Li Chun Yang Qi turns, rainwater Geese Riverside;
The sting crows, and the soil is dry at the spring equinox.
March 20, 2022
The eighteenth day of the second month of the lunar calendar
We usher in the fourth of the twenty-four solar terms
Spring in the meteorological sense has officially arrived
The spring equinox takes place on March 19-22 in the Gregorian calendar and March 20 this year. Regarding the spring equinox, Wu Cheng of the Yuan Dynasty explained it in the "Explanation of the Seventy-two Waiting For the Moon Order": "The spring equinox, in the middle of February. Divided, half also. This is the half of ninety days, so it is called a division. "In the middle of February, it means that the time of the vernal equinox is in the middle of February in the dry branch calendar; the solar term is exactly in the middle of spring, dividing the 90-day spring in two.
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Phenology refers to the growth and development rhythm and activity law of animals and plants at different times, as well as the change law of wind, rain, thunder, lightning, ice and snow dew frost. Regarding the three seasons of the spring equinox, the ancients summed it up like this:
A migratory bird arrives
The second waiting for Lei Nai to speak
Three waiting for the first electricity
Xuan bird, also known as yuan bird, that is, swallow. "The bird does not quit the peach blossom cold", the peach blossom blooms in the spring equinox, sometimes there will be a slight chill, but the swallows are not afraid, they fly back on time.
Five days after the spring equinox, the weather warmer, the spring rain gradually increased, the clouds were dense, and the spring thunder began to sound. As the rain increases, accompanied by thunder and rain, lightning bolts can often be seen falling from the clouds.
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The various folk activities of the spring equinox are all centered around the words "spring" and "points".
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Vertical egg
● The spring equinox egg is a folk custom that has existed since ancient times, and the folk popular saying is "the spring equinox arrives, the egg is pretty".
Why the egg in the spring equinox? Because eggs are usually not easy to be erected, but people think that the day of the spring equinox is different, the day and night are equally divided, the balance of hot and cold, and all aspects are in a state of equilibrium, so I believe that this day can stand up the egg.
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national holiday
●Why worship the sun in spring? In the spring, the yang begins to rise, and everything begins to grow, which is yang. For thousands of years, on the day of the spring equinox, the ancient court held a festival ceremony.
3
Send spring cattle
● By the spring equinox, the southern region has begun to enter the busy period of spring ploughing and spring sowing, and the grains we are familiar with, such as rice, corn, and soybeans, need to be sown to the fields at this stage. The purpose of the folk custom of "saying spring" and sending "spring cattle pictures" is to remind people not to miss farming, and seize the time to plough the fields and hoe the land.
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The spring equinox is a time of balance between day and night, cold and summer, and our bodies and lives should also conform to nature and maintain such a state of balance.
From the perspective of health, the overall diet at the spring equinox should grasp the balance of cold and heat, and eat less hot and cold foods. In the spring, when the liver qi is strong, sour foods will make the liver qi too much and damage the spleen and stomach, so it is appropriate to eat more sweet foods and eat less sour foods.
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Everything is beautiful in spring, and the literati and inkers have also left many beautiful poems about spring. Let's enjoy it!
Spring breeze first starts in the garden plum, cherry apricot peach pear second bloom.
In the deep village of the elm pod, the spring breeze is also for me.
——[Tang] Bai Juyi,"Spring Wind"
The warbler's initial interpretation is the most beneficial spring of the year.
The rain is like crisp, and the grass color is close but not there.
Hugh resigned drunk, and the flowers did not look at the people who were easy to grow old.
Don't wait for the spring to return, upside down the green moss between the red and the English.
——[Song] Su Shi,"Minus Magnolia Yingchu Explanation"
Jasper is made up of a tree high, and ten thousand green silk ribbons hang down.
I don't know who cut the fine leaves, and the spring breeze in February is like scissors.
—— [Tang] He Zhizhang,"Wing Liu"
The spring equinox arrives, and the spring mood is strong
Enjoy this vibrant spring
Don't bear the good spring light
Li Jianzhong / Written
Shen Xiaoying / Design
Zhou Zhimin Wang Meili (Intern) / Finishing