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The vernal equinox is the fourth solar term of spring. The so-called vernal equinox is the midpoint of the ninety days of spring. On the day of the vernal equinox, the sun shines directly on the equator, and the day and night are almost equal.
At the time of the spring equinox, the snow and ice melt, the grass and trees recover, and the peach and plum white greet the spring yellow. The average temperature of the country has stabilized at 10 °C, reaching spring in the meteorological sense.
A plough of spring mud, a thousand acres of new green, wheat joints, rape flowers. The busy spring ploughing and the autumn harvest, reincarnated in the four seasons of the year, bitterness and sweetness, are inscribed in the cycle.
The spring equinox, in ancient times, was also known as "day and night", "day and night equinox", "mid-spring moon". Willows are green, warblers and grasses are long, bright spring days, apricot blossoms smoke and rain, mountains are full of blue, lake flowers are red and willow green, the most is the best season in the world.
The "Spring and Autumn Dew, Yin and Yang In and Out" also records: "The spring equinox, yin and yang are half, so the day and night are equal and cold and hot." ”
Before today, "the green poplar smoke outside the dawn is light", and after today, "the spring color of the garden cannot be closed".
The "Explanation of the Seventy-two Waiting Collections of the Moon Order" says: "In the middle of February, the divider is half, and this is the half of the ninety days, so it is called the division." Autumn synonymous. ”
Yes, the autumn equinox, like the spring equinox, is also "yin and yang, day and night are equal and cold and hot are flat".
The difference is that the autumn equinox is followed by the late autumn and the cold winter, while after the spring equinox, it is ushered in the spring of flowers and leaves and the hot summer of cicadas.
The vernal equinox has three seasons.
A migratory bird arrives. The "bird" is the swallow, the spring weather is getting warmer, everywhere you can see the spring, the swallows also flew from the south back to the north, began to nest and breed. So there are beautiful verses such as "the return of the déjà vu swallow" and "the swallow comes to recognize the old nest mud".
The second waiting for thunder is happening. The ancients believed that at this time, the yang qi was growing stronger and the yin qi was still there, the yang qi broke through the yin qi and burst out a rumbling thunder, the spring thunder was about to appear, and everything awakened by the spring thunder began to grow with strength.
Three waiting for the first electricity. During the spring equinox, rain increases, accompanied by rain and thunder, as well as lightning in the sky. Lightning
The spring rain is no longer dashing, the flowers are gone, and in the blink of an eye, I know how much the flowers have fallen.
The "spring equinox" is one of the earliest established solar terms, which is both a festival and a festival, with a series of sacrificial celebrations. "Book of Rites": "Sacrifice the sun on the altar", "Kong Yingda Shuo": "The spring equinox is also". In the Zhou Dynasty, the spring equinox had a ritual of worship.
The Qing Dynasty Pan Rongxi's "Jisheng in the Age of Emperor Jing" records: "The spring equinox festival day and the autumn equinox festival are the great ceremonies of the country, and the people are not allowed to worship without permission." ”
Most of the ancient emperors' places of worship were located on the outskirts of Beijing, and during the Yuan Dynasty, there was a temple of the sun, and after that, the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties sacrificed the god of the Sun (the sun god) on the day of the spring equinox.
After the ceremony of the festival, the emperor led his courtiers to the altar of the first farmer. After the emperor worshipped the god Xiannong at the altar of the Xiannong God, he changed his pro-cultivation dress in the Club-Clothing Hall, and then held a pro-cultivation ceremony in the field of cultivation.
The area of "cultivating land" is not large, just "one acre and three points", which is also the origin of the later one acre and three points of land. The emperor held the plough in one hand and raised the whip in the other hand, and went back and forth to the plough three times, which was called "three pushes and three returns". After the harvest of the cultivated fields, the grain will be stored in the Shrine for the worship of the Nine Altars and Eight Temples in Beijing.
The people take food as the sky, and the emperor's sacrifice and pro-cultivation at the spring equinox are not child's plays, but a solemn etiquette to set an example of the world's attention to agriculture, showing that the world is based on agriculture and persuading farmers to cultivate.
