At 11:06 on March 20, the spring Equinox was ushered in.

When the sun reaches the longitude of 0 degrees, the fourth solar term of spring comes, marking the equinox of day and night. Therefore, the vernal equinox is the C-position solar term in the whole spring.

The vernal equinox is here, and so is spring in the true meteorological sense.

Spring river warm, willow green, peach blossom red, pear white, warblers graceful, Yan Fei, full of spring, a vitality!

Sun and moon Yang Yin both days, black birds do not leave peach cold.

Never today vertical chicken, Sichuan Lianghe put paper kite."

In ancient times, the spring equinox was also an important agricultural solar term.

The vernal equinox, literally understood, is the equal division of spring, a total of six solar terms in spring, the first three are the start of spring, rain, Awakening of insects a total of 45 days, and then the vernal equinox, Qingming, grain rain, the same 45 days, the second half of spring.

The vernal equinox divides the vibrant spring into two, so the old people say: "Vernal equinox day, Yin and Yang phase half also, day and night and cold summer flat."

Our ancestors attached great importance to every solar term, especially the Spring Equinox, which is the key time for spring farming production, so they left a lot of traditional customs about the spring equinox.

On the day of the spring equinox every year, tens of millions of people around the world are doing the "stand egg" experiment.

It is said that on this day, the egg can be easily stood up, because the Yin and Yang are balanced on this day, and the egg is not easy to fall down.

This is the custom of our country, but now it has become a "world game", there should be a certain truth, this play is very simple, and interesting, we may also try to see if we can put the egg up, it is said that people who can put up eggs, meaning life is thriving, descendants stand.

In China's ancient Zhou Dynasty, there was a vernal equinox memorial ceremony. On the day of the spring equinox, the Son of the Emperor will lead a group of ministers to the place outside the city, where the sun rises in the east, and where an altar is set up to offer sacrifices to the Daming God (the sun).

This is recorded in the ancient book "Li Ji", "sacrifice the day at the altar", this custom is slowly spread among the people, passed down from generation to generation.

As soon as the spring equinox arrives every year, people will make the spring cow map and send the spring cow map door-to-door.

The so-called spring ox map is to print the annual lunar solar terms on red or yellow paper, and then print the pattern of farmers ploughing the fields, named "Spring Ox Map".

The people who send pictures are generally able to speak and sing, and each time they go to a house, they are instant emotions, say some spring farming and auspicious idioms, and say that the master is happy to give money.

Although these words are casual, but every sentence has a rhyme, commonly known as "say spring", said spring people are called "spring official".

On this day of the spring Equinox, the people at home have to eat dumplings, dumplings to do two kinds, eat their own stuffing, but also to do a dozen of stuffing dumplings cooked, with a string of fine bamboo, fork in the outdoor field, such as sparrows to eat, sticky sticky rice ball will stick the sparrow's mouth, this is the so-called sticky peacock mouth.This is the farmer friend's wish that the peacock will not come to destroy the crops.

In addition to doing the above things, people will also take the time to go out for spring play, by the way, with the children to fly kites, ancient kites are mostly made of silk or paper into the shape of an eagle, so the kite is also called "paper harrier", "kite". Hence the beautiful poem at the beginning of the article.

What to eat on the spring Equinox?

1. Eat spring vegetables.

The so-called "spring vegetable" is actually a kind of wild amaranth, and people call it "spring wormwood".

Every spring Equinox day, people will go to pick spring vegetables. Spring vegetables and home fish fillet "rolling soup", called "spring soup".

There is also a saying: "Spring soup irrigation dirty, wash the liver intestines." The whole family is safe and healthy."

2. Eat eggs.

As the saying goes: "to the spring equinox, egg Qiao", the day of the spring equinox, in addition to playing the game of vertical eggs, people will eat eggs, this day's eggs are basically cooked to eat, and will hang on the child's body, the children will play the game of fighting eggs, whose eggs can break other people's eggs, who will win.

3. Eat glutinous rice balls.

On this day, in order to stick with the peacock mouth, every family has to make dumplings, generally with shepherd's purse pork filling to make dumplings, this filling is not only delicious, but also a good meaning of wealth.

4, eat donkey.

Eating donkey rolling on the Spring equinox is a custom of old Beijing people. It is said that eating donkey rolling means the arrival of spring, all things are full of vitality, and can ward off evil and pray for good luck.

Folk proverb

1. Around the spring equinox, barley peas.

2. On the spring Equinox, all the grass turns green.

3. The vernal equinox has more rain, which is conducive to spring sowing.

4. Spring equinox rain does not rest, there are good days before and after Qingming.

5. Spring equinox early, grain rain late, Qingming kind of potato is at that time.

6. Fear of spring frost before and after the spring equinox, a spring frost wheat seedling injury.

7. No rain in the spring equinox, no rain in the autumn equinox.

8. Every family is busy with the rain on the spring equinox, planting melons and beans before transplanting rice.

9. Spring equinox morning southwest wind, typhoon insect infestation has a case.

10. The vernal equinox season is flat day and night, and the climate is pleasant and good.