What is the meaning of the Spring Equinox

Meaning of Vernal Equinox: Equal division of spring, with day and night almost equal.

The vernal equinox is one of the twenty-four solar terms and is the midpoint of the ninety days of spring. In ancient times, it was also known as "the middle of the day", "day and night", "the month of mid-spring", around March 21st (20th -22nd) every year, the festival, the date of the lunar calendar is not fixed. The lunar date is not fixed.

The equinox is a day when the sun shines directly on the equator and day and night are almost equal, after which the direct sunlight gradually shifts northward, and the day begins to be longer and the night shorter. On the vernal equinox, spring enters China except for the Tibetan Plateau, the northeast, the northwest and the northern part of North China.

Spring Equinox Physical Characteristics

Chinese ancients divided the fifteen days of the spring equinox into three seasons: "The first seasons of the Xuanbird arrives; the second seasons of the thunder is sound; and the third seasons of the beginning of the electricity." It says that after the spring equinox, swallows, that is, the Xuanbird, will fly from the south, and when it rains, the sky will thunder and lightning.

The spring equinox flower letter is: a wait for begonia, two wait for pear, three wait for magnolia. Since ancient times, our people love begonias, it is seen as a symbol of a beautiful spring, beauty and good luck, begonias in the Song Dynasty was regarded as "the dignity of the hundred flowers". Pear blossom is the flower of pear tree, with white color, five petals and light fragrance. When the magnolia blooms, it stands proudly on the branch, giving people a sense of admiration, and people often use magnolia to symbolize the noble soul.