About what is the spring bull introduction

1, spring bull is made of mulberry wood skeleton, spring mud production body, made of mud bull, four feet high, eight feet long, folk spring pumping spring bull custom. It means that the winter has passed, and it is necessary to urge the oxen to work on the ground, and it is the meaning of praying for a good harvest.

2, spring is also called spring, is the twenty-four seasons, the first of spring, or one of China's traditional festivals. "The time of the year lies in spring", the ancients attached great importance to the arrival of spring, because it is the beginning of the year, on behalf of the land can be planted and harvested food, which is the basis for people to obtain a source of survival.

3. As early as thousands of years ago, on the day of the first spring, the son of Zhou would lead the three dukes and nine ministers to go to the edge of the field in the countryside to perform the ritual of welcoming spring. Gao Cheng's "Things Chronicle" records: "The Duke of Zhou began to make the spring earth cow, cover out of the earth cow to show farming morning and evening". During this period the Duke of Zhou made spring oxen to express the meaning of urging farming.

4, the Han Dynasty, the custom of whipping the spring bull began to popularize, to express the desire to pray for a good harvest. Early in the morning on the day of spring, civil and military officials would dress in green clothes, wear green hats and insert green flags, and send the earth ox to the city gate, where each official would whip the earth ox to welcome spring.

5, "Kyoto Customs" also said that "the east set the god of man, the west set the spring bull." The east side puts the god of spring tablets, the west side puts the earth cow, after sacrificing to the god of spring, "all the service to beat the burning, so it is called 'playing spring'." This is the origin of the Spring Festival being called "Playing Spring".

6, and finally everyone will break the spring cow, pieces of snatch home, snatched is a symbol of home will be a good harvest.