The Spring Equinox is the 4th solar term.It falls on March 21st and ends on April 4th this year. After the equinox, the sun moves northwards, resulting in gradually longer day time in the Northern Hemisphere and longer night in the Southern Hemisphere.
春分是一年中的第四个节气，今年始于3月21日，结束于4月4日。春分过后，太阳直射点向北移动，导致北半球白昼逐渐变长，南半球的夜晚越来越长。
The Spring Equinox indicates two meanings.Firstly, on this day, the night and day are approximately equally long with 12 hours each. Secondly, it’s the mid-point for the spring season.
“春分”有两层意思，第一，这天昼夜等长，都只有12个小时。第二，它是春季的中间点。
It is believed that if someone can make the egg stand, he will have good luck in the future. Some believe that the Spring Equinox is the best time to practice this game because on this day the axis of the earth is relatively balanced against the orbital plane of the earth’s rotation around the sun, which makes it easier to erect an egg.
人们认为，如果有人能将鸡蛋竖立起来，他将会在未来交好运。也有些人认为，春分当日是玩这个游戏的最佳时机，因为在这天，地球的地轴与地球绕太阳公转的轨道平面处于一种相对平衡状态，这使得鸡蛋更容易被立起来。
Farm work starts as the Spring Equinox comes. Previously, farm works mainly replied on cattle. Farmers would reward cattle with sticky rice balls to express their gratefulness. Nowadays, people still follow this tradition, though cattle have already been replaced by mechanization. Meanwhile, people will also make sacrifice to birds, to thank them for bringing signals for farm work and to ask them not to eat grains later in the year.
春分到来之际，农活便开始了。早些时候，农活是主要靠耕牛。因此，每到春分时节农民会奖励糯米团给耕牛，以示他们的感激之情。这个习俗持续至今，虽然目前耕牛早已被机械化取代。与此同时，人们也会给鸟儿准备供品，感谢它们带来农耕的信号，请求它们在收获季不要啃食谷物。
