When is spring break?

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Playing spring is one of the solar terms customs in beginning of spring. Beginning of spring is the first of the 24 solar terms, the beginning of a year in the official calendar, the beginning of everything, and the beginning of everything, representing the beginning of everything and the significance of self-renewal.

In the past, people made spring cattle out of clay the day before beginning of spring's birthday, and beginning of spring whipped them with red and green whips, so this custom was called "playing spring". In the folk, people held a ceremony of "whipping spring cattle" in beginning of spring that day to welcome the arrival of spring and pray for a bumper harvest.

In the long farming society, the 24 solar terms play an important role, with rich cultural connotations and a large number of related folk culture.

As the first of the 24 solar terms, beginning of spring was once a grand New Year. In the historical development, the folk custom of "New Year's Day" in beginning of spring has been moved to 1 month 1 day, when Yin and Yang are in harmony, so beginning of spring has become a simple solar term. Some places have the customs of solar terms in beginning of spring, such as "beginning of spring", "biting spring" and "playing spring".

Beginning of spring custom:

1, 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. It is said that a lot of red and yellow papers were posted on it, and that year was a "bumper harvest"; Paste on black paper, the harvest was not good that year. So the magistrate arranged to win people's hearts with red and yellow paper. After the spring cattle were pasted, a ceremony was held to make the finishing point, that is, an incense table was set up and a bow was made to worship.

Step 2 bite the spring

The beginning of seasonal diet in spring is the custom of making spring cakes, sending spring plates and eating spring vegetables to welcome and celebrate spring. Spring cake is a typical seasonal food at the beginning of spring. Since Wei, Jin and Southern Dynasties, people have eaten spring cakes in spring.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Da Chun