What is the origin of beginning of spring?

Winter has come, can spring be far behind? Beginning of spring is an important turning point for people to bid farewell to winter and usher in spring. Beginning of spring is one of the 24 solar terms in China. For modern people, beginning of spring is nothing worth mentioning, but it was very important in the past. Do you know the origin of beginning of spring? Let's go to the old almanac and have a look!

The origin of beginning of spring

Beginning of spring is one of the important traditional solar terms of the Han nationality. "Li" means "start". Since the Qin Dynasty, China has always regarded beginning of spring as the beginning of spring. Beginning of spring is divided from astronomy, with warm spring and fragrant flowers in bloom. Spring is growth, cultivation and sowing. The period from the beginning of the Spring Festival to the long summer is called spring. In climatology, spring refers to the period when the average temperature is 10℃-22℃ (once every five days).

A long time ago, people only knew hunting, not farming. They are often hungry and have a hard life. Later, with the Shennong family, people began to grow crops and their lives gradually improved. Therefore, the five emperors before and after were very concerned about farming. In the Zhou Dynasty, they even mentioned farming to North Korea and ordered local officials to hold a welcoming ceremony every year to work with the people.

Legend has it that the ceremony at that time was very grand. On the day before the spring, local officials took a bath, put on plain clothes, walked to the suburbs without riding a horse or riding a sedan chair, gathered villagers, set a altar, burned incense and kowtowed, made a local cow symbolizing spring cattle at the altar, and asked the first mate to dress up as a dog symbolizing a bumper harvest and raise a whip to fight against the laziness of spring cattle and usher in a bumper harvest.

Characteristics of beginning of spring

When we arrived in early spring, people obviously felt that the days were getting longer and the temperature was rising. This time is just in the time of winter and spring communication, crops grow rapidly and there is a great demand for water. There was a welcoming ceremony in China 3000 years ago, and many fixed customs have been formed so far.

The custom of beginning of spring

Spring outing (exploring spring, marching): people who announce spring walk in front dressed as roosters, and then a group of people carry the image of a huge spring cow. Later people dressed as cowboys and cows, dressed as big-headed dolls to send spring peaches, and dressed as swallows.

Picture of Spring Cattle: In some places, a yellow paper with a picture of Spring Cattle is posted on the wall. Yellow stands for land, and spring cattle stands for farming, commonly known as "Spring Cattle Map".

Chunwa: Xiangning and other places are used to making small dolls out of silk, called "Chunwa", which are worn on children.