The origin of beginning of spring?

Beginning of spring, as a festival, existed as early as the Spring and Autumn Period. At that time, there were eight festivals in a year, namely beginning of spring, Changxia, beginning of autumn, beginning of winter, Vernal Equinox, Summer Solstice and Winter Solstice. Only the Book of Rites and Annals of Huainanzi by Liu An in the Western Han Dynasty recorded 24 solar terms.

Before the Han Dynasty, the calendar had been changed many times. At that time, beginning of spring among the 24 solar terms was designated as the Spring Festival, which meant that spring began. This title lasted for more than 2000 years, until 19 13, when the national government officially issued a document, making it clear that the first day of the first month of the first month of each year was the Spring Festival. Since then, beginning of spring has only existed as one of the 24 solar terms, and it has been passed down to this day.

Extended data

202 1 beginning of spring

According to the China astronomical calendar, the beginning of spring solar term will be ushered in at 22: 59 on February 3, 2002/kloc-0. "beginning of spring" is the first of the 24 solar terms, and it is also the beginning of four o'clock in a year. "beginning of spring" opened the prelude of spring, and marked the arrival of spring when everything was revived.

Twenty-four solar terms were originally designated according to the star movement, while beginning of spring refers to the shade of bucket handle, the Big Dipper, and now beginning of spring is the time when the sun reaches 3 15. Because the earth moves around the sun to move the stars, the time of the two festivals is basically the same.