Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - The 24 Solar Terms - 1234567, what is the solar term today?

1234567, what is the solar term today?

Beginning of spring solar terms.

Stands for "start"; Spring represents warmth and growth. Beginning of spring represents the beginning of spring, but under the influence of strong cold air, gale cooling is still the main theme of this season; Only in the gap between strong cold air visits will there be a more obvious warming. In the early spring, "the east wind blows on the face, though it is cold, it is cold and light after all", and spring follows.

Before the Han Dynasty, the calendar had been changed many times. At that time, beginning of spring, one of 24 solar terms, was designated as the Spring Festival. This name lasted for more than 2000 years until 19 13. At that time, the national government officially issued a document, clarifying that the first day of the first month of each year is 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.

The custom of beginning of spring

1, biting spring

On the day of "beginning of spring", people in China are used to eating radishes, ginger, onions and bread, which is called "biting spring". However, different local customs have different manifestations, and eating spring rolls is popular in the south.

2. Spring Festival

In the old custom of beginning of spring, the day before, two artists put on ribbons and shouted "Spring is coming" along the street, which is a traditional way to "herald spring". After beginning of spring, people like to go out for a spring outing in spring, which is also the main form of spring outing.

3. Spring

To "spring" means to "whip the spring cattle" to "urge the ploughing". Spring cattle can be divided into paper cattle and mud cattle. The man pretending to be a headstrong god whipped the spring cow three times with a whip wrapped in HongLing, which means "whipping the spring cow", which means to drive away the laziness of the spring cow and urge people to plant the land quickly when spring returns to the earth.