Why does beginning of spring set off firecrackers at noon?

Beginning of spring is not only the first of the 24 solar terms, but also an important festival. 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 means warm weather and flowers; Spring also means that everything grows and farmers sow.

The poem "beginning of spring" says: "The east wind brings rain to drive the west wind, and the earth is sunny and warm. Su Meng wakes up everything, and farmers seek agriculture at the beginning. "

In climatology, spring refers to the period when the average temperature is between 10℃ and 22℃.

On this day in beginning of spring, "the sun and thorns are in harmony, and everything is spring". After beginning of spring, everything is full of vitality, and all the seasons have begun.

There is an old legend that when spring comes, county officials will dig a hole in the land with local celebrities and then put feathers, chicken feathers and other light materials in the hole. At a certain time, the feathers and chicken feathers in the hole will float up from the hole. This moment is the beginning of spring, and people will set off firecrackers to celebrate, wishing the good weather and good harvest in the coming year.

The ancient book Qunfangpu explains to beginning of spring: "The foundation has also been established. Spring began and was established. " During the early spring, the temperature, sunshine and rainfall began to rise and increase. But all this is just a prelude to the arrival of spring in most parts of the country.

Beginning of spring is a time point or period. 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, hibernating insects slowly woke up in the cave. Five days later, the river began to thaw and the fish began to swim on the water. However, the ice has not completely dissolved, and it is a bit broken, just like a fish carrying it on it.

What are the customs about beginning of spring?

Before the Republic of China, beginning of spring was an important festival called Spring Festival.

The Spring Festival was held the day before beginning of spring, with the aim of bringing back spring and Ju Mang. There is a spring official in Yingchun who was kidnapped by beggars. Or Juan, a prostitute, and announce the beginning of spring. In the past, there were pictures of Mang God and Spring Cattle in the imperial calendar every year.

In Dianshizhai Pictorial in the late Qing Dynasty, "Turtles report spring" and "bronze drums drive away epidemics" were important activities that began in the Spring Festival at that time.

In many areas, beginning of spring offered sacrifices to his ancestors. For example, Guangdong's "Xin 'an County Records" says: "People are related to ancestral temples. "

When I was in beginning of spring, the food for my ancestors was also very special. Records in Ruyang County, Henan Province: "Have a spring banquet, spit spring cakes and recommend pears."

Beginning of spring also has its own food, mainly spring cakes, radishes and spiced dishes. In the south, eating spring rolls is popular, and there are many vendors selling spring rolls in the market.

There are two points worth noting here: first, I used to think that biting spring meant eating radish, but actually it also included eating spring cakes;

Second, the so-called begging for spring means welcoming the spring. Why eat radish? The more popular saying is that you can solve spring.

Most people think it can solve the spring sleep. In fact, biting spring does not stop there. In addition to alleviating difficulties, ventilation is the main way to keep people young.

Whipping spring cattle, also known as whipping local cattle, originated earlier and was directly preserved later, but it became popular in spring in the Tang and Song Dynasties, especially after Song Renzong promulgated the Classic of Local Cattle, the custom of whipping local cattle spread more widely and became an important part of folk culture.

The significance of whipping spring cattle is not limited to sending air conditioning and promoting spring ploughing, but also has certain witchcraft significance.

Shandong folks want to break the cow, and people compete for the spring cow, which is called grabbing the spring and taking the cow's head as luck.

In addition, there are tea-picking activities to worship spring cattle and turtle activities to announce the arrival of spring in Hubei.

In addition to the pictures of spring cattle on the yellow calendar, the pictures of spring cattle are also widely engraved in New Year pictures all over the country as auspicious pictures during the Spring Festival.

Spring cattle in Zhejiang province have their own characteristics. When welcoming the spring cows, kowtow to the spring cows in turn. After the worship, everyone swarmed, smashed the spring cattle, snatched the soil from them and scattered it in the cowshed.

It can be seen that whipping spring cattle is still a kind of breeding witchcraft, that is, spring cattle soil after the Spring Festival can promote cattle reproduction by being scattered in the cowshed.