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What are early spring, mid-spring and late spring?

Early spring: Also known as early spring and Meng Chun, it is the first month of the four seasons and beginning of spring. There are two solar terms: February 3 -5 in beginning of spring and February 18-20 in rainy season. ?

Mid-spring: February of the lunar calendar after Meng Chun. The vernal equinox has two solar terms: March 5 -7 and March 20 -22.

Late spring: it is the end of spring, also known as late spring, remnant spring and Yu spring. There are two solar terms: April 4-6 in Tomb-Sweeping Day and April 19-2 1 in Grain Rain.

Different regions have different "three spring" periods, namely, early spring, middle spring and late spring. Most of them are set as early spring from early February to early March, middle spring from early March to early April, and late spring from late April to early May.

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Spring, also known as spring, is the first of the four seasons, which refers to the period from beginning of spring to long summer, including solar terms such as beginning of spring, rain, fright, vernal equinox, Qingming and Grain Rain. This is the season when everything comes back to life. The Gregorian calendar in the northern hemisphere is from late March to late June, and in the southern hemisphere (such as Australia) it is from late September to late February.

In meteorology, the beginning of spring is that the average temperature is above 10℃ for five consecutive days. In spring, the climate is warm and mild, and there is rain in most inland areas of China, where everything germinates and the climate is changeable.

The solar terms in spring are:

1, beginning of spring: Standing is the beginning, and beginning of spring is beginning of spring. Since the Qin Dynasty, beginning of spring has been the beginning of spring in China. Beginning of spring is divided from astronomy, but in nature and people's minds, spring is warm and flowers are fragrant. Spring is growth, cultivation and sowing. In climatology, spring refers to the period when the average temperature is between 10℃ and 22℃.

2. Rain: It began to rain and gradually increased. The meaning of rain solar term is that rainfall begins and gradually increases. In the Yellow River valley, the birthplace of the 24 solar terms, the weather was cold before it rained. But I saw the snow falling and the nasty rain falling. After the rain, the temperature can generally rise above 0℃, with less snow and more rain. However, in the warm southern region, even in the dead of winter, rainfall is not uncommon.

3. Sting: Sting means hiding. Sting refers to the sudden movement of spring thunder, which awakens the hibernating animals in the soil. By the time of the earthquake, most parts of China had entered the busy season of spring ploughing. Really: the season waits for no one, and every moment is worth a thousand dollars.

4. vernal equinox: vernal equinox means equal share. The vernal equinox means that day and night are equally divided. After the vernal equinox, the overwintering crops in most parts of southern China entered the spring growth stage. In central China, there is an agricultural proverb, "Wheat starts at the vernal equinox, and every moment is worth a thousand dollars".

5. Qingming: Every year on April 4th or 5th of the Gregorian calendar, folk customs sweep graves on this day. Qingming is a solar term representing phenology, which means sunny weather and lush vegetation. Tomb-Sweeping Day has folk customs such as climbing mountains, eating cold food and sweeping graves.

6. Grain Rain: Rain makes a hundred valleys. With sufficient and timely rainfall, cereal crops can thrive in Grain Rain season in southern China. "Young flowers fall, cuckoos cry at night, peonies bloom and cherries are ripe. The natural scenery tells people that it is late spring.

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