What did the ancients call the autumnal equinox

The ancients also called autumn the moon festival. In ancient times, there was a saying that "the sun is sacrificed in spring and the moon is sacrificed in autumn", and the autumnal equinox was once a traditional "moon festival". Today's Mid-Autumn Festival comes from the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival.

According to research, the original Mid-Autumn Festival was set on the day of the autumnal equinox. Later, due to the different dates of August in the lunar calendar, there may not be a full moon, but the absence of a Mid-Autumn Festival will ruin the scenery, so the Mid-Autumn Festival was transferred from the autumnal equinox to the Mid-Autumn Festival.

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On the day of the autumnal equinox, there is also the custom of laying eggs vertically. The vernal equinox and autumnal equinox are the days when the northern and southern hemispheres divide day and night equally. The axis of the earth and the orbital plane of the earth revolving around the sun are in a state of relative force balance, and eggs are easier to stand upright.

After the autumnal equinox, Jiaxing, like most other areas in the Yangtze River valley, gradually entered the autumn, when the climate gradually became dry, and it was necessary to eat some seasonal fruits and vegetables that could quench thirst and moisten throat. In the past, Jiaxing people liked to eat fresh and timely fried South Lake water chestnut and fried lotus root slices, which Jiaxing people called "eight fresh water".

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