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What is the date of early spring?

In 2023, the solar term in beginning of spring will start on February 4th, that is, the first month 14 Saturday, 10: 42, 2 1 second.

Luo, a historian and researcher at Tianjin Academy of Social Sciences, said that February 3 -5 of the solar calendar is called "beginning of spring" and "Da Chun", which is the first day of the 24 solar terms and the beginning of four o'clock in a year. "Li" has the meaning of beginning, and "beginning of spring" has opened the prelude of spring, marking the arrival of the spring when everything recovers.

Some folk customs of "beginning of spring" in China still remain. For example, there is also a "spring beating" to whip mud cows in rural areas, which is intended to prepare for the farming at the beginning of the year and hope that the weather will be good. In addition, we have to eat spring vegetables, spring cakes, spring rolls or radishes at home, and the atmosphere of welcoming spring can be seen everywhere.

Playing spring is one of the solar terms customs in beginning of spring. Beginning of spring is the first of the 24 solar terms, the beginning of a year in the official calendar, the beginning of everything, and the beginning of everything, representing the beginning of everything and the significance of self-renewal. In the past, people made spring cattle out of clay the day before beginning of spring's birthday, and beginning of spring whipped them with red and green whips, so this custom was called "playing spring".