When is the spring of 202 1 year?

202 1 beginning of spring time: 2021February 3, 22: 58: 39.

Gregorian calendar time: 2021February 3, 22:58:39.

Lunar date: Wednesday, December 22nd of the lunar calendar.

Start time: 2021February 3rd at 22:58.

End time: 2021February18 June 18:43.

First of all, welcome the Spring Festival and the God of Ju Mang.

Spring Festival is an important activity of beginning of spring Day, which is the day before beginning of spring Day. This activity is very important and there are many participants. The purpose of the activity is to bring back the off-duty spring and the headstrong god.

Ju Mang is the god in charge of spring. It is said that she looks like a bird with a face and is responsible for the reproduction of all vegetation. In order to welcome the spring and the sacred mountain, a spring official should be set up to announce the specific time of beginning of spring. Most spring officials are beggars or women engaged in bad work. This may be because this role is a bit funny, and normal people are unwilling to play it.

The day before in beginning of spring, people would wander around the street with mangshen, and ordinary people would come out to watch the fun and throw grain. This is the so-called "watching the Spring Festival". Finally, the team will go out of the city and go up the mountain to complete the sacrifice in the sound of drum music.

Second, whip the spring cattle and send them to spring.

Whipping spring cattle was popular in China during the Tang and Song Dynasties, and it has been passed down to this day. So far, this custom still exists in rural areas of Shandong and Hebei, but the form has changed slightly.

In ancient times, the whip spring cow was shaped into a mud cow in advance and filled with grain. On that day in beginning of spring, people whipped mud cows, picked up the fallen grains and put them in the granary, which showed that they would be full of grains next year. People will also try to take away the fragments of the mud cow and grab the most auspicious cow head. It is said that many calves will be born in the coming year when the fragments of this cow are put into the cowshed.

Smart craftsmen will make many small mud cows and send them to all families except beginning of spring, which is called "seeing off the spring", just like many children in rural areas in Northeast China "sending the god of wealth" to all families during the Spring Festival, which is also a marketing tool.

On that day in beginning of spring, I was lucky enough to see "whipping spring cattle" in rural Hebei. That was a few years ago. Because of my work, I came to a county town in Cangzhou, Hebei Province, where I spent a happy and busy day.

It happened to be beginning of spring that day, and I saw many farmers pulling their cows out and tying them outside the door. Cows are dressed in red and green and have big red flowers on their heads. All the cows are beautifully dressed by their owners, and they feel very happy when they look at them.

Towards noon, people led the cows to a spacious place. Under the auspices of an old man who looked respectable, people gently whipped the cows with ribbons. It seems that this is the changed spring cow.

Third, Dai Chun chicken, hanging spring ears.

Dai Chun chicken

When I was a child, I played with my little sister and brother in my grandmother's house. His family moved here from other places, and there are many places different from ours. For example, when they are in beginning of spring, their mother will sew a cloth cock on their clothes and hats, which is a big cock wrapped with colorful cloth. It is magnificent and beautiful. We have no other children, only their brothers and sisters. I never know what happened.

Until the other day, I suddenly remembered these two childhood playmates and the cloth cock on their hats. I made a special investigation, and it turns out that this is a custom in Shaanxi Province, China. On that day in beginning of spring, the children put on the big cock sewn by their mother, which means "spring chicken"-"spring luck", which is the best wish of their mother to their children. Now, we are all grown up and scattered in different cities. We haven't been in touch for many years. I wonder if their brothers and sisters will sew a cloth cock for their children?

Hang the spring ear.

I've heard of this. I had chickenpox when I was a child. My mother's good friend said that if I wore colored beans and hung them on my horn when I was in beginning of spring, the children wouldn't get chicken pox. However, my grandmother said that it was the cure for measles in my old age, and it had nothing to do with chickenpox. Actually, it doesn't matter if it matters. At that time, I got chicken pox. So, my mother didn't wear beans either. Just don't wear it. Looking for cows in the city.

When I verified the origin of the cloth cock, I also found it casually. Actually, hanging spring ear is an ancient custom, which is also very popular in Shaanxi. On that day in beginning of spring, mothers wove ears of wheat with colorful ribbons and hung them on children, donkeys, horses, cows and sheep, praying for a bumper harvest next year. There are also some special ones that sprinkle beans on cattle to "dispel the rash".

Fourth, bite the spring

This is the best-preserved and most widespread early spring activity. Our traditional festivals seem to be inseparable from food, and they all have their own special food, which really answers the old saying that "food is the most important thing for the people". Beginning of spring is no exception. It also has its own special holiday food. Beginning of spring mainly eats spring cakes in the north and spring rolls in the south. Spring cakes in the north are thin, with shredded pork, radish and cucumber strips, and crisp, which is called "biting spring" by the people. As a northerner and a northerner who doesn't understand southern cuisine, I won't say much about what my southern friend beginning of spring ate, lest my southern friends laugh at me.