drink. Or to cheer up with wine when you are proud, or to borrow wine to relieve sorrow when you are sloppy, all of which are released unadorned in this new spring light.
Dashing and unbridled, sincere and lovely.
Although we do not need a hundred poems after drinking, occasionally celebrating life or soothing the sad heart, it should also be a big white.
Until the spring equinox, the spring light is halfway through. Fortunately, the scenery is not exhausted, take advantage of the old age, to eat, to love, to spread wilderness, do not lose the good time!