Very early in our country, the year was divided into 12 equal parts, which were divided according to the "festival", which was the later 24 solar terms, of which the twelve "festivals" were divided into a year.
This is different from the 12 constellations in the West, because the 24 solar terms in China are older than it, and more complex, and the date of the 24 solar terms should be matched with the operation of heaven and earth.
Take the ancients to calculate the birth of the people, it is also determined according to the handover of the solar terms, for example, the year is based on the day of the beginning of spring as the boundary point, before that is the season of winter, and after the beginning of spring this boundary point is Meng Chun.
In this way, when the beginning of spring is before the Spring Festival, then all those who are born in the month of Layue after the beginning of the spring solar term will also be counted as born in January. And the beginning of spring after the Spring Festival, even if you are born in the first month of the year, but it has not yet reached the beginning of the spring solar term, then it must be counted in the previous year.
Like the 2023 year of the lunar calendar, it is a bit special, it has two beginning of the Spring Festival, and the next one is the beginning of the Spring Festival, which is before the Spring Festival. In this way, if it is a baby born after the beginning of the Spring Festival, even if there is no Spring Festival, it is considered a "dragon baby", don't be mistaken.
And about the beginning of spring in 2023, there is a classic proverb in the folk "Two springs a year, the hairy one is as expensive as gold", what does this mean? Does it mean that the Spring Festival in 2014 is very cold? Let's go a** together!
It stands to reason that a year is the beginning of the spring term, and the time of the beginning of spring is also relatively fixed.
Because the original 24 solar terms in ancient times were formulated according to the "Dou Zhuan Xing Xing", in which the "Dou" is the handle of the Big Dipper, which points to different directions, that is, different solar terms.
And when the handle points to the Yin position, it is the beginning of spring. It is the beginning of the Yin month in the Ganzhi calendar, which is not only the first of the 24 solar terms, but also the first of the year.
The first is in the later 24 solar terms, which are determined according to the degree of the