Is beginning of spring the time when the direct point of the sun began to move northward?

1, beginning of spring is the time when the direct point of the sun starts to move northward, which is wrong. This should be the solstice of winter. The time when the direct point of the sun begins to move northward is the winter solstice. During the winter solstice, the direct point of the sun is located in the tropic of Capricorn. From the solstice of winter, the direct point of the sun begins to move northward.

2. beginning of spring, one of the 24 solar terms, is also known as the Spring Festival, the First Month Festival, the New Year Festival and the New Year Festival. Standing means "start"; Spring represents warmth and growth. In ancient times, the method of "bucket handle Acupoint" used bucket handle and the Big Dipper in beginning of spring to point to Yin. The current method of "fixing qi" divides solar terms, and beginning of spring is when the sun reaches longitude 3 15.

3. In the era of cadres and branches, taking beginning of spring as the beginning of a year, beginning of spring means the beginning of a new cycle, the beginning of everything, and the meaning of all self-renewal. Before Qin and Han Dynasties, the focus of etiquette and custom was not on January 1st of the lunar calendar, but on beginning of spring Day.

Major festivals, such as offering sacrifices to ancestors, receiving blessings and praying for the New Year, exorcising evil spirits and fighting disasters, welcoming the old and welcoming the new, welcoming the spring and celebrating agriculture, are held at the beginning of spring and a few days before and after. This series of festivals not only constitutes the framework of the New Year's Eve Festival in later generations, but also retains its folk function to this day.