Traditional custom activities of vernal equinox
Eat spring vegetables
"Spring vegetables", a kind of wild amaranth, are called "Artemisia chun" by villagers, and "rolling soup" made of fish fillets is called "spring soup". "Spring soup is dirty, washing the liver and intestines. The whole family is safe and healthy. "
Send spring cattle
The annual lunar solar terms are printed on red paper or yellow paper, and farmers' ploughing patterns are printed, which is called "Spring Cattle Map".
Vertical egg
Choose a smooth and symmetrical fresh egg that has just been laid for four or five days, gently stand up and put it on the table. Although there are many losers, there are also many winners. The vernal equinox is the best time to play the game of vertical eggs.
Sticking sparrow's mouth
Everyone eats glutinous rice balls and cooks some dumplings that don't wrap their hearts. They put a thin bamboo fork on the ridge of the outdoor field, which is called sticking the bird's mouth to prevent birds from destroying crops.
fly a kite
On the vernal equinox, people will fly kites, such as Wang Zi kites, silver carp kites, moth kites, Leigong kites and moonlight kites. The largest is two meters high and the smallest is two or three feet.
Reward cattle
The vernal equinox is coming, and farm work such as spring ploughing and spring sowing is about to begin. Cattle at home have never been idle since spring ploughing. Therefore, when the vernal equinox season comes, farmers often feed dumplings to their cows as rewards. It also includes the pity of rural people for cattle.
Worship the sun at vernal equinox and the moon at autumnal equinox.
In ancient times, the vernal equinox was also called "Japan-China", "Day and Night Equinox" and "Spring Equinox Moon". It is not a traditional festival, but an important solar term representing agricultural production, which can also be seen from its alias.
At the vernal equinox, the length of day and night is equal, and then the direct sunlight position gradually moves northward, and gradually the days are long and the nights are short. Dong Zhongshu of the Western Han Dynasty mentioned in the Spring and Autumn Stories, Up and Down of Yin and Yang: "The vernal equinox, Yin and Yang are also half-phase, so it is cold and hot."
"Ming Li Yi" said: "The demarcation point is the point where Huangchi meets, and the sun ends here, and the day and night are equally divided. Because it is closely related to farming activities, the people also left a saying that "there is no rain in the vernal equinox" and "it is a good year to have rain in the vernal equinox".
In ancient times, there was quite a grand ceremony to worship the sun at the vernal equinox. The Book of Rites records: "Sacrifice to the altar." According to Kong's annotation, it is called "vernal equinox". This custom has continued for several generations since the Zhou Dynasty. In the Qing Dynasty, Pan Rongbi's "Ji Sheng at the Age of Emperor Jingdi" also said: "The vernal equinox and autumn are national gifts, and scholars should not sacrifice them at will."
During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the altar in Beijing became the place where the emperor offered sacrifices to Daimyojin (the sun) at the vernal equinox. Every year, A, C, E, G, Ren, the emperor personally sacrifices, and officials sacrifice in other years.
Health care skills of vernal equinox
1, less outdoor wind to prevent abdominal pain.
Due to the strong wind in spring, Chinese medicine believes that wind wood can spoil spleen soil, usually spleen deficiency and white tongue coating are conducive to diarrhea, which is more prone to abdominal pain and diarrhea. Therefore, it is necessary to be less exposed to the wind in the wild on windy days, and take Lizhong Pills under the guidance of a doctor. Avoid catching cold around the vernal equinox. It is windy during the vernal equinox, and it is easy to catch a cold and have a runny nose. You should exercise in the wild to enhance your immunity.
2. Drink plenty of water, porridge and soup.
In spring, the wood is flourishing and the water consumption is relatively large. Drinking more water, porridge and soup can remove liver fire and replenish the water lost in the body.
3. Pay attention to the complementarity of Yin and Yang in food collocation and cooking.
Food is divided into five attributes: cold, hot, warm, cool and flat. When mixing and cooking, it should be fully considered.
