The spring of the Year of the Rat has two beginnings. Why?

February 3rd is a traditional festival in beginning of spring and China, and beginning of spring indicates that everything is sprouting and full of vitality. Some professionals said that due to the vast territory of China, the corresponding terrain conditions are also very complicated. Although beginning of spring has been mentioned, it doesn't mean that spring has arrived. Beginning of spring is only one of our 24 solar terms. Because this year is a leap year, there will be two beginning of spring, which is very common.

Beginning of spring is a traditional solar term in China, and it is also the first of the 24 solar terms in China. At the beginning of our country, because everyone was committed to agricultural production, we divided the 24 solar terms according to the method of agricultural production, which was also beneficial to people's agricultural production and knew when to sow and when to harvest. With the 24 solar terms, everyone's agricultural production is also smoother. As the saying goes? Harvest food in early spring and rest in late spring? If beginning of spring stands early, the harvest will be good this year, and if beginning of spring stands late, the harvest in the field will be bad, so the long-term workers can rest at this time without the help of them.

Therefore, as people in agricultural production, they like beginning of spring to stand early, which is called early spring before the Spring Festival and late spring after the Spring Festival. According to this proverb, the harvest in the field should be very good. Only beginning of spring stands early and beginning of autumn stands late, so it will be a bumper harvest year, which is also very popular among the people. Everyone will think that the double spring year is more auspicious. So this time will be more suitable for getting married or building a house. In many places, beginning of spring has the custom of worshipping ancestors to celebrate the Spring Festival. On this day of spring, by worshipping our ancestors, we will be able to get more in the coming year, and we hope it will be smooth and profitable. In the southern region, during the solar term in spring, we usually use cooked chicken and cooked pork to pay homage to the land god, and we also burn incense and pray. After the sacrifice, the family was happy.

At the same time, in some places, there are traditional activities such as worshipping Tai Sui, which are very popular in Hongkong and Taiwan Province Province, as well as in Guangzhou and some Southeast Asian countries. When the new Tai Sui arrived in beginning of spring, beginning of spring was not only the first of the 24 solar terms, but also represented the growth and vitality of all things in people's minds, making people feel full of vitality and hope.