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What does beginning of spring eat?

Beginning of spring eats spring vegetables, spring rolls, lettuce, white radish and so on. Among them, spring vegetables refer to some fresh vegetables in spring. According to Four Seasons Mirror, beginning of spring eats reeds, spring cakes and lettuce, which is called "vegetables". On the day of beginning of spring, there has always been the custom of "biting the spring". Eating some fresh vegetables in spring on this day is "biting spring", which can not only prevent diseases and protect health, but also welcome the new year.

Since the solar terms in beginning of spring, the time series has entered the spring. In nature and people's minds, "spring" means warm weather and the revival of everything. Spring has begun. In nature, the most striking feature is that everything is beginning to show signs of recovery.

Some ancient works of China divided the 15th beginning of spring into three periods: "The east wind thawed, the insects began to vibrate, and the fish became cold", which means that the east wind warmed up and the earth began to thaw. Five days after the spring, the stinging insects slowly woke up in the cave. Five days later, 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.

The beginning of New Year's Eve is of great significance to the traditional farming society. The main celebration activities, such as ancestor worship, praying for a happy New Year, exorcising evil spirits and avoiding disasters, getting rid of the old and rejuvenating the new, and welcoming the New Year, are all held around the Spring Festival. 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.