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The beginning of the spring of 2024

In 2024, February 4th in the solar calendar and Sunday 25th in the lunar calendar will be the beginning of spring.

According to the Gregorian calendar, February 4th, 2024, Gregorian calendar1:14: 03 is beginning of spring, which is New Year's Eve. This year's beginning of spring coincides with New Year's Eve, which means that the year 2024 of the lunar calendar includes two beginning of spring, which is a double spring year. There is no beginning of spring at the beginning and end of the lunar calendar in 2024, which is a year without spring.

Beginning of spring is a time point or period. China tradition divides beginning of spring's Tenth Five-Year Plan into three periods: "The east wind thaws, the insects start to vibrate, and the fish get cold", which means that the east wind warms and the earth begins to thaw. "beginning of spring solar terms, westerly jet, the southern branch of East Asia, has begun to weaken, and the winter climate is coming to an end.

However, the intensity and location of the northern branch of westerly jet remain basically the same, the Mongolian cold high and Aleutian low are still relatively strong, and gale cooling is still the prevailing main weather. However, during the intermission under the influence of strong cold air, the frequency of southerly winds increases, accompanied by an obvious warming process.

Spring rain surprises spring and bright valley days, and summer is full of mans and summer heat is connected; Autumn dew, autumn frost, little snow in winter and cold in winter. The solar term song, which is well known to China people, implies the order of the 24 solar terms.

The meaning and symbol of beginning of spring.

1, which means a new cycle is started.

Actually, standing is the beginning Beginning of spring is the first of the 24 solar terms, which, like Changxia, beginning of autumn and beginning of winter, reflects the alternation of four seasons. Spring is the beginning of spring, so it means that a new year cycle has begun. In ancient times, people attached great importance to the beginning of a year. When they start in spring, they will worship the gods of spring, Tai Sui God, Land God and so on.

2, it means that everything is reborn.

Standing is the beginning, full of spring. Beginning of spring, as the first of the 24 solar terms, actually means that everything is reborn and spring has begun. Spring itself is also the season of biological reproduction, and everything recovers. Therefore, beginning of spring symbolizes the beginning of life. Now, for people, the meaning of beginning of spring is the meaning of the revival of everything.

It symbolizes the coming of spring.

In fact, beginning of spring didn't exist at first. Later, according to meteorology, beginning of spring was regarded as the first of the 24 solar terms. It's not spring yet in beginning of spring, but at this time, the weather is slowly warming up, and the temperature is also slowly rising, with an average of 2~3 degrees higher than that in winter. The arrival of beginning of spring means that spring has really come, so it symbolizes the arrival of spring.