Why does beginning of spring want to fight spring and stick gourds?

Playing in spring is the beginning of a new year, and gourd is the homonym of "Fulu". People put up gourds at the beginning of the new year, hoping to get blessings and blessings in the new year is a good wish.

People are used to calling "beginning of spring" in the 24 solar terms "Da Chun". So far, many people don't understand why there is such a statement. Although I don't understand, I still didn't violate those customs in the past. On my first day in beginning of spring, I had to cut many gourds with red paper and stick them on the screen in front of my house. There used to be chicken nests, barns, wells and so on. In the farmyard, all things should be labeled with gourds cut with red paper.

In front of beginning of spring, the old man sewed a gourd cut with red cloth for the child. People put on reading glasses, find a piece of red cloth left over from clothes and cut it carefully. After a while, a beautiful gourd was cut. Then, saying nursery rhymes, sewing them on the child's shoulders, and chanting in his mouth: "Don't go out this spring, it is a disaster to bump into you." Therefore, on the day when spring begins, children try not to go out, which is a disaster when spring comes.

Consult related books to understand the origin of the Spring Fight. The book says: farmers can't farm without cows. It is the main custom of the Han and Bai nationalities to beat the spring cattle (beating the local cattle, beating the spring and whipping the spring). In beginning of spring, feudal rulers of past dynasties held whipping ceremonies to encourage farming and develop production. Shuowen Jiezi records that the Duke of Zhou began to make local cattle in the spring, and the unearthed cattle were built to represent the farming age. The Year of Yanjing records that the day before in beginning of spring, an official from Shuntianfu greeted the Spring Festival in the spring field outside Dongzhimen. At the beginning of spring, the ceremony was dedicated to the throne of Chunshan, and Shuntianfu was dedicated to a picture of a spring cow. After the ceremony, return to the agency and attract the spring cattle to fight it, which is called spring. It turns out that spring is the cow of spring.

But the theory that fighting in spring is a disaster has not been verified. The custom of sticking gourd has been inherited to this day.

"Gourd crooked, no disaster; On the day of "beginning of spring", commemorative activities have a long history, at least 3,000 years ago. At that time, the sacrificial Ju Mang, also known as the Mang God, was the spring god in charge of agriculture. According to documents, the ceremony of welcoming beginning of spring in the Zhou Dynasty was as follows: Three days before beginning of spring, Emperor Tiandi began to fast. On that day in beginning of spring, he personally led the princes and doctors of the three counties to welcome the Spring Festival in the eastern suburbs of Bali, praying for a bumper harvest. So, why go to the eastern suburbs to welcome the Spring Festival? This is because Ju Mang, a god worshipped during the Spring Festival, lives in the East. Later, the location of Spring Festival activities was not only in the eastern suburbs. For example, in "Dream of Liang Lu" in the Song Dynasty, it was recorded that "beginning of spring Day, under the tsai Chen, celebrated when entering the DPRK. "This proves that the Spring Festival has entered the palace from the countryside and has become a mutual worship among officials. Beginning of spring, commonly known as Da Chun, marks the beginning of spring. It is the first of the 24 solar terms, and the time is around the Spring Festival. In the early years, people held activities to welcome the spring god in spring. According to legend, the god of spring is called Ju Mang, a man with a face and a bird. He is in charge of spring affairs. In ancient times, "On the day of beginning of spring, the son of heaven was handsome, and the princes and doctors welcomed the eastern suburbs in spring. "It can be seen that the Spring Festival is an ancient festival activity.