Shenyang, March 20 (Reporter Ma Ying, trainee reporter Mai Feng) The spring equinox is the fourth solar term in spring. The meaning of the spring equinox, one refers to the time of day and night is equally divided, each for 12 hours; the second is that in ancient times, the spring equinox was spring to summer, and the spring equinox was divided equally during the 3 months of spring, so the spring equinox was also called "day and night" and "mid-spring moon" in ancient times. The Tang Dynasty poet Yuan Shu once wrote: "Half of the spring in the middle, half of the spring today" "The two qi are not in dispute, and the spring equinox rains everywhere."
During the spring equinox, folk customs such as flying kites, eating spring vegetables, and standing eggs are established.
Fly a kite
After the spring equinox, people have begun to travel. The ancients believed that flying a kite expressed a beautiful hope for life. As the so-called "grass long warblers fly on February days, whisking willows drunk spring smoke." Children return from school early and are busy taking advantage of the east wind to release paper kites. ”
The little girl who flew a kite (Photo by Mai Feng, trainee reporter of the Central Broadcasting Network)
Eat spring vegetables
There is a custom in China called "eating spring vegetables at the spring equinox". Spring vegetables generally refer to toon sprouts, spinach, bean sprouts, spring shoots, leeks and so on. The ancients believed that eating spring vegetables during the spring equinox had the effect of health and luck, so this custom was slowly passed down.
Toon buds (Photo by Ma Ying, a reporter of the Central Broadcasting Network)
Spring shoots with the aroma of earth (Photo by Ma Ying, reporter of the Central Broadcasting Network)
Standing egg
There is a folk saying that "the spring equinox arrives, the eggs are pretty". It is said that on the day of the vernal equinox, the northern and southern hemispheres are equally divided day and night, the earth's magnetic field is balanced, and the earth's axis and the earth's orbit are balanced, so this day is the easiest to put the egg up.
Raw eggs should be used to stand up (Photo by Mai Feng, trainee reporter of the Central Broadcasting Network)
Words of health
During the spring equinox, yin and yang account for half of each in nature, so the daily diet should follow the principle of yin and yang balance, pay attention to "adjusting its yin and yang, insufficient to make up, surplus is diarrhea." At this time, eating more vegetables and fruits can supplement the consumption of vitamins and minerals in the body in winter, which is of great benefit to health.
In addition, the spring equinox climate is very suitable for the propagation and spread of various germs, pay attention to often open the doors and windows to ventilate the house, plant some flowers and plants indoors, improve air quality and negative ion concentration, which is very beneficial to human health and psychological adjustment.