When is 2020, and when does spring begin?

Tuesday, February 4, 2020 (Year of the Rat), the eleventh day of the first month.

Beginning of spring, the first of the 24 solar terms, is also known as the Spring Festival, the First Month Festival, the Lunar New Year Festival, the Lunar New Year Festival and the Lunar New Year Festival. Standing means "start"; Spring represents warmth and growth. Twenty-four solar terms were originally formulated according to "variable stars". When the bucket handle of the Big Dipper points to the cloudy, it is beginning of spring. At present, the 24 solar terms are divided according to the "Yellow Sutra of the Sun". When the sun reaches 3 15 of the yellow longitude, it is beginning of spring, which is celebrated on February 3-5 of the Gregorian calendar every year. In the era of cadres and branches, silver moon is spring, beginning of spring is the beginning of a year, and beginning of spring is the beginning of everything, which means all self-renewal, which means the beginning of a new cycle.

Twenty-four solar terms are the product of ancient farming civilization, which occupies an extremely important position in China's traditional farming society. Before the Qin and Han Dynasties, the customs and cultures of the north and the south were different. In some places, the first day of the lunar calendar is not the first day of the first month, but beginning of spring, with 24 solar terms. The beginning of New Year's Eve is of great significance to the traditional farming society. Major celebrations, such as ancestor worship, receiving blessings and praying for the New Year, exorcising evil spirits, saying goodbye to the old year and welcoming the new year, are arranged at the beginning of spring and a few days before and after. This series of festivals not only constitutes the framework of the New Year's Eve Festival in later generations, but also retains its folk function to this day.

Beginning of spring, like Changsha, beginning of autumn and beginning of winter, reflects the seasonal changes. Beginning of spring marks the end of the winter when everything is closed and begins to enter the warm and sunny spring. Beginning of spring is the time when the sun be the spirit was born, and everything gradually recovered. Up to beginning of spring, the breath of early spring can be clearly felt in the Tropic of Cancer and its south area. Because China has a vast territory, a large span between north and south, and the climate varies greatly from place to place, the specific rhythmic significance of "beginning of spring" does not apply to all parts of the country, but only has reference significance to many areas.