202 1 the specific time of spring.

202 1 The specific time of spring is commonly known as beginning of spring, which is the solar term of spring returning to the earth. Therefore, the spring break on 202 1 is the beginning of spring. It's 2021February 3 at 22: 58: 39.

The custom of playing spring originated from the palace. It is said that on the day when spring begins, it should be regarded as a festival both inside and outside the palace and should be celebrated solemnly. As early as that day in beginning of spring, we will break the clay sculpture of spring cattle standing in front of the palace. According to historical records, "Duke Zhou only worked as a native cow in spring." In that case, the years are almost as old as our Chinese nation.

The book "Kyoto Customs" once recorded that "the headstrong god is located in the east and the spring cow is located in the west" in front of the palace. After the ceremony, "all the soldiers fought and burned, so it was called' playing spring'." At that time, breaking the spring cow meant urging the old cow to plow the fields, and people took the pieces of the spring cow home one after another as a symbol of good luck.

In which time period did beginning of spring and beginning of spring have a special time? Beginning of spring is between 3 and 5 February, with beginning of spring being the most common on 4 February and rare on 3 and 5 February. The latest year is 2000-20 16. These years are beginning of spring on the 4th, and 20 18 is also beginning of spring on February 4th. Only 20 17 years ago was February 3rd in beginning of spring, and the last time in beginning of spring on February 3rd was 1897, which was 120 years ago. /kloc-I haven't met No.5 beginning of spring in 0/9 years. From 1900 to 2000, the statistics of this century show that there are only February 4th and 5th in beginning of spring, and there is no February 3rd.

What is even rarer is "New Year's Eve". On the first day of the Lunar New Year, spring begins. People think that the New Year is very auspicious, and the weather will be fine this year. There is a folk saying that "it is difficult to be a spring at the age of 100." It's hard to meet each other in spring. 1992 February 4th, Xinwei Year of the Sheep, beginning of spring, which happens to be the first day of the Lunar New Year, that is, the Spring Festival.

Beginning of spring customs not only whip the cattle in spring to welcome the spring, but also many beginning of spring customs are lively and interesting, with a sense of ceremony. The participation of the whole people is strong.

Send spring cattle

In his article Spring Festival, Mr. Wang Zengqi described how his hometown Gaoyou sent spring cattle: "In beginning of spring, the poor made mud cows and sent them to every household. These cows are about five or six inches long and painted. Some of them also have a little clay figurine who plays a short song with suona at the time of delivery in order to get a little reward. " Never seen it in my hometown.

Post a picture of a spring cow

In some places, a picture of a spring cow painted on yellow paper was posted on the wall of the room. Yellow stands for land, and spring cattle stands for farming. In the past, in the countryside and at the beginning of spring, farmers liked to buy an old calendar book as a reference for their work and life. "Spring Cattle Map" is usually printed on the old calendar.

Yao Chun

In some places in the north, beginning of spring eats radish every day, which is called "biting spring". Eat lettuce and spring vegetables. Volume 5 of the Generalized Month Order: "beginning of spring Day in the Tang Dynasty, eating spring cakes and lettuce, spring plate number Du Fu's beginning of spring" "Fine lettuce spring, suddenly remembering the time when two Beijing plum blossoms were born. "The lettuce here is the leek we often eat. In the south, they eat spring rolls. You can eat it in spring, which is interesting and poetic.