The most important festival around the ancient vernal equinox

The most important festival around the ancient vernal equinox was the Flower Festival.

1. The vernal equinox is the season when all flowers bloom, so there is a festival called "Flower Festival" around the vernal equinox. Also known as "Flower Dynasty".

2. In ancient times, the status of "Flower Dynasty" was comparable to that of "Mid-Autumn Festival", which was called "Full Moon in Flower Dynasty".

According to legend, Flower Festival is the birthday of Flower God, so the ancients had the custom of offering sacrifices to Flower God at Flower Festival, especially in Jiangnan area.

4. Because there are many flower beds in the south of the Yangtze River, the ancient activities of offering sacrifices to the god of flowers mainly took place in the flower beds. Some modern people who are engaged in flower cultivation will also go to the flower temple to worship the flower god on the "Flower Festival" and pray that flowers and trees will flourish in the new year.

In addition to worshipping the god of flowers, the Flower Festival also has the custom of climbing mountains, enjoying flowers and hanging banners, which is a festival for people to get close to nature and cultivate their sentiments. Wu's Dream recorded the grand occasion when people celebrated the Flower Festival in the Southern Song Dynasty.

Introduction of vernal equinox:

1, the vernal equinox is one of the 24 solar terms and the fourth solar term in spring. The longitude of the sun reaches 0, and the festival is held on March 19-22 of the Gregorian calendar every year.

2. "vernal equinox" has two meanings. One is "season sharing". Traditionally, spring is between beginning of spring and Long Summer, and the vernal equinox is in the two solar terms, which just divides spring equally.

3. Another meaning is "equal day and night". At the vernal equinox, the sun shines directly on the equator, and the length of day and night is equal, each being 12 hour. The climate of the vernal equinox is characterized by warm and sunny weather.

The vernal equinox is of great significance in astronomy. On the day of the vernal equinox, the sun shines directly on the equator, and the northern and southern hemispheres are divided equally day and night. Since then, the direct position of the sun has continued to move from the equator to the northern hemisphere. In the northern hemisphere, the day begins to be longer than the night, while in the southern hemisphere, it is the opposite.