24 solar terms, Japan: A little knowledge of beginning of spring, Japan

February 4th is the first solar term in a year-beginning of spring, which has been an important day for Han people in China since ancient times. The ancients regarded this day as a sign of the arrival of spring and the beginning of spring ploughing activities. In neighboring Japan, beginning of spring is also considered as an important festival, so let the old yearbook sort out your little knowledge about beginning of spring, Japan.

Cultural terms about beginning of spring.

Eighty-eight nights (はちじゅぅはちや): the 88th day after beginning of spring. Due to the climate and other reasons, the Japanese think that the tea picked on this day is the most upscale and delicious. In Japan's tea-producing areas such as Yuji in Kyoto Prefecture, there will be tea-picking performances (tea-picking) and other activities on this day.

210 days (にひゃくとぉか): the second day after beginning of spring. The Japanese believe that there is a great possibility of a typhoon on this day, and crops are vulnerable to disasters. However, the actual situation is not consistent every year.

のかんぁけのぁめ): It rained after spring.

Beginning of spring and Liberation.

Festival, as its name implies, is to separate the four seasons, that is, the day before beginning of spring, Changchun, beginning of autumn and beginning of winter. Since the Japanese Edo era, this festival has been specially designated as the day before beginning of spring. The relationship between beginning of spring and Jiefen is like "Big Bad Day" (the last day of a year) and "January Day" (the first day of New Year's Day).

Legend has it that when the seasons change, the "gate of hell" will become unobstructed, and evil spirits will come to the world through the gate of hell, bringing disaster and evil spirits. Therefore, on the festival day, people will scatter beans to drive away evil spirits and eat them back to Fang Juan for good luck. Exorcise evil spirits before the arrival of the new year and eliminate evil spirits for happiness-festivals seem to have such significance for spring.

The Story Behind beginning of spring Daji

With good expectations for the new year, Japanese temples and ordinary families will put up a piece of paper with the words "Good luck in spring" at the door at the beginning of spring. Careful netizens may find that these four words are often written vertically. Why?

According to legend, a monster once broke into a family with the sticker "Spring Universiade begins". The genie inadvertently looked back after entering the door and found that the four words he had just seen had not changed at all, so the genie thought he had not come in yet and left again (actually, he went out). Originally written vertically, "beginning of spring Daji" is a symmetrical figure, which is the same from front to back. It is this feature that successfully drives away monsters, so it is considered by the Japanese as a symbol of exorcism and wealth.

What does beginning of spring eat?

There are no special foods such as "spring cakes" and "spring rolls" in beginning of spring, but there are customs of eating cherry leaf cakes (a kind of cake with glutinous rice dumplings embedded inside and pickled cherry leaves wrapped outside) and Yingying cakes (a brown rice cake with red beans wrapped outside and soybean powder sprinkled on the surface).

There is also a business hype about "the first spring tide" (Japanese wine was squeezed early that morning in beginning of spring), and it sounds like a good enjoyment to drink the freshest Japanese sake and wait for the arrival of spring.

Japanese beginning of spring Sanhou

Phenology is a phenomenon that animals and plants are affected by weather and climate, and their growth, development and environment change periodically. Such as flowering and fruiting of plants, hibernation and migration of animals, frosting and melting of glaciers. Japan ぅつくしぃくらしかた has produced a set of works "Seventy-two Stages", which introduces the seventy-two stages of the twenty-four solar terms, timely haiku, biology, flowers, food and so on. And Japanese culture is very rich.

Dongfeng thaw (はるかぜこぉりをとく): from February 4th to February 8th. This means that the river begins to thaw.

Oriole (ぅぐぃすなく): February 9 to 13 or so. It means that the oriole symbolizing the arrival of spring begins to sing.

ぅぉこぉりをぃずる): February 14 to 18 or so. Fish can't wait to jump out of the water when the ice water melts.