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CTOnews.com9 news on March 23, today is the Autumn Equinox in the 24 solar terms of the lunar calendar. The Autumn Equinox's "division" means "half". This is another equal division of day and night after the Spring Equinox. Half yin and yang, day and night balance, cold and warm, the weather gives people a more comfortable feeling.

When ① the Autumn Equinox, the sun shines almost directly on the equator, the days and nights are equal; after the Autumn Equinox, the northern hemisphere begins to have short days and long nights; ② cold air becomes increasingly active, so you should always pay attention to the increase or decrease of clothing; ③ goes to bed early and gets up early and eats more fresh fruits and vegetables; at this time of ④, maple leaves are as red as fire, rice is yellow everywhere, osmanthus flowers smell fragrant, crab chrysanthemums are yellow, and autumn is charming everywhere. Autumn is getting stronger and stronger, and we will welcome the autumn of harvest together!

In the astronomical calendar, the Autumn Equinox has two meanings, one is that the sun reaches the longitude 180 degrees on this day and shines directly at the earth's equator, so it is 24 hours a day, 12 hours each, and there is no polar day and night in the world. After the Autumn Equinox, the range of polar night near the North Pole and the range of polar day near the South Pole became larger and larger. Second, according to the division of seasons in ancient China with the Beginning of Spring, the Beginning of Summer, the Beginning of Autumn and the Beginning of Winter as the four seasons, the Autumn Equinox lives in autumn for 90 days and divides autumn equally.

The Autumn Equinox climate the Autumn Equinox season, in China's north-south climate differences will be more obvious, in Xinjiang, Qinghai, Sichuan, Xizang, Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang and other few places by the west by the north has entered the early winter, China's northernmost Mohe, Huma and other areas sometimes even snow, while parts of Heilongjiang, Jilin and Liaoning have entered late autumn, mountain forests have been drenched, the weather is very cool.

▲ from Cloud Calendar, showing the Autumn Equinox

In southern China, such as Guangdong, Guangxi and Hainan, the daily average temperature can still be maintained above 22 ℃, people still need air conditioning, the long summer is still continuing, but compared with the midsummer, the weather will naturally be much cooler, the extremely hot weather has been less, and the temperature difference between day and night has become larger. As the cold air moves south and meets the weak warm air, there will be frequent precipitation and sometimes thunderstorms, and with the arrival of autumn rain, the temperature will gradually drop.

At the same time, the the Autumn Equinox season is also an important solar term in agricultural production. After the Autumn Equinox, the position of direct sunlight moved to the southern hemisphere, the northern hemisphere received less and less solar radiation, but more and more heat was lost on the ground, and the rate of temperature drop accelerated obviously. in the early years of cooling in Northeast China, it is not surprising for the Autumn Equinox to see frost.

The Autumn Equinox health into the Autumn Equinox, in daily life should try to go to bed early and get up early, go to bed early in autumn can make the body comply with Yang, late sleep, easy to let the body contact with Yin, affecting the body's regulation. Getting up early can make the lungs stretch well, which is very beneficial to recuperate the lungs.

The Autumn Equinox season, the diet should be warm, soft, light, vegetarian, fresh is appropriate, regular quantitative, eat less and eat more, do not eat too cold, too hot, too hard, too spicy, too sticky food, avoid overeating, quit smoking and limit alcohol. In addition, whether it is watermelon or cantaloupe, watermelon can not eat more, otherwise it will damage the spleen and stomach Yang. Chinese medicine health experts also advocate eating porridge every morning during autumn. When preparing these congee diets, you might as well choose some traditional Chinese medicine, such as Chinese wolfberry, Huai yam, Radix Astragali, Codonopsis pilosula, Poria cocos and so on.

As the saying goes, covering in spring and freezing in autumn is reasonable, but it is not suitable for everyone. Clothes should be added appropriately according to their own physique. For example, patients with stomach diseases can properly put on a coat to maintain their stomach and avoid the occurrence of stomach diseases. Thus, the body can be adjusted.

The Autumn Equinox custom autumn separation autumn society

The ancients set up a society originally to pray for the smooth holding of farming in spring, but later advocated the practice of "Spring Prayer and Autumn News", so they set up an autumn society at the time of the Autumn Equinox's solar terms, just as the wedge initially had only the spring wedge of Shangsi Festival (March 3). Such as the beginning of the orchid pavilion, and so on, later in the spring and autumn, games were held, so there was an autumn wedge. It is probably believed that farming is about to begin in spring, and sacrifices can pray for a smooth farming, and when autumn farming ends, it should be held to express gratitude.

