When will it start this spring? What time is it now? 2023.

In 2023, the solar terms in beginning of spring will be on February 4, 2023 10: 42, 2 1 sec in Gregorian calendar, and on Saturday, the 14th day of the first month of the lunar calendar.

Beginning of spring is the first of the 24 solar terms. Beginning of spring is divided from astronomy, that is, when the sun reaches longitude 3 15. Beginning of spring is the first of the 24 solar terms. Standing means "start"; Spring represents warmth and growth. 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.

Beginning of spring is of great significance to the traditional farming society. Major celebration activities, such as ancestor worship, praying for a happy New Year, exorcising evil spirits and avoiding disasters, saying goodbye to the old year and welcoming the new year, are arranged around the beginning of spring. This series of folk activities and festival celebrations is the framework of most of the activities and folk functions of later generations.

The custom of early spring:

There are many traditional customs in beginning of spring, including calling spring, beating spring and rolling spring. These seemingly simple customs contain a lot of content and blessings behind them.

"Spring rolls" means eating spring cakes. People roll baked pancakes with fresh vegetables such as bean sprouts and green onions and eat them with sauce, which symbolizes that people should enjoy the fresh breath and strength of spring and make themselves more motivated when sowing and working in spring.

"Whipping spring", commonly known as "beating spring cattle", symbolizes that people urge themselves to be more enterprising. Because spring is closely related to farming, most people will motivate themselves at this time and encourage themselves to farm seriously.