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，mark the start of spring标志着春天的正式到来
。
（vernal meaning "of or pertaining to spring," equinox meaning "equal night." ）
The vernal equinox is the first day of spring in the northern hemisphere.（
春分是北半球春天的第一天）
Spring equinox is a time for fertility 繁殖 and sownig seeds播种.
春分
有“昼夜平分”之意，
太阳直射赤道 (equator)，在古时又称"日中"，“日夜分”，“仲春之月”。此时，春暖花开，杨柳青青，莺飞草长，桃红李白迎春黄，宜农作田间管理；观光出游等。
The equinoxes, which mark the beginning of spring and autumn, have long held a special importance in human society. Particularly
the vernal equinox春分, which marks the first day of spring and the end of winter, the beginning of the season in which
daylight again
outlast
s darkness and
life springs anew
万物新生
( anew adv. if sb does sth. anew, the do it again forom the beginning or do it in a different way)
.
Flowers blossom
百花盛开,
trees shoot out new leaves and branches
树木抽枝发芽,
and animals give birth (or their eggs hatch)
万物复苏（或动物们破壳而出）
.
These
tangible
(that can be clearly seen to exist)
signs of the world’s rebirth
复苏
were of paramount importance to agricultural societies
（万
物复苏的明显迹象对于
农业社会而言 至为重要
）, and they naturally developed
elaborate fertility rites
to celebrate 庆祝 the occasion.
（elaborate: usually before noun, very complicated and detailed; carefully prepared and organized 复杂的，详尽的，精心制作的 fertility rite 祈求丰收的仪式 fertility: the state of being fertile富饶 丰产 fertile 肥沃的富饶的 rite:
a ceremony performed by a particular group of people often for religious purposes 仪式，典礼 ritual: a series of actions that are always performed in the same way, especially as part of a religious ceremony 程序 仪规 礼节 ）
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