When is the Spring Equinox in 2017? What do the three phases of the Spring Equinox refer to?
Introduction: The 24 solar terms were summarized by the wise and hardworking people of our country in their life and production practices, and are also known as the fifth greatest invention of our country. Each of the 24 solar terms has its own characteristics and significance, so when is the Spring Equinox in 2017? What do the three phases of the Spring Equinox refer to? Let’s take a look at it together below! Mr. Shui Mo summarized many festivals and solar terms in the second month of the lunar calendar to help people better understand how to face every day in February.When is the Spring Equinox in 2017?Gregorian calendar: Monday, March 20, 2017 18:28:35Lunar calendar: The 23rd day of the second month of the Dingyou year, the Guimao month (big month) in the lunar calendar. The ancient Chinese divided a year into 24 solar terms, and each solar term was 15 days. They also called "five days" a "hou", so one solar term was divided into three "hou". The Spring Equinox, also known as "the middle of the day", "the division of day and night", and "the month of mid-spring" in ancient times, falls around March 21 every year (from the 20th to the 22nd), and the date in the lunar calendar is not fixed. The sun reaches 315 degrees of ecliptic longitude, marking the beginning of spring. The Beginning of Spring is the first day of spring. The handle of the Big Dipper is pointing to the east, which is the direction of spring. Although the weather is still very cold at this time, "on the first day of the beginning of spring, the water warms up by one-third". After the beginning of spring, the weather will slowly warm up. According to the Collection of Explanations of the 72 Seasonal Changes in the Lunar Calendar, "In the middle of February, the equinox means half, which is half of the ninety days, so it is called the equinox." The Spring and Autumn Annals: Yin and Yang, Parts 1 and 2 says, "The spring equinox is when yin and yang are half and half, so the day and night are equal and the cold and heat are neutral." The Ming History: Calendar 1 says, "The equinox is the point where the ecliptic and the red intersect. When the sun reaches this point, the day and night are equal." Therefore, the significance of the spring equinox is, firstly, that the day and night are equal in one day, 12 hours each; secondly, the ancient times defined the spring season as from the Beginning of Spring to the Beginning of Summer, and the spring equinox is right in the middle of the three months of spring, dividing the spring season equally. In ancient my country, the vernal equinox was divided into three stages: "The first stage is the arrival of the oriole; the second stage is the sound of thunder; the third stage is the beginning of lightning." This means that after the vernal equinox, swallows will fly from the south, and there will be thunder and lightning in the sky when it rains. The Spring Equinox is recorded in the ancient Chinese calendar as: "Three days before the Spring Equinox, the sun enters the equator." The first phase of the spring equinox: the thawing of the east windThe warm east wind begins to melt the cold and ice on the earth.Second sign of the Spring Equinox: Stinging insects begin to vibrateVarious small insects lurking underground feel the vitality of early spring and begin to move, that is, they move in their sleep and have not yet woken up.The third sign of the Spring Equinox: Fishes ascending the sea under the ice"Zhi" means to rise. As the water temperature gradually warms up, the fishes compete to swim to the surface. As there are still unmelted pieces of ice in the water, it looks like the fishes swimming in the water with the ice on their backs from the shore.The recipe for bathing on the beginning of spring, Yunji Qiqian, says: "In the early morning of the beginning of spring, boil three soups of angelica, peach peel and agarwood to bathe, which is auspicious." Summary: The above is the content about the three phases of the Spring Equinox, you can refer to it! I hope the above content can help everyone! I wish you all good health and all the best! |
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