EGGS STANDING ON ENDS ON LUP CHUN

The Chinese believe that on Lup Chun day or the beginning of spring, eggs can be made to stand on their ends. Well, there was an activity at Dataran Merdeka in Kuala Lumpur on February 4 to test out this belief.  Read it below.

Eggs do stand on their ends
By CARISMA KAPOOR
KUALA LUMPUR
carismakapoor@nst.com.my

Phenomenon only possible during the spring and autumnal equinox


Taiwanese tourists watching the eggs standing on their ends at Dataran Merdeka in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Pic by Nik Hariff Hassan

MANY were excited to discover that eggs could ‘stand’ between 12pm and 1pm yesterday.

According to a theory, this phenomenon is only possible at the exact time and date during the spring and autumnal equinox.

When the sun crosses the equator, making night and day equal on all parts of the earth, an egg can stand due to gravitational forces of the sun being aligned with the earth.

Auspicious to the Chinese, Feb 4 is also known as Lup Chun day which marks the beginning of spring. A standing egg is seen as the symbol of spring and a sign that all of nature is balanced and in harmony.

Nik Hariff Hassan, a photographer, said he had heard about the “egg trick” last year, but failed in his attempt to make them stand on their ends.

This year, Nik Hariff bought a carton of 30 eggs and waited for 12pm before placing each one on the ground at Dataran Merdeka.

“The eggs shook a little, but stood after a couple of seconds,” the 40-year-old said, adding that every single egg was balanced.

“It was like magic. I was shocked every time an egg managed to ‘stand’.”

He said a busload of tourists arrived and started experimenting for themselves.

“There were many tourists from Taiwan who knew about the phenomenon ,” he said.

Nik Hariff added that it was a belief that eggs cooked after being balanced in the sun would bring good health to a person.

“The strength from the sun is absorbed into the egg. So whoever eats the egg will get good ‘chi’,” he said.
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COMMENT

The fact is eggs can be made to stand on any day but there is a possibility that they do so faster on Lup Chun day and on the double fifth day.  Below you can see a picture of me with the eggs I managed to make stand on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month in 2008.  Then there is one of my student with the eggs he  managed to make stand in the month of August, 2008.