Why eat spring?

Biting spring is one of the solar terms customs in beginning of spring, which refers to eating spring plates, spring cakes and radishes. On the day when spring begins, it means "If you bite the grass roots, you can do anything".

Biting spring is the most unique folk custom in beginning of spring. Food is the most important thing for the people, and no matter what festival, it will be associated with eating. In ancient times, before eating in the morning, parents would let their children chew radish, taking the ancient meaning of "biting grass roots can do anything".

Biting spring was first seen in Jin Dynasty and was popular in Tang and Song Dynasties. With the passage of time, biting spring now refers to the custom of eating spring rolls, eating spring cakes, eating spring rolls and chewing radish every day at the beginning of spring to celebrate the arrival of spring, which also means health and safety in the new year.

Phenological phenomena in early spring

Some ancient works of China divided the 15th beginning of spring into three periods: "The east wind thawed, the insects began to vibrate, and the fish became cold", which means that the east wind warmed up and the earth began to thaw.

Five days after beginning of spring, hibernating insects slowly woke up in the cave. Five days later, the ice in the river began to melt and the fish began to swim on the water. At this time, there are still broken borneol on the water, floating on the water like fish.