Characteristics of ant manor in autumn equinox and solar terms
1, the day and night are equal: at the autumnal equinox, the sun shines directly on the equator, and the day and night time is equal all over the world, which is 12 hours. This phenomenon is called day and night equality. In ancient China, the autumnal equinox was an important solar term, because it marked the end of summer and the beginning of autumn. People will hold some sacrifices and celebrations on this day to pray for good harvest and good luck.
2. The temperature gradually drops: at the autumn equinox, the sun gradually moves south, and the daytime time in the northern hemisphere gradually shortens and the nighttime time gradually prolongs. This change leads to a gradual drop in temperature and a gradual cooling of the weather. In the north of China, the first frost and the first frost often appear in the autumnal equinox, while in the south, there will be some unique weather phenomena in autumn, such as the autumn tiger. People need to pay attention to adding clothes to keep warm to avoid catching a cold.
3. Crop harvest season: The autumnal equinox season is the harvest season for many crops, such as rice, corn, cotton and soybeans. At this time, farmers are busy harvesting and drying crops to ensure a bumper harvest and store enough food. In ancient China, the autumnal equinox was also an important agricultural festival. People held some sacrifices and celebrations to pray for harvest and abundance.
The custom of solar terms in autumn equinox:
1, Vertical Egg: Every year on the autumn equinox, tens of millions of people all over the world are doing vertical egg tests. At present, it is difficult to verify how this China custom became a world game. However, the game is simple and interesting: choose a smooth and symmetrical fresh egg that has just been born for four or five days, gently stand it up and put it on the table. Although there are many losers, there are also many winners.
2. Eating autumn vegetables: In Lingnan area, Xie's surname in Cangzhen, Kaiping used to be four towns (now Heshan is five towns), and there is an unbroken custom called eating autumn vegetables in the autumn equinox. Autumn vegetable is a kind of wild amaranth, which villagers call autumn Artemisia. On the autumnal equinox, the whole village went to pick autumn vegetables. When searching in the wild, it is often green and thin, about the length of a palm. Picked autumn vegetables are usually cooked with fish fillets at home, which is called autumn soup.
3, send autumn cattle: the autumn equinox is coming soon, and then there will be a delivery of autumn cattle to the door. The picture is printed with red paper or yellow paper on the lunar solar terms all the year round, and also printed with farmers' farming patterns, which is called the autumn cow map. The pictures are all folk singers, mainly talking about good luck in autumn ploughing that does not violate the farming season. Every time they go to a house, they say whatever they see until the owner is happy to give money. Although the words spoken are casual, every sentence rhymes beautifully. Commonly known as Qiu, known as.