Customs and activities in early spring

Whipping spring cattle: Also known as whipping local cattle, it originated earlier and has been preserved to this day. Shandong folks want to break the local cattle, and people compete for the land of spring cattle, which is called grabbing spring and grabbing the cow's head is auspicious.

Bite spring: Spring begins to have its own food, mainly spring cakes, radishes, spiced dishes, and so on. In spring, there are many vendors selling spring rolls in the market.

Ancestor worship: In many areas, beginning of spring has to worship ancestors, such as Zhizai, Xin 'an County, Guangdong Province. People are therefore related to ancestral temples, and the food offered to ancestors in the spring is also very special.

Avoid spring: beginning of spring has a bad influence on some people, even worse, it will affect one year's luck, so the custom of avoiding spring appears.