Ant manor, an important festival around the vernal equinox

Important festivals around the vernal equinox, ant manor, spring outing, playing spring.

A year's plan lies in spring, and a day's plan lies in morning. Beginning of spring means that the winter when everything is dying has passed, and with the mild weather, it begins to enter the spring when everything grows. During the solar term in beginning of spring, the customary activities are generally welcoming the spring, visiting the spring, announcing the spring, and offering sacrifices to the land gods, so as to pray for good weather, abundant crops, national prosperity and people's safety.

Characteristics of solar terms in beginning of spring

1, meteorological change: the dividing line between winter and spring in China (the average daily temperature reaches 10 degrees Celsius for five consecutive days, which is regarded as spring) is the line from Guilin, Guangxi to Ganzhou, Jiangxi. In the area south of this line, beginning of spring sometimes smells like spring, but 93% of the land in China is still winter, while in Heilongjiang, it often welcomes spring in the long summer, Grain Rain.

2. Changes in phenology: In ancient China, the 15th Five-Year Plan of beginning of spring was divided into three periods: first, when the east wind thawed, second, when insects began to vibrate, and third, when the fish became cold, which meant that the east wind warmed 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 custom of solar terms in beginning of spring

1, Spring Festival

In order to welcome the spring, we should first choose a land with good feng shui in the suburbs of the county and set up a spring shed to prepare for the Spring Festival. Spring sheds are generally set on major traffic routes to facilitate the gathering of people. Put colorful flags around. The Spring Festival is held on the same day in beginning of spring. The specific time is based on the almanac, sometimes during the day and sometimes at midnight. Spring Festival activities are generally carried on the parade of Spring Officials in the mighty ceremonial procession, which is unparalleled in the style of demonstration.

2, paste spring cattle

The custom of sticking spring cattle began before the beginning of spring. According to the traditional practice, the county government (county government) hired experts and craftsmen in paper binding to get together in the county town before the spring, and carefully made images of spring cattle. Generally, bamboo sticks are tied into the skeleton of a cow, spring wood is used as legs, paper is pasted and paint is applied, and the image of a cow is successfully made.

Climatic conditions of solar terms in beginning of spring.

In the early spring, the daily average temperature in all parts of China rises to above 0℃ steadily, except for the alpine mountain area and the area north of 45 north latitude. At this time, the cold has passed and the temperature has risen rapidly, especially in North China and Huanghuai Plain. The daily average temperature rises to above 10℃ almost at the same time as the rainy areas along the Yangtze River and the south of the Yangtze River, entering a bright spring. On the vast land, on the bank of willow green, the grass grows in Fei Ying, the wheat is jointing, the rape blossoms are fragrant, the peach blossoms are red, and Li Bai is coming in spring. South China is a scene of late spring.