When is spring break? -Today's hot spot

When the solar term comes in beginning of spring, it is the time when spring comes. Many people look forward to the future and hope that it will develop better, but young people generally don't know much about beginning of spring. When is the solar term in beginning of spring in 2023?

The beginning of the spring of 2023

In 2023, the solar term in beginning of spring is February 4, 2023 10: 42, the 14th Saturday of the first lunar month, and the 4th day of the first lunar month in Guimao year.

A healthy beginning of spring

Keeping in good health in spring should conform to the characteristics of spring sun spirit, and everything begins to grow. Pay attention to protecting the sun, focusing on the word "health". According to the nature, spring belongs to wood, corresponding to liver. The physiological characteristics of the liver are that the liver is mainly responsible for dispersing qi, controlling anger, depression and joy. Purposefully select some herbs and foods that soften and nourish the liver, soothe the liver and regulate qi, such as Lycium barbarum, Radix Curcumae, Salvia Miltiorrhiza, Rhizoma Corydalis, etc. And choose jujube, lobster sauce, onion, coriander, peanuts, etc. What is fresh and what is warm, and choose your diet flexibly. At this time, using these important foods is better for your health.

What are the customs in beginning of spring?

Beginning of spring is also called "Da Chun", "beginning of spring" and "beginning of spring". This festival, like many festivals, has many folk customs, such as celebrations and activities to welcome spring, "shooting cows" in spring, and eating spring cakes, spring vegetables and radishes.

According to historical documents, the Spring Festival ceremonies in China were all grand. At this time, beginning of spring has surpassed the function of only marking festivals and climate in the 24 solar terms of the lunar calendar, and has been regarded as a festival. Therefore, many activities and folk customs held around beginning of spring have evolved in history, such as "Spring Baby", "Spring Whip", "Spring Roll", "Playing Spring", "Spring Wine" and "Spring Cattle". There are many general customs at this time.

Ju Mang. God.

Ju Mang is the god of spring, that is, the god of plants and life. Ju Mang's image is a bird with a face. He abides by the rules and is in charge of spring affairs. The East Hall was set up in the Zhou Dynasty to welcome the spring, which shows that the history of offering sacrifices to Ju Mang is relatively long.

The day before beginning of spring, Zhejiang Province had a Spring Festival. Beginning of spring carried Ju Mang to the mountain outside the city the day before, and at the same time offered sacrifices to Tai Sui. Tai sui is an old god, who sits for one year and is in charge of the rest of the year, so the people also offer more sacrifices. There are many activities when welcoming God, such as preaching in large classes, raising pavilions, local operas, yangko and shooting cows. After being carried from the countryside to the city, people gather in the streets to compete for food, which is called watching the Spring Festival. When celebrating Ju Mang during the Spring Festival in Shandong, according to Ju Mang's clothing, the weather of that year was predicted: wearing a hat represents warm spring, balding represents cold spring, wearing shoes represents more spring rain, and barefoot represents less spring rain. In other areas, New Year pictures such as "Spring Breeze" are posted. Before and after beginning of spring, Guangzhou beat gongs and drums to drive away the epidemic and prayed for peace and smoothness in the coming year.