What is the origin of beginning of spring?

China has been a big agricultural producer since ancient times. People sow in spring and harvest in autumn. The key to a bumper harvest all year round is spring. Therefore, the folk will have the saying that "a year's plan lies in spring". In ancient times, beginning of spring was not only an ancient solar term, but also an important festival.

On the day of spring, the ancient emperor personally led the princes and doctors to greet the spring in the eastern suburbs and issued benevolent orders. Feudal rulers of later generations held a whipping ceremony on this day to encourage farming and develop production.

The custom of beginning of spring

After beginning of spring, people like to go out for a spring outing in spring, which is also the main form of spring outing. When I was in beginning of spring, there was a folk custom of "eating spring cakes and biting spring", and all the flavors of spring were contained in the cakes. In Weihai City, Shandong Province, the people's extremely thin dough is wrapped in fresh seasonal vegetables, rolled into rolls, steamed or fried, and the fine products "bite the spring" are full of the taste of spring.