Museum · Flow of the year | Autumn equinox to Yingfeng Nian

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Autumn equinox,

It is the 16th solar terms of the twenty -four solar terms,

The fourth solar terms in autumn.

The "Moon Order Seventy -two Passion Solution" wrote:

"In mid -August, the spring equinox.

The division is flat. "

"Divide" is "half",

Autumn equinox is the middle point of ninety days in autumn,

Divided into autumn.

Ancient books "Spring and Autumn Fanlu · Yin and Yang Enter the Premier" records:

"In the autumnal equinox, the yin and yang are half -phase, so the day and night are all cold and summer."

On this day of autumn,

The sun is directly shot in the equator, and the day and night are long.

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The ancients divided the autumnal equinox solar terms:

"One wait thunder starts to accept the sound, and the two puppets have been picked up, and the water starts."

Start up to the sound of thunder

At the end of the summer, the beginning of autumn.

The ancients thought that Lei was sounded because of the strong yang,

After the autumn equinox, yin began to be strong, so no longer thunder.

Two Waiting Tip

The word "blank" means thin soil,

The weather turns cold, and the insects that live in the cave sneak into the cave,

Seal the cave with thin soil to prevent the cold from getting invasion.

Waiting for the water

"Book of Rites" Note:

Spring and summer gas is coming, so it is long, and the autumn and winter gas returns.

The rainfall in autumn is reduced, and the sky is dry,

Water vapor evaporates fast, and the water volume of lakes and rivers becomes less.

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Fast cooling is a major feature of autumn,

Make the autumn harvest, autumn plowing, and autumn species very nervous.

June 21, 2018,

The State Council of the People's Republic of China on the approval of the establishment of the "Chinese Farmers Harvest Festival"

Agree from 2018,

Establish each autumn equinox to "Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival" every year.

During the autumnal equinox, cotton spit,

It is a good time of gaining,

Corn, valley, sorghum, and sorghum in the north are already fruitful,

The Yangtze River Basin and the majority of regions in the south are also busy harvesting of late rice.

Grab the land and turn the land and prepare to sow rapeseed.

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In ancient times, there was a "Spring Festival Day, Autumn Festival Month",

Autumn equinox solar terms was a traditional "Moon Festival",

The Mid -Autumn Festival is from the traditional autumn equinox "sacrifice moon".

Because the autumnal equinox may not have a round moon on this day,

Later, people arranged the traditional custom of the autumn festival to the Mid -Autumn Festival.

In addition to sacrificing the moon,

In ancient autumn, it would also sacrifice Shouxing.

"Arts and Cultivation" quotes "Spring and Autumn Yuan Life Bud":

"Jia Zhi North refers to a big star as an old man,

Seeing it, when you see it, Wang Shou is when you see it.

Frequent autumn equinox, the southern suburbs of waiting. "

"Tongdian · Fengshi Yu Shi and Zhuxing and other ancestral temples" also:

"Autumn equinox, enjoy the longevity star on the southern suburbs. Shouxing, Antarctic elder star."

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Like the spring equinox,

In the autumn equinox, the folk is also very popular with vertical eggs.

The eggs have become tight on this day,

Therefore, it is called "the autumn equinox is here, the egg is pretty."

The tradition of "vertical egg" originated in China 4000 years ago,

To celebrate the coming of autumn.

Its gameplay is simple and easy to do:

Choose a smooth and proportion of fresh eggs,

Gently erected it on the table.

Why are eggs more likely to stand up on this day?

This is because on this day of autumn equinox,

The north -south hemisphere is waiting for day and night,

Earth ground axis tilted at 66.5 degrees and orbital planes where the earth revolves around the sun

In a relatively balanced state,

Coupled with the earth's magnetic field, it is also balanced, so the eggs are easier to erected.

In addition, there is a custom of eating autumn vegetables and sending autumn cows in the people.

Autumn vegetables are a kind of wild vegetables called "wild amaranth" and "Wild Artemisia".

Qiu Niu is printed with the second red paper or yellow paper through the year's lunar calendar.

There are also pictures of farmers farming,

Also known as the "Autumn Bull Map".

One autumn rain and a cold,

On the occasion of autumn rain,

The warm change of day and night is very easy to catch a cold,

Pay attention to keep warm and add clothes.

Chengdu Daily Jinguan Journalist Wang Jia, the editor of the editor of He Qi Tie in the internship Editor Lu Yarui Picture Visual Chinese Snow Doll Children's Museum

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