What are the customs and activities in early spring?

Beginning of spring is the first of the 24 solar terms. The customs and activities in beginning of spring include welcoming the spring, shooting spring cows, biting spring, eating spring rolls and Dai Chun chicken.

Ying Chun: It was held in beginning of spring the day before, aiming to bring back spring and "Ju Mang God".

On this day in spring, people will whip the cattle in spring and pray for good weather and good harvests in the coming year.

Bite spring: On the day when spring begins, people in China pay attention to buying a radish to eat, which is called bite spring.

Eating spring rolls: Eating spring rolls at the beginning of spring is an ancient custom in China, which means welcoming spring and expecting a bumper harvest.

Dai Chun Chicken: The mother made a cock about 3 cm long out of cloth and sewed it on the child's hat to express her wishes for the "spring chicken" that began in spring.

The Significance of beginning of spring

Beginning of spring is the first of the 24 solar terms. Twenty-four solar terms were originally formulated on the basis of "variable stars". When the bucket handle of the Big Dipper points to the shade, it is beginning of spring. At present, solar terms are determined according to the longitude of the sun. When the sun reaches longitude 3 15, it will be the beginning of spring, and the festival will be held from February 3 to 5 of the Gregorian calendar every year. In the era of cadres and branches, silver moon is spring, beginning of spring is the beginning of a year, and beginning of spring is the beginning of everything, which means all self-renewal, which means the beginning of a new cycle. In the traditional concept, beginning of spring has auspicious meaning.

Beginning of spring marks the end of the winter when everything is hidden and begins to enter the warm and sunny spring. In nature, the most striking feature of beginning of spring is that everything is beginning to show signs of recovery. As far as beginning of spring is concerned, you can obviously feel the breath of early spring in the Tropic of Cancer (Huangchi Jiao Jiao) and its south. Due to China's vast territory, large span between north and south, and different natural rhythms, the "beginning of spring" in many areas is only a prelude to spring, and everything has not yet recovered, and it is still in the winter when everything is hidden.