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When will the spring of 2025 begin?

The Gregorian calendar time in beginning of spring in 2025 is: February 3, 2025 at 22: 10: 13.

Beginning of spring, one of the 24 solar terms, is also called "Da Chun". "Li" means "start". China takes beginning of spring as beginning of spring, and on February 4th or 5th every year, when the sun reaches longitude 315th, it is beginning of spring. Twenty-four solar terms: "The solar terms in the first month will stand, and long summer will have the same long summer as autumn and winter.

Beginning of spring, as a festival, existed as early as the Spring and Autumn Period. At that time, there were eight festivals in a year, namely beginning of spring, Changxia, beginning of autumn, beginning of winter, Vernal Equinox, Summer Solstice and Winter Solstice. Only the Book of Rites and Annals of Huainanzi by Liu An in the Western Han Dynasty recorded 24 solar terms.

The custom of beginning of spring

1, Youchun (exploring spring, marching): The messenger of spring walks in front dressed as a rooster, and then a group of people carry the image of a huge spring cow. Later people dressed as cowboys and cows, dressed as big-headed dolls to send spring peaches, and dressed as swallows.

2, spring cow map: In some places, a yellow paper with spring cows painted on the wall is also posted. Yellow stands for land, and spring cattle stands for farming, commonly known as "Spring Cattle Map".

3. Chunwa: Xiangning and other places are used to making small dolls out of silk, called "Chunwa", which are worn on children.