At the end of the spring equinox, green plums are like bean willows, and sun-length butterflies fly. On the bank of the river, apricot blossoms smoke and rain on the bank of Liu Qing, painting liang double swallow return.
The harmony of spring, the rebirth of all things, the clusters of peach blossoms, the green willows, and the clear spring scenery are a good time to enjoy spring.
Peach blossom red, apricot blossom white, cherry blossom powder, pear blossoms like snow suzuki yellow, cauliflower brilliant sky... One grand flower event after another is the most gorgeous scenery in spring.
It is conceivable that before long, most of China will be immersed in the sea of flowers in the second bloom.
The vernal equinox counts as the official beginning of the green march.
Peach blossoms spring color warm first, green willow mu wind, apricot pear full of mountains, shallow dai spring mountains everywhere yarn.
The mountains are turquoise directly to the sky, there are flowers pleasing to the eye, there are birds singing to appreciate, and the whole person is also brighter. The heart is full of confusion, all in the midst of the fangfei.
"Apricot tip buds broken, pale red faded white rouge", pink apricot blossoms, petals continue to write the new birth of spring buds, breathing, are the sweet taste of spring.
The east wind blows, "thousands of trees and pear blossoms", the pear blossoms are as white as snow, as if they have never been stained with dust by the years.
The magnolia blossoms are stunning, brilliant, swaying in the wind, radiant, generous and elegant, and have the immortal posture of independence. "Xinyi flower house is high thorny, but there are red calyxes in the hibiscus", as Li Yu said, there is no jade tree in the world, and magnolia can deserve it.
The breeze is gentle, the beauty of the spring, has been interpreted to the extreme.
Go to the romantic place in the mountains and may the king bear the good spring light. Enjoying spring by the lake, poetry hop tea, greeting the warm spring sun, blowing the warm and gentle wind. When the spring scenery is like this, a cup can be intoxicating.
Such a comfortable and safe place makes people hate that they can't immediately leave the red dust and rush to this spring invitation.
"The wind of spring, from the bottom up, the paper kites rise from it", at the time of the spring equinox, people will write expectations on the kite, take advantage of the spring wind and the warmth, fly up to the blue sky, Xu I is safe, Xu Chunguang is not old.
The children don't care so much, waiting to hurry up and go kite flying after school. That is, there is a verse that "children return early from school, busy taking advantage of the east wind to release paper kites".
The willows on the banks are intoxicating with spring smoke, the paper kites let it fly in the sky, and we just sit in the March wind and drink under the flowers.
"Snow into the spring equinox province is rare, half-open peach apricot is invincible." During the spring equinox, the mainland enters a bright spring except for the northeast, northwest and northern China. However, in some areas, affected by the intersection of cold and warm groups, there will be continuous rain and cold weather in spring, the so-called "spring and autumn freeze".
In the past few days, the cooling in the northern region has brought rain and snow, and the heavy snow and the blooming peach blossoms, apricot blossoms, magnolias reflect each other, spring flowers and winter snow, one cold and one warm, one moving and one quiet, one up, but all so warm and pure.
Spring breeze, spring rain, spring wilderness, pleasant to the eye. Take advantage of the spring light, still half of it, do not bear the present dynasty.
No matter the north and south of the sea, there are good scenery everywhere. You can go to the end of the world with love, and the flowers along the way will be worth the trip.
You can also take care of the scenery around you, even in the forest of reinforced concrete, you can touch the spring of everything.
Live up to every blossom of the branches, and take pity on the grass and trees in front of you, you can maintain a clear state.
There is the expectation of "the plan of the year lies in the spring", and you can also grasp the beauty of "the most beneficial spring of the year", so that the state of mind will naturally find that life is bright and everything is lovely.
Spring will eventually pass away, flowers will wither, people will grow old, but cherish every minute and second of the moment, live up to the little bits and pieces of what we have, these beautiful moments are enough for us to cherish forever.