Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - The 24 Solar Terms - The story of spring begins very short.

The story of spring begins very short.

The origin of beginning of spring: beginning of spring is calculated according to the ecliptic. When the bucket handle of the Big Dipper points to the shade, it is the node of beginning of spring, that is, when the sun reaches longitude 3 15.

Standing means beginning, and spring means warmth and growth.

Beginning of spring is the first of the 24 solar terms, also known as the first year and the first month of the year.

Beginning of spring's story: A long time ago, a year ago, in front of beginning of spring, there were plagues everywhere, which infected everyone.

A well-dressed man came to a village. He saw that all the villagers were seriously ill, so he prayed to Guanyin Bodhisattva in the South China Sea to cure the plague.

Guanyin Bodhisattva told him that when the weather is fine, let people eat a few bites of radish each, and the plague can be solved.

After the plague was solved, people lived a quiet and happy life again.

Since then, people have eaten some radishes at the beginning of spring to pray for peace.

The custom of "biting spring" was thus formed and continues to this day.