When is 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. In Guangji, it is recorded that "the thatched cottage is used as neutralizing 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, Ju Mang in the "Spring Cattle Map" changes every year, sometimes a child, sometimes an old man, which is determined according to the annual heavenly stems and earthly branches. For example, Ju Mang is on the left of Spring Cattle in sunny days and on the right of Spring Cattle in cloudy days. If beginning of spring is in the first five days before and after the first day of the first month, Mang God is tied with 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 association prayed for the blessing of God and the harvest of grain. After the harvest, Qiushe reported the good news of the harvest and thanked the social gods. "She" refers to the land god in ancient times. "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 build a society. "Zheng Xuan made a note:" Those who are left behind, society also. " In the future, sacrifice to the land god for convenience.