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What are the 24 solar terms?

beginning of spring

beginning of spring is the first of the 24 solar terms. Standing is the meaning of "beginning"; Spring represents warmth and growth. Twenty-four solar terms were originally formulated on the basis of "changing stars", and when the bucket handle of the Big Dipper points to Yin, it is beginning of spring. At present, the solar terms are determined according to the degree of the sun's longitude. When the sun reaches 315 degrees of the longitude of the yellow, it is called beginning of spring, and the festival is held on February 3-5 of the Gregorian calendar every year. In the era of Ganzhi, Yinyue is the spring, beginning of spring is the beginning of the year, and beginning of spring is the beginning of all things and the meaning of all self-renewal, which means that a new cycle has begun. In the traditional concept, beginning of spring has an auspicious meaning.