About the Story of Beginning of Spring. Introduction to the Legend of Beginning of Spring.

1. During the Spring Festival, the sound of spring gongs and spring drums of "dong dong yun" and "dong dong yun" can be heard everywhere in the countryside, accompanied by rhythmic lyrics. It turns out that someone is singing. Hit spring.

2. Legend has it that during the Ming Dynasty, there was a prefect. In the spring of the first year he took office, the climate was very cold and the cold lasted for a long time. Although it was already several months since the beginning of spring, No flowers, plants or trees were seen sprouting. The prefect thought that this was not a good sign. He was eager to see the buds of trees, grass and flowers. So he immediately ordered the people to find budding branches and send them to the prefect. Whoever delivers it early will be rewarded.

3. The next day, two people, a man named Wu and a man named Zhou, found a few poplar trees with buds and sent them to the prefect's Yamen. When the prefect saw it, he was naturally overjoyed and thought it was a blessing. Wu and Zhou received heavy rewards from the prefect. The prefect asked the two of them to come earlier next year to report spring. Coincidentally, due to the milder winter in the second year, spring began on the first day of the first lunar month. Zhou and Wu, holding budding willows and each holding a small gong and half a specially made drum, came to the prefect's Yamen to herald the spring. While they were beating gongs, they sang some nice auspicious flattery that they had made up. The prefect was extremely happy and gave Zhou and Wu double rewards. In this way, the news that Zhou and Wu were rewarded spread to other people.

4. In the coming year, other people will follow the example of Zhou and Wu and go to the government offices in groups to announce the spring. When the prefect saw so many people coming, he never gave out any of his own money to reward the people. The prefect then said to the people: "Heralding spring is a great joy. The plan for the year lies in spring. Spring comes back early, which is a blessing to all people. You can worship Wu and Zhou as your teachers and go to the homes of fellow villagers in various villages to herald spring." From now on, our government will hold a grand Spring Festival celebration at the beginning of spring to enjoy the Spring Festival with the people. "Since then, the custom of spring festival has been formed in various places.