What are the meanings and customs of beginning of spring?

Beginning of spring is at the top of the 24 solar terms, and people attach great importance to this solar term. China had a ceremony to welcome "Spring" 3,000 years ago, and beginning of spring's unique national customs and cultural connotations are quite rich.

Beginning of spring, commonly known as Da Chun, marks the beginning of spring. It is the first of the 24 solar terms, and the time is around the Spring Festival. Li divides heaven and earth, but in nature, in people's minds, "spring" means sunny weather and everything grows.

According to records, mustard spring cakes in the court of the Song Dynasty are silk, golden rooster and jade swallow, which are extremely exquisite and each piece is worth ten thousand yuan. Spring cakes are as thin as cicadas. What is recorded here is that they spread fine flour on 1 kind of flat pan, that is, very thin and transparent cakes, which are used to wrap mustard and then fried with spring rolls (also called plates). Spring rolls are the symbol of spring in the eyes of the ancients.

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Health knowledge and matters needing attention in spring

Although the temperature has gradually increased after the solar terms in beginning of spring, the weather is still warm and cold. Don't take off your clothes in a hurry in case you catch a cold. Beginning of spring was born with yang and full of liver. In terms of diet, avoid spicy and moisten the liver.

Beginning of spring is in the early spring, which is a season easy to breed germs. We should do more relaxation exercises and outdoor exercises, strengthen the system and prevent "spring disease". "The grass has sprouted again, and the old diseases have sprouted again." It can be seen that beginning of spring is a season with frequent diseases.