What time is the autumnal equinox in 2023?
The autumnal equinox is the sixteenth solar term among the twenty-four solar terms, generally from September 22nd to September 24th every year. The south didn't enter autumn until then. On this day, the sun shines directly on the equator, so in most parts of the earth, a day is divided into 24 hours, each 12 hour. After the autumnal equinox, the days become shorter and the nights become longer in the northern hemisphere and shorter in the southern hemisphere.
After the autumnal equinox, the polar night near the North Pole gradually expands, and it is about to usher in the long night and starry sky for six months in a year. The range of extreme days near the Antarctic is gradually expanding, and it will usher in six months of continuous days. By the autumn equinox, not only the north, but also most parts of the south have entered autumn, and the summer heat has rapidly subsided. Compared with the lush summer, flowers and trees wither and grass leaves fall, people's mood is also prone to a sense of desolation.
Introduction to the custom of autumnal equinox
1, sacrifice to the moon
The autumnal equinox is a traditional "Moon Festival", because the day of the autumnal equinox solar term is not necessarily a full moon, and later it is celebrated on the fifteenth day of the lunar calendar, so the Mid-Autumn Festival comes from the traditional "Moon Festival".
2, vertical eggs
There is also the custom of laying eggs vertically at the autumnal equinox. Every year, on the day of vernal equinox or autumnal equinox, tens of millions of people in many parts of China are doing the experiment of "laying eggs vertically". It is said that eggs can stand up, and good weather and good things have happened again and again this year.
Step 3 stick the sparrow's mouth
According to custom, farmers have a holiday on the autumn equinox. Every family should eat glutinous rice balls, and they should be cooked and placed on the edge of the field with a thin bamboo fork, which is called sticking the bird's mouth.
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