Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - The 24 Solar Terms - A Brief Introduction to the Origin and Customs of beginning of spring

A Brief Introduction to the Origin and Customs of beginning of spring

Beginning of spring, one of the 24 solar terms, is also called "",and "beginning of spring" means "beginning". China takes beginning of spring as beginning of spring, and beginning of spring when the sun reaches 365,438+05 degrees on February 4th or 5th every year. Twenty-four solar terms: "The first month is the same as the long summer, autumn and winter." The ancient "Li Si" refers to the beginning of spring, summer, autumn and winter, and its agricultural meaning is "planting in spring, growing in summer, harvesting in autumn and storing in winter", which summarizes the whole process of the relationship between agricultural production and climate in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River. archaism

In ancient China, the fifteen days in beginning of spring were divided into three periods: "The east wind thawed, the insects began to vibrate, and the fish began to get cold", which meant that the east wind warmed and the earth began to thaw. Five days after beginning of spring, the stung insects slowly woke up in the cave. Five days after beginning of spring posted Spring Festival couplets (six pictures), the ice in the river began to melt and the fish began to swim on the water. At this time, there are still broken borneol on the water, floating on the water like fish. [3] Since the Qin Dynasty, China has always regarded beginning of spring as the beginning of spring. Beginning of spring is divided from astronomy, but in nature and people's minds, spring is warm.