What is the date of the Spring Festival in 2023?

Spring Club Day in 2023: February 30th in lunar calendar and March 2nd in Gregorian calendar1.

When the ancients worshipped the land in spring, the most important thing was to worship Ju Mang in order to pray for a bumper harvest. "Guang Ji" records that "the cottage is used as neutralization wine, and mango seeds are sacrificed to pray for the New Year Valley".

Later, Ju Mang evolved into a shepherd boy in Spring Cattle. However, the Ju Mang in Spring Cattle Map also changes every year, sometimes it is a child, sometimes it is an old man, which is determined according to the annual heavenly stems and earthly branches. For example, Ju Mang on a sunny day is on the left of Spring Cattle, and on a cloudy day is on the right. If beginning of spring is in the first five days before and after the first day of the first month, the Mang God is tied to the Spring Cattle.

Social day festival

In ancient China, the Social Day Festival was held twice a year, divided into "Spring Society Day" and "Autumn Society Day". The Spring Society prayed for the blessing of the social gods, and the grain was abundant. After the autumn harvest, the autumn harvest society reported the good news of the harvest and thanked the gods. "She" refers to the ancient land god. "White Tiger Yi Tong Sheji" records: "People can't stand without soil, and they can't eat without food. The vast land cannot be respected one by one, so the land is closed to establish a society. " Zheng Xuan made a note: "After the soil, the country is also." In the future, sacrifice to the land god for convenience.