What is the first solar term in the lunar calendar?

The first solar term is beginning of spring.

The twenty-four solar terms are beginning of spring, rain, fright, vernal equinox, Qingming, Grain Rain, Changxia, Xiaoman, Mangzhong, Summer Solstice, Slight Summer, beginning of autumn, Chushu, Millennium, Vernal Equinox, Cold Dew, First Frost, beginning of winter, Light Snow, Heavy Snow, Winter Solstice, Slight Cold and Severe Cold. In order to make it easier to remember, people compiled twenty-four solar term song: Spring rains startle spring and clear valleys, summer is full of mountains and rivers, and summer is followed by intense heat. Autumn dew, autumn frost, little snow in winter and cold in winter.

brief introduction

Beginning of spring is the first of the 24 solar terms in the lunar calendar. February 3 or 4 every year is the beginning of spring. "Reason" means "beginning". There are eight solar terms such as beginning of spring, Spring Equinox, Long Summer, Summer Solstice, beginning of autumn, Autumn Equinox, beginning of winter and Winter Solstice in the December period of Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals. Since the Qin Dynasty, China has always regarded beginning of spring as the beginning of the Meng Chun season.

China traditionally divided the 15 days in beginning of spring into three periods: "The east wind thaws, the insects start to vibrate, and the fish are frozen", which means that the east wind warms up and the earth begins to thaw; Five days after the spring, the dormant insects in the cave slowly woke up; Five days later, the ice in the river began to melt and the fish began to swim on the water. At this time, there was broken borneol on the water. Looking down from above, it's like being taken away by fish.

It has been more than 3,000 years since beginning of spring celebrated the Spring Festival, and China attaches great importance to the Spring Festival from the official to the folk. When he was in beginning of spring, Emperor Tiandi personally led three officials and nine ministers, governors and doctors to the eastern suburbs to welcome the Spring Festival and pray for a bumper harvest. When you come back, you should reward the ministers and make a Bude order to show your kindness to the people. This kind of activity influenced the common people, and later gradually evolved into a national Spring Festival activity for generations.