Do you know the custom of vernal equinox?

Coordinates Guangdong! ! The vernal equinox is here, and the spring is strong, which is the best time on earth. There is a graceful poem in the vernal equinox, "Half in spring, half in this spring." The vernal equinox is one of the 24 solar terms and the fourth solar term in spring. The vernal equinox is the midpoint of 90 days in spring. On this day, the sun shines directly at the equator of the earth, and the world is almost equal day and night.

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.

Traditional customs of vernal equinox:

1. After the vernal equinox, people began to fly kites. Flying kites is an important outdoor activity.

2. Laying eggs "When the vernal equinox arrives, the eggs will look good". Every year on the vernal equinox, tens of millions of people all over the world are doing "vertical egg" experiments.

3, eat spring vegetables, spring vegetables, as the name implies, is spring vegetables. In Lingnan area, there is a custom of eating spring vegetables at the vernal equinox.

4, send spring to distribute spring cattle map. What is the spring cow map? The solar terms of the lunar calendar all year round are printed on red paper or yellow paper, and then the farmer's farming pattern is printed, which is called "Spring Cattle Map".