Does the vernal equinox taboo refer to the same day or fourteen days of the vernal equinox? Can't take a shower at the vernal equinox?
The taboo of vernal equinox solar terms means that there are certain taboos and stresses on the day of vernal equinox solar terms, not that there are taboos during the vernal equinox solar terms.
As one of the twenty-four solar terms, the solar term of vernal equinox is also very particular and expressive. However, in different regions, the emphases and taboos of vernal equinox and solar terms are different. In some areas, it is forbidden to go to the river to wash clothes on the vernal equinox and solar terms, and it is not suitable for cleaning at home. Later, it turned out that women could not pick up needles and threads to mend clothes.
In some areas, it is taboo for husband and wife to share the same room. It is said that there are ancient books. At this time, the children born in the same room will have unhealthy limbs, because the imbalance of yin and yang will bring bad effects at this time.
Can't take a shower at the vernal equinox?
Yes, you can take a bath during the vernal equinox and solar terms.
There is a folk saying that you can't take a bath in the first month, because people think that taking a bath in the first month will wash away your wealth, and it is said that it is the birthday of the water god, fearing disrespect to the gods who came down to earth, but the vernal equinox and solar terms are not in the first month, but in February of the lunar calendar, so you can take a bath this month.
What are the phenomena of vernal equinox and solar terms?
On the day of the vernal equinox, the sun shines almost directly on the equator of the earth, and the whole world is almost as long as day and night (regardless of the refraction of the sun's light by the atmosphere and the shadow in the morning). 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.
At the vernal equinox, the direct point of the sun is on the equator. Theoretically speaking, the length of day and night in the world is equal (see Twilight). After the vernal equinox, the direct point of the sun continued to move northward, and the days in the northern hemisphere became longer and shorter, and the nights in the southern hemisphere became shorter and shorter.
At the vernal equinox, there are no extreme days and nights in the world. After the vernal equinox, it began to be extremely daytime near the North Pole, and its scope gradually expanded. Near the Antarctic, the extreme day ends and the extreme night begins, and the scope gradually expands.