What does the Spring Equinox mean? When is the Spring Equinox in 2017?

What does the Spring Equinox mean? When is the Spring Equinox in 2017?
Introduction: With the farewell of winter snow, spring is gradually approaching. The earth is warm, birds are singing, flowers are blooming, and all things are beginning to revive. Our concept of spring is mostly spring water, the temperature gradually warms up, and on the day of the vernal equinox the sun shines directly on the equator. So what does the Spring Equinox mean? When is the Spring Equinox this year? Let’s follow the editor to find out 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.

What does the Spring Equinox mean?

The Spring Equinox is the midpoint of the ninety days of spring. One of the 24 solar terms, it falls on March 20 of the Gregorian calendar every year when the sun is at 0° of ecliptic longitude (the vernal equinox). On the day of the vernal equinox, the sun shines directly on the earth's equator. The seasons in the northern and southern hemispheres are opposite. In the northern hemisphere, it is the vernal equinox, and in the southern hemisphere, it is the autumnal equinox. The Spring Equinox is the New Year in Iran, Türkiye, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and other countries, and has a history of 3,000 years.
"Collected Explanations of the Seventy-two Seasons of the Lunar Calendar" states: "In the middle of February, the word fen means half, which corresponds to the middle of a ninety-day period, so it is called fen. Autumn has the same meaning." "Spring and Autumn Fanlu: Yin Yang Out and In, Parts 1 and 2" states: "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 balanced."
The Spring Equinox is also a festival and sacrificial celebration. Ancient emperors had the ritual of worshiping the sun in spring and the moon in autumn. The Emperor of Zhou Dynasty offered sacrifices to the Sun at the Sun Altar.
"Book of Rites": "Sacrifice the sun on the altar." Kong Yingda's commentary: "It refers to the vernal equinox." Pan Rongbi of the Qing Dynasty wrote in The Chronicles of the Capital: “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.
In folk activities, it is generally regarded as the official start of outing. The activities include: (a) Kite flying. Women and children fly kites. And write blessings on the kite hoping that the gods in heaven will see them. (2) Wearing flowers in one’s hair and drinking wine: men, women, young and old all wear flowers in their hair. (3) Picking wild vegetables in the wild: Zhu Shuzhen's "Ten Poems on Spring Days": I have no mood to write or play the piano, and I am not in the mood to go outing and pick vegetables. In terms of food, there are spring vegetables, spring soup, spring wine, etc.

When is the Spring Equinox in 2017?

The Spring Equinox in 2017 is Monday, March 20, the 23rd day of the second lunar month. Summary: The above is the analysis of what the Spring Equinox means and the time of the Spring Equinox in 2017. You can refer to it. I wish you all good health and all the best!

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