Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - The 24 Solar Terms - Tomorrow in beginning of spring, what does the phrase "harvest in early spring and rest in late spring" mean?

Tomorrow in beginning of spring, what does the phrase "harvest in early spring and rest in late spring" mean?

As the saying goes? Harvest food in early spring and rest in late spring? If beginning of spring stands early, the harvest will be good this year, and if beginning of spring stands late, the harvest in the field will be bad, so the long-term workers can rest at this time without the help of them. Therefore, as people in agricultural production, they like beginning of spring to stand early, which is called early spring before the Spring Festival and late spring after the Spring Festival. According to this proverb, the harvest in the field should be good. Only beginning of spring stood early and beginning of autumn stood late, so it will be a bumper harvest year, which is also very popular with the people.

Besides, when beginning of spring comes, it also means that spring will begin. At this time, everything began to recover and everywhere was full of vitality and hope. At the beginning of our country, because everyone was engaged in agricultural production, we divided the 24 solar terms according to the method of agricultural production, which was also beneficial to people's agricultural production, knowing when to sow and when to harvest, and with the 24 solar terms, everyone's agricultural production was smoother. Besides, this year is very special. This is a leap year. Leap year means that there are 13 months in a year, which means that there will be two solar terms in spring, so this year is also called the double spring year.

Everyone will think that the Double Spring Festival is very auspicious, so we have to do everything important this year, such as getting married, moving and building a house. Everyone likes to hold it in the Double Spring Festival, because it's lucky and it can win a good lottery. Meanwhile, there are many customs in early spring. Beginning of spring has the custom of ancestor worship in many places to welcome the arrival of spring. On the day when spring begins, we pray for more harvest in the coming year by worshipping our ancestors, and we also hope.

In southern China, during the beginning of spring solar term, cooked chicken and cooked pork are usually used to pay homage to the land god, and incense is also burned to pray. After the sacrifice, the family can have a happy meal together to celebrate the festival. At the same time, some places also have traditional activities such as worshipping Tai Sui, which are very popular in Hongkong, Taiwan Province Province, Guangzhou and some Southeast Asian countries. When beginning of spring comes, the new Tai Sui will come, and beginning of spring is not just twenty-four.