How to stand an egg?

How to stand an egg? Egg on table

It's Li-chun on 4th February 2012 at 6.22pm. Li-chun (立春) or Lap Chun (in Cantonese) means the first day of spring in lunar calendar. 

Li chun begins when the Sun reaches the celestial longtitude of 315 degree and ends when it reaches the longtitude of 330 degree. In the Gregorian calendar, it usually begins around 4th February and ends around 18th February (19th February East Asia time).

~~ source from En.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lichun  

According to Chinese myth, Egg can stand on its end on the day of Li-chun.

But there are sayings that it has nothing to do with equinox. You can actually stand eggs at any time at any day at any season along the whole year.

If an egg stands on end, it would do it at any time, and not just at the equinox.

~~ source from Badastronomy.com

On the first day of spring- 4th February that night, i really wanted to try how to stand an egg. But i have non left in fridge! So the next day, i really bought a box of egg. 24 hours have passed from the exact Li-chun time, but we still wanted to try it out. So me, my boyfriend aka the Prince, and my sister were very excited with the experiment.

And out of sudden, and didn't we know how the prince did it, he managed to stand an egg!

Yeah, we can actually do it. Then only we found out our way to stand an egg. 

First, you will need a smooth and flat surface, for example: Dining Table (not necessary on floor).

Then, we used 4 fingers, to swing an egg left and right the whole 360 degree until it reached a stable point. It was pretty easy to stand the other eggs once we found out how to do it. But, lots patience were still required to find out that stable point.

This is a short video how the prince managed to stand an egg in 10seconds time, i think it should be his best recorded time even it has passed the li-chun time.

How to stand an egg? Egg on the floor

Not only on table, i can also stand egg on floor. I found it easiest to stand on flat surface on a piece of cloth. It can be done in less than 2 seconds.

How to stand an egg? Easier to stand egg on cloth

So, now your turn to try it out? Be patient and confident!