What is the other name for the Spring Equinox? What to eat during the Spring Equinox?

What is the other name for the Spring Equinox? What to eat during the Spring Equinox?
After the spring equinox, the climate is mild, with abundant rainfall and bright sunshine. Want to know more about the Spring Equinox? The zodiac sign corresponding to the second month of the lunar calendar is the rabbit, so it is also called the Rabbit Month. To know the lunar calendar dates of this month in advance, please check out the special topic of February 2022 on Shuimoxiansheng.com.

What is the other name for the Spring Equinox?

The Spring Equinox was also known as the middle of the day, the division of day and night, and the mid-spring month in ancient times.
Spring Equinox, one of the 24 solar terms, the fourth solar term in spring. When the Dipper points to Ren, the Sun's ecliptic longitude reaches 0°, and the solar term falls on March 19-22 of the Gregorian calendar every year.
Day/Night:
On the vernal equinox, the day and night in the Northern Hemisphere are equal. After that, the days gradually become longer and the nights gradually become shorter, hence the name.
Mid-Spring Month:
The Spring Equinox usually occurs in the second month of the lunar calendar, which is the second month of spring and is known as Mid-Spring.

What to eat during the Spring Equinox?

1. Eggs
On the Spring Equinox, there is a tradition of standing eggs upright. Teachers and parents often organize egg-standing games for children, as the saying goes, "When the spring equinox comes, the eggs are pretty."
After the game, the eggs will not be wasted, but will be eaten by the children for good luck. Some families will even prepare a special egg meal at noon on the Spring Equinox.
2. Rice Balls
In the past, farmers would not work in the fields on the Spring Equinox, but would choose to go home to rest and eat rice dumplings.
In addition, people will cook more than ten or twenty to thirty glutinous rice balls without fillings, stick them with thin bamboo forks and place them on the edge of the field outdoors. This is called "sticking to the sparrow's beak" to prevent sparrows from destroying the crops.
3. Spring vegetables
In the Lingnan area, there is a custom of eating spring vegetables on the Spring Equinox. Spring vegetables are a kind of wild amaranth, which the locals call "Spring Green Artemisia".
On the day of the Spring Equinox, the whole village goes to pick spring vegetables. When searching in the fields, most of the plants you see are light green, thin, about the length of a palm. The harvested spring vegetables are usually boiled with fish fillets in a soup called "spring soup". There is a jingle that goes: "Spring soup cleanses the internal organs and cleanses the liver and intestines. The whole family, young and old, will be safe and healthy."

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