What is the historical origin of the vernal equinox?

The historical origin of vernal equinox is the date of death, and it is also the point of dividing time in ancient spring.

The vernal equinox is a festival and a ceremony. The ancient emperors had a system of offering sacrifices to the sun in spring and the moon in autumn. The ritual of the Zhou Dynasty was to offer sacrifices on the altar. Book of Rites: "Altar." Ying Da Shu by Confucius: "Also called vernal equinox".

Every year on March 20th of the Gregorian calendar, when the sun is located at 0 (vernal equinox), it is the vernal equinox. On this day, the sun shines almost directly on the equator of the earth, and the whole world is almost as long as day and night.

The vernal equinox was also called "Japan-China", "Day and Night Equinox" and "Midspring Moon" in ancient times. "Li Mingshi Yi" said: "The dividing line, the turn of Huang Chi, the sun stops here, and the day and night are equally divided." Therefore, the significance of the vernal equinox, first, refers to the equal division of day and night, each of which is 12 hours; Second, in ancient times, it was spring from beginning of spring to long summer, and the vernal equinox happened to be in the three months of spring, and spring was equally divided.

Introduce the traditional customs of vernal equinox;

1, spawning

"When the vernal equinox comes, eggs are beautiful." Every year on the vernal equinox, tens of millions of people all over the world are doing "vertical egg" experiments. How this thing called "China Custom" became a "world game" is still difficult to verify. But its play is simple and interesting.

Step 2 sacrifice

According to the Book of Rites, "Sacrifice to the Sun on the altar" has been handed down from generation to generation. Ritan is located in the east of Ritan Road in the southeast outside Chaoyangmen, also known as Asahi altar. It is the place where emperors of Ming and Qing Dynasties offered sacrifices to Daimyojin (the sun) at the vernal equinox.

Step 3 eat spring vegetables

As the name implies, spring vegetables are spring vegetables. In Lingnan area, there is a custom of eating spring vegetables at the vernal equinox. "Spring vegetable" is a kind of wild amaranth, which villagers call "Artemisia chun".