What does the double spring year mean?

The significance of two spring years in 23 years: next year is 2023, which is a rare leap in February and a double spring year. Why is it rare? Leap February only occurs once every 19 years, once or twice every 100 years, and sometimes even once every few hundred years. For example, in 400 years after the 40th century, there will be no leap in February.

"Double Spring Year" does not mean that there are two springs in a year, but two "beginning of spring" solar terms in a year. Beginning of spring on February 4, 2023, the corresponding lunar calendar time is the fourteenth day of the first month of 2023; The year 2024 is the same as beginning of spring on February 4th, but the corresponding lunar calendar is the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month in 2023. In the same year, the 14th day of the first month and the 25th day of the twelfth month are solar terms in beginning of spring, so 2023 is the year of double spring.

Often next year, the lunar calendar is the year without spring, so 2024 is the year without spring.

There are two sayings about the year of double spring: two spring and one winter, ten cowshed and nine empty. There are also places where it is said that one winter in Er Quan, old cows and old horses were roasted with fire. It is said that it may be very cold in winter in the year of double spring, so it is necessary to prepare for cold prevention, forage storage and crop antifreeze in advance. Mainly facing the north.