When is the Spring Equinox in 2017? Do you know the six customs of the Spring Equinox?
Introduction: The wise working people of ancient my country summarized the 24 solar terms based on the experience accumulated through historical development and life practice. The 24 solar terms are also known as the fifth greatest invention of my country. Each solar term has different climatic characteristics and some unique folk customs. So, what are the traditional customs of the Spring Equinox? Let’s find out together! 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: Lunar calendar year Dingyou month Guimao month February 23rd When is the spring equinox every year?The time of the Spring Equinox in 2015 is March 21, 06:45:07, the second day of the second month of the lunar calendar in 2015.The time of the spring equinox in 2016 is: March 20, 12:30:08, the twelfth day of the second month of the lunar calendar in 2016 The time of the Spring Equinox in 2017 is 18:28:35 on March 20, the 23rd day of the second month of the lunar calendar in 2017. The time of the Spring Equinox in 2018 is: March 21, 00:15:24, the fifth day of the second month of the lunar calendar in 2018 The Spring Equinox of 2019 is at 05:58:20 on March 21, the fifteenth day of the second month of the lunar calendar in 2019. The time of the Spring Equinox in 2020 is 11:49:29 on March 20, the 27th day of the second month of the lunar calendar in 2020. The time of the Spring Equinox in 2021: March 20, 17:37:19, the eighth day of the second month (big month) in the lunar calendar of 2021 The time of the Spring Equinox in 2022: March 20, 23:33:15, the 18th day of the 2nd month (small month) in the lunar calendar of 2022 The Spring Equinox of 2023 is at 05:24:14 on March 21, the first day of the second month of 2023 in the lunar calendar. The time of the Spring Equinox in 2024: March 20, 11:06:12, the eleventh day of the second month of the lunar calendar in 2024 The Spring Equinox in 2025 is at 17:01:14 on March 20, the 21st day of the 2nd month of the lunar calendar in 2025. The time of the Spring Equinox in 2026: March 20, 22:45:42, the second day of the second month of the lunar calendar in 2026 The time of the spring equinox in 2027 is: March 21, 04:24:24, the fourteenth day of the second month (big month) in the lunar calendar of 2027 The time of the Spring Equinox in 2028: March 20, 10:16:49, the 25th day of the second month (big month) in the lunar calendar of 2028 The Spring Equinox in 2029: March 20, 16:01:37, the sixth day of the second month of the lunar calendar in 2029 The time of the Spring Equinox in 2030 is: March 20, 21:51:43, the 17th day of the second month (big month) in the lunar calendar of 2030 The time of the Spring Equinox in 2031 is 03:40:34 on March 21, the 29th day of the second month of the lunar calendar in 2031. The Spring Equinox in 2032 is at 09:21:29 on March 20, the ninth day of the second month of the lunar calendar in 2032. The time of the spring equinox in 2033 is 15:22:17 on March 20, the 20th day of the second month of the lunar calendar in 2033. The time of the Spring Equinox in 2034: March 20, 21:17:01, the first day of the second month of the lunar calendar in 2034 What are the customs of the Spring Equinox?1. The Spring Equinox becomes the best time to play the egg standing game, hence the saying “When the Spring Equinox comes, the eggs will be pretty.”2. Eat spring vegetables "Eat spring vegetables during the Spring Equinox." "Spring vegetables" is a kind of wild amaranth, which the locals call "Spring Green Artemisia". The spring vegetables picked on the Spring Equinox are usually boiled with fish fillets in a soup called "Spring Soup". 3. Sending the Spring Ox The Spring Equinox is about to arrive, and at that time people will send pictures of the Spring Ox to every household. The picture is made of red or yellow paper with the lunar calendar dates of the whole year printed on it, as well as a picture of a farmer plowing the fields. It is called the "Spring Ox Picture". 4. Catching sparrows' beaks On the day of the Spring Equinox, farmers have a holiday according to custom. Every family eats glutinous rice dumplings, and they also cook more than ten or twenty to thirty glutinous rice dumplings without fillings. They use thin bamboo forks to stick them on the ground outside the field. This is called "catching sparrows' beaks" to prevent sparrows from destroying the crops. 5. Spring Festival: On the Spring Equinox in February, people start sweeping tombs and worshipping ancestors, which is also called the Spring Festival. Before tomb sweeping, a grand ceremony of ancestor worship is held in the ancestral hall, with pigs and sheep being slaughtered, drummers playing music, ritual students reading sacrificial texts, and leading the three offerings ceremony. 6. In the Zhou Dynasty, there were memorial ceremonies on the Spring Equinox. This custom has been passed down from generation to generation. Pan Rongbi of the Qing Dynasty wrote in The Chronicle of the Capital's Sui Shi Sheng: "Sacrifices to the sun on the Spring Equinox and to the moon on the Autumn Equinox are grand national ceremonies, and scholars and common people are not allowed to offer sacrifices on their own." Summary: The above article provides us with an analysis of the time of the Spring Equinox each year and some traditional customs. You can learn about it and feel the charm of this solar term! |
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