Why does beginning of spring celebrate the New Year?

Beginning of spring is the first of the twenty-four solar terms, so the ancient folks celebrated the festival on beginning of spring, which is equivalent to the modern Spring Festival, and the first day of the first lunar month is called "New Year's Day".

19 13 (in the second year of the Republic of China) In July, Yuan Shikai designated the first day of the Lunar New Year as the "Spring Festival" and implemented it the following year (19 14). Since then, the beginning of the summer calendar has been called the Spring Festival, which has continued to this day. Therefore, the zodiac should be calculated from beginning of spring, and the zodiac should be determined based on beginning of spring, not the first day of the first month.

The year of the zodiac should start from beginning of spring, because beginning of spring ranks first among the 24 solar terms, indicating the beginning of spring and the arrival of a new year. Take beginning of spring as the beginning of next year, but from the common people's habits, it is better to find the first day of the first lunar month as the starting point, because it is convenient to remember.

Extended data:

As one of the "twenty-four solar terms", beginning of spring, like Changsha, beginning of autumn and beginning of winter, reflects the changes of all seasons. Beginning of spring means that the winter when everything is closed has passed, and it has begun to enter the spring when everything is warm and sunny.

Due to China's vast territory and the disparity in climate, the specific climatic significance of "Li" does not apply to all parts of the country, and the corresponding area is Lingnan area located on the Tropic of Cancer.

The dividing line between winter and spring is on the line from Guilin, Guangxi to Ganzhou, Jiangxi. When spring begins (the longitude of the sun reaches 365,438+05), the area south of this line already has the breath of spring; However, 93% of China's land area is still in winter, and spring often comes to Heilongjiang in Grain Rain or in the long summer. "Li" is just a reference in many areas.