What is the solar term today?

March 2 1 vernal equinox, don't forget the old tradition, understand the five customs, and have a stable solar term!

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March 2 1 day is the fourth solar term "vernal equinox" among the 24 solar terms.

The vernal equinox is evenly distributed between day and night. Since the vernal equinox, the weather will get warmer and warmer, and it has also entered the busy farming season, so people have always regarded the vernal equinox as a more important solar term.

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The vernal equinox has two main meanings.

1 means that day and night are equally divided, and the time of day and night on the vernal equinox is the same;

The second meaning refers to the average division of the four seasons. It takes 90 days to get from beginning of spring to Changchun, and the vernal equinox just splits in two.

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March 2 1 vernal equinox, don't forget the old tradition, understand the five customs, and have a stable solar term! Take a quick look.

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The beginning of spring eggs

In many places, there is a custom of "spring eggs begin" at the vernal equinox.

Many old people say that "when the vernal equinox arrives, the eggs will look good", and it has become a traditional custom to stand up the eggs on this day, which has been passed down to the present.

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The custom of eating beginning of spring eggs at the vernal equinox is reasonable.

Because the vernal equinox is the same day and night in the northern and southern hemispheres, the long day indicates that the earth's axis tilted by 66.5 degrees is in balance with the earth's orbital plane around the sun, so it is easy to make eggs stand upright.

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However, at first, beginning of spring laid eggs for good luck, and this custom has been passed down to this day.

The so-called "the beginning of spring eggs" is also a good sign, and I hope that the whole family will have a good fortune in the new year.

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the Spring Festival; Chinese New Year

Many places have the habit of sweeping graves to worship ancestors on the vernal equinox, which is also called the Spring Festival.

This custom is also to remember and pay homage to ancestors, and it also has certain significance. In some places, pigs and sheep will be slaughtered on this day to worship ancestors.

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In many places, from ancestral temples, ancestor worship to grave sweeping, there will be grand ancestor worship ceremonies. On the one hand, it is to pay homage to ancestors, on the other hand, it is also to pray for their blessing, so that the new year will be smooth and the crops will be bumper.

This custom has also been passed down to the present.

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three

Sticking sparrow's mouth

Because many places have entered the busy farming season since the vernal equinox, and the most important thing for farmers is harvest. If the harvest is not good, then a year's hard work may be wasted.

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As we all know, after the crops grow well, many sparrows will go to the crops for the last time, destroying the crops and affecting the fate of farmers. So many places have the custom of "sticking birds' mouths" on this day.

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It refers to cooking some jiaozi at home on the vernal equinox, eating together or inserting the cooked jiaozi into the ridge with bamboo. If sparrows want to destroy crops, they will stick sticky jiaozi, so they won't destroy crops.

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Eat spring vegetables

On the vernal equinox, many places have the custom of eating spring vegetables.

In some areas of Lingnan, China, the spring equinox is the time to eat wild amaranth. The wild amaranth at this time is light green and delicious.

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The wild amaranth during this period is particularly light green and tastes particularly fresh. In rural areas, many people will dig wild amaranth in the fields to eat.

Now there are also some artificially planted wild amaranth, which gradually become seasonal spring vegetables and are welcomed by many people.

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In addition to wild amaranth, there are other spring vegetables in some places, many of which are wild vegetables in the field. It tastes particularly fresh and delicious, and it can't be eaten in other seasons. Everyone wants to have good taste.

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five

Zanhua drinks and flies kites.

Whether in the south or the north, the vernal equinox season is a scene of spring, and the climate is getting better and better. At this time, everyone will meet and go out together to enjoy the beautiful spring scenery.

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"Peach and plum share a pot of wine, when will the world of mortals get drunk?"

In many places, there are customs of drinking and flying kites at the vernal equinox.

People meet to go out for an outing, let apricot flowers blow their heads, fold flowers, drink alcohol, fly kites and pray. ......

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Drinking and flying kites are also prayers for a smooth, healthy and fruitful New Year. I hope the whole family can be healthy, get less sick and live better and better.