For example, when cooking cold foods such as fish, shrimp and crab, adding hot seasonings such as onion, ginger, wine, garlic and vinegar can alleviate the coldness of cold ingredients; After eating hot ingredients such as beef and mutton, you need to match some nourishing ingredients to achieve the complementary effect of yin and yang.
4, dried ginger stew soup to prevent diarrhea in the morning.
The original vernal equinox should be a period of balance between yin and yang, but the body with yang deficiency can't balance with yin, so the essence of yang deficiency is more easily exposed, and there are often five shifts of diarrhea, that is, cock crow, which is manifested as diarrhea, that is, diarrhea without valley. Usually you can use dried ginger stew soup, or you can eat dried ginger stew chicken soup.
5, light diet, eat more fresh vegetables.
Eating more fresh vegetables will help the human body to keep pace with the times and integrate with nature.
Seasonal vegetables such as bamboo shoots, spinach, celery, leeks, lettuce, onions, bean sprouts, garlic sprouts, agarwood and rape are all good choices. And chicken, eggs, milk, yam, lotus seeds, tremella and other nutritious warm foods are all suitable for eating in this season.
6, the vernal equinox is healthy:
Yang deficiency constitution is characterized by cold hands and feet and cold stomach. Originally, the vernal equinox should be a period of balance between yin and yang, but the body with weak yang can't balance yin, so it is necessary to eat scientifically and keep warm.
Yin deficiency constitution is characterized by dull skin, fever of hands and feet, flushing, dry eyes, dry mouth and dry stool. You can eat duck lotus root soup, lily and sesame seeds.
Moderate physique, that is, what we call normal physique, can only be maintained at the vernal equinox if we pay attention to reasonable diet distribution.
The constitution of qi deficiency is characterized by weakness, fatigue, hyperhidrosis and simple cold. In addition to diet maintenance, you should also exercise more properly, because exercise has the function of invigorating qi.
Blood stasis constitution, manifested as dark circles, female dysmenorrhea, older people have thick blood, and the skin is prone to blood stasis and pigmentation. Eat some seaweed, laver, black beans, grapefruit, hawthorn and so on.
Damp heat constitution is prone to acne, acne, bad breath and yellow urine. You can eat melon, watermelon, mustard, cucumber, bitter gourd and cabbage properly.
Qi stagnation constitution, manifested as depression, easy to insomnia. You can drink Xiaochaihu soup, day lily egg soup and cereal milk. At the vernal equinox, a spring outing is very effective.
Phlegm-dampness constitution indicates that people are fatter and feel sleepy. People with this constitution should eat more melon, radish, seaweed, kelp and coix seed.
Allergic constitution, easy to get urticaria, easy to be allergic, and the skin will turn red as soon as it is caught. People with this constitution should eat less seafood and spicy things and drink less liquor.
It can be seen that how to keep in good health is very important. According to different physical conditions, it is very important to adopt different ways of distribution, diet therapy and reasonable training. Modern people pay attention to rationality, balance and health. Therefore, choosing a good way that suits you can achieve good results.
In addition to using the skills of keeping in good health at the vernal equinox, it is necessary to exercise more every day and make some adjustments in diet, so as to resist various diseases brought by spring.
Main points of vertical eggs at vernal equinox
1, pick eggs
First, choose an egg with a big head and a small head. When laying eggs, the big head will face down, so the center of gravity will be lower, just like a tumbler, it is easy to keep balance.
2. Find support
Find a suitable supporting surface, do a small experiment, paint the table with inkpad, and then stand the egg on the inkpad. You can find that an egg that can stand has a plane at the bottom that is hard to see with the naked eye. Once the gravity line can pass through this plane, the egg can stand up.
3. Keep your hands steady
Because the position of the yolk in the raw egg will also affect the standing of the egg, the hand standing on the egg should be kept as still as possible, so that the yolk can slowly settle to the lower part of the egg, so that the center of gravity can be low enough to keep the egg balanced.