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12 incredible places to celebrate the spring equinox in 2024
02.03.2024 - 07:59 / lonelyplanet.com
Humans have marked the spring equinox for millennia. A time of symbolic rebirth, its arrival in the Northern Hemisphere on March 20 signifies warmer days and the start of crop preparation, as well as holding religious significance for many.
This equinox is one of only two days a year when the sun crosses the celestial equator, meaning that both day and night last 12 hours (the September equinox is the other).
In anticipation of the event, people throughout history have built sites that align with the springtime sun. Some erected vast stones that wouldn't cast a shadow during the equinox, while others built tombs that would only reveal their secrets when illuminated on the day.
Here are 12 incredible sites to experience the transition from the doldrums of winter to the freshness of springtime during 2024's spring equinox.
As the largest Mayan temple in the pre-Columbian city of Chichén Itzá, El Castillo (The Pyramid of Kukulkán) rises some 98ft-high (30m) above Mexico's Yucatán jungle. During the spring and fall equinoxes, a shadow slithers along the edge of one set of stairs, creating a 120ft-long (36.6m) body of a snake whose head is carved in stone at the bottom. It's believed that this display is in honor of the feathered serpent god Kukulkán, who would grant its worshippers health and a good harvest.
Hauled and dragged for more than 150 miles from Pembrokeshire's Preseli Hills in Wales during the neolithic era, the giant slabs of rock that make up Great Britain's most embolic stone circle still attract thousands of curious visitors each year. The sarsen stones at the center of the site carefully align with the movements of the sun,
Most tourists are unable to enter the inner grounds of this special celestial spot for preservation reasons (although special premium tours are available). However, during the spring and fall equinox and the winter and summer solstice, access to Stonehenge is opened up to the public for free (although you still pay for parking) to celebrate the sunrise. Local druids, pagans, Wiccans, and drummers welcome the new dawn with a rhapsodic cacophony.
Spring is the season of the cherry blossom in Japan, and every year, the Japanese Meteorological Corporation publishes its predictions for when trees will bloom. In 2024, the season is expected to begin on the spring equinox in Nagoya, moving northward and hitting major cities like Kyoto and Tokyo later in March. Vernal Equinox Day (spring equinox) is also a public holiday in Japan, making it the perfect day to join a hanami (blossom-viewing) picnic.
Located in New Mexico's remote Four Corners region, Chaco Canyon National Historical Park houses a collection of massive structures dating to 850 CE that are considered to be the religious
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