What are the solar terms and meanings of spring?

February 3rd to 5th, beginning of spring is one of the important traditional festivals 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.

Step 2 rain

February 18-20 indicates that the winter with little rain has passed and the rainfall began to increase gradually. It means two things, one is that the weather is getting warmer and the precipitation is increasing gradually, and the other is that there is less snow and more rain in the form of precipitation. "Twenty-four solar terms" says: In the first month, the wallpaper is full of water on rainy days. Spring belongs to wood, but there must be water for those who grow wood, so there is rain in beginning of spring. If the east wind melts, it will disperse into rain.

3. Shocked

March 5-7, sting means hiding. Animals that hibernate in the soil for the winter are called stings, and they come out after rejuvenation the next year. In ancient times, people thought they were awakened by thunder, so they called it a sting. From the day of the sting, thunder can be heard, and insects and small animals hibernating underground are awakened by thunder and unearthed.

4. vernal equinox

The vernal equinox on March 20-22 is the midpoint of 90 days in spring. One of the twenty-four solar terms, every year on February 15 of the lunar calendar (about March 20 -2 1 of the Gregorian calendar), when the sun is located at 0 (vernal equinox) of the yellow meridian. On the vernal equinox, the sun shines directly at the equator of the earth, and the seasons in the northern and southern hemispheres are opposite. The northern hemisphere is the vernal equinox and the southern hemisphere is the autumnal equinox.

5. Qingming

Sting means hiding. Animals that hibernate in the soil for the winter are called stings, and they come out after rejuvenation the next year. In ancient times, people thought they were awakened by thunder, so they called it a sting. From the day of the sting, thunder can be heard, and insects and small animals hibernating underground are awakened by thunder and unearthed.

6. Grain Rain

From April 19 to April 2 1 day, the rainfall increased obviously, which promoted the growth and development of cereal crops. In ancient times, rain spread a hundred grains. Originated from the old saying "Rain gives birth to a hundred valleys". At the same time, it is also the best time for sowing, transplanting and ordering beans. As the last solar term in spring, the arrival of Grain Rain solar term means that the cold wave weather basically ends, and the temperature rises rapidly, which is very beneficial to the growth of cereal crops.