Since the Tang Dynasty, the date of the Autumn Society is different from place to place. For example, Guichi in Anhui Province is in early August, Wanxian County in Chongqing takes August 15 as the Autumn Society, Tongzhou in Jiangsu Province on September 9, Jianli in Hubei Province on the first day of August, while other counties, either on August 2, or on September 9, or on October 1, are different. Generally speaking, the autumn society takes the fifth day after the Beginning of Autumn, around the Autumn Equinox in the eighth month of the lunar calendar. No matter when the autumn society is, at this time, people have to offer sacrifices to the farmers and hold various recreational activities.

Autumn sacrifice to the moon

The Autumn Equinox used to be the traditional "moon festival". As in ancient times, there is a saying that "sacrifice the day in spring and the moon in autumn". Now the Mid-Autumn Festival comes from the traditional "moon festival". According to textual research, the original "Moon Festival" was set on "the Autumn Equinox", but because the date of this day varies from year to year in the eighth month of the lunar calendar, there may not always be a full moon. On the other hand, offering sacrifices to the moon without the moon is a big spoil. Therefore, the "Moon Festival" was later adjusted from "the Autumn Equinox" to the Mid-Autumn Festival.

According to historical records, as early as the Zhou Dynasty, ancient emperors had the custom of the Spring Equinox offering sacrifices to the sun, the Summer Solstice to the earth, the Autumn Equinox to the moon and the Winter Solstice to heaven. The places of sacrifice are called the Sun Temple, the The Temple of Earth, the Moon Temple and the Temple of Heaven. It is located in four directions: northeast, south, west and west. Up to now, there are many monuments of "moon worship altar", "moon worship pavilion" and "moon tower" in various parts of our country. The folk custom of offering sacrifices to the moon varies from region to region.

Send autumn cattle

The Autumn Equinox then arrived, and at that time there were pictures of autumn cattle sent from house to house. The picture shows the second opening of red paper or yellow paper printed on the annual lunar calendar solar terms, as well as a pattern of farmers ploughing fields, called "autumn cattle map". The people who send the pictures are all good folk singers, who mainly say something about autumn ploughing and auspiciousness when they do not violate agriculture, and every time they go to a house, they are in a state of immediate affection, say what they see, and make the owner happy and give money. Although the words come out casually, every sentence has a beautiful rhyme. It is commonly known as "talking about autumn", and people who say autumn are called "autumn officials".

The following is a poem about the Autumn Equinox: "living in the mountains in autumn"

Wang Wei, a poet of the Tang Dynasty

After the rain the empty mountain, the weather late to fall. Among pine-trees bright moonbeams peer; O'er crystal stones flows water clear.

Bamboos whisper of washer -maids; Lotus stirs when fishing boat wades. Though fragrant spring may pass away, Still here's the palace for you to stay.

Autumn Nocturne

Wang Wei, a poet of the Tang Dynasty

Song of an Autumn Night Chilled by light autumn dew beneath the crescent moon, She has not changed her dress though her silk robe is thin.

Playing all night on silver lute an endless tune, Afraid of empty room, she can't bear to go in.

Autumn songs at midnight

From Li Bai, a poet of the Tang Dynasty

The autumn moon was bright in Chang'an City, and the sound of hammering clothes came from every household.

And the autumn wind is blowing my heart for ever and ever toward the Jade Pass.

When the Hu captive can be calmed down, the husband can no longer serve as a soldier on the expedition.

"Qiudeng Xuancheng Xieqiao North Tower"

From Li Bai, a poet of the Tang Dynasty

In the picturesque city of the river, the dawn of the mountain looks at the clear sky. Rain Water clips a mirror and a double bridge falls into a rainbow.

Inhabited cold orange pomelo, autumn old sycamore. Who wants to go upstairs and thank him in the face of the wind?

Autumn Eve

Du Mu, a poet of the Tang Dynasty

An Autumn Night Autumn has chilled the painted screen in candlelight; A palace maid uses a fan to catch fireflies.

The night is as cold as water, sitting alone watching Petunia and Vega.

This article was originally from the CTOnews.com2017 year, "Today the Autumn Equinox: Yun Qing Yue Xiu, Luo Yi timid wind dew cool", slightly revised.

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