What does the autumnal equinox solar term mean?
What does the autumnal equinox mean?
Divide autumn equally.
The autumnal equinox solar term is the only solar term with the word "fen" among the 24 solar terms, which all mean to divide the four seasons equally. The autumnal equinox solar term is located in the middle of autumn, when the weather is still relatively cool. After a period of time, the weather will gradually get cold and smoothly transition to winter. From the perspective of cold weather, the autumnal equinox solar terms also remind people to start preparing for winter.
Characteristics of solar terms in autumnal equinox
Characteristics of solar terms in autumnal equinox: short days and long nights, increased temperature difference between day and night, and decreased temperature.
1, short days and long nights
After the autumnal equinox solar terms, the direct position of the sun continues to move from the equator to the southern hemisphere, and the days in all parts of the northern hemisphere are shorter than the nights until the shortest days are reached from the winter solstice.
2. The temperature difference between day and night increases.
In the solar term of the vernal equinox, the autumn is getting stronger, and the temperature difference between day and night is gradually increasing, and the amplitude will be higher than 10℃.
3. The temperature drops
After the autumnal equinox solar terms, the temperature drops day by day, getting colder day by day, and gradually entering the late autumn season.
The autumn equinox is a harvest festival.
The autumnal equinox is the harvest festival for farmers.
On June 2nd, 2065438, the State Council issued an official reply on the establishment of "China Farmers Harvest Festival", agreeing to establish the annual Spring Equinox of the Lunar New Year as "China Farmers Harvest Festival" from June 20th, 2065438.
Autumn equinox solar terms, grain and other crops harvest, is a harvest season. Therefore, the autumnal equinox solar terms have become farmers' harvest festival. When you go to the countryside in the autumn equinox, you can see grand celebrations and trade fairs, and large e-commerce websites also have some activities to benefit farmers.
Knowledge about the solar terms of the autumnal equinox
1, healthy diet
It is late autumn when the autumnal equinox is in solar terms. At this time, the temperature is comfortable and pleasant, and the autumn is crisp, but the autumn dryness is aggravated. You can pay attention to your diet. During the autumn equinox and solar terms, you should drink more water and eat more warm foods, such as sesame seeds, walnuts, glutinous rice, honey, dairy products and pears. Eating these foods often can play a role in nourishing yin and moistening the lungs, nourishing yin and promoting body fluid production.
2. Spiritual maintenance
Autumn equinox solar terms, trees bleak, leaves falling. For older and sentimental people, the equinox and solar terms often have a feeling of stagnation in their hearts. Therefore, we should pay attention to spiritual maintenance, cultivate optimism and maintain peace of mind. Old people can talk less, climb higher and overlook more, and let the bad emotions such as melancholy and melancholy dissipate.
3, diligent exercise
When the autumnal equinox is in solar terms, the air is fresh and the weather is very comfortable, which is very suitable for physical exercise. Reasonable exercise in autumn can enhance physical fitness, and then it is not easy to get sick in winter.
What is the solar term after the autumnal equinox?
Cold dew solar terms.
The cold dew solar term is the seventeenth of the twenty-four solar terms and the fifth solar term in autumn. Cold dew solar terms, when the sun reaches the longitude 195 position, the weather begins to get cold gradually. The twenty-four solar terms in the ancient book say: "In September, the dew is cold and will condense." It means that the temperature of cold dew is lower than that of white dew, and the dew on the ground is colder and will soon condense into frost.