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The difference between Spring Festival and beginning of spring.

Spring Festival is the first festival in a year, and beginning of spring is the first of the 24 solar terms.

The Spring Festival, the Lunar New Year, is the beginning of a year and a traditional festival. Commonly known as Spring Festival, New Year, New Year's Eve, etc. Verbally, it is also called Chinese New Year and Chinese New Year. The Spring Festival has a long history, which evolved from praying for the New Year at the beginning of the year in ancient times. Everything is based on the sky, and people are based on their ancestors. It is also the opposite to pray for the ancestors who worship the sky.

Beginning of spring, the first of the 24 solar terms, is also known as the first month festival, New Year's Day, New Year's Day and New Year's Day. Standing means "start"; Spring represents warmth and growth. Twenty-four solar terms were originally formulated on the basis of "variable stars". When the bucket handle of the Big Dipper points to the shade, it is beginning of spring. At present, solar terms are determined according to the longitude of the sun. When the sun reaches longitude 3 15, it will be the beginning of spring, and the festival will be held from February 3 to 5 of the Gregorian calendar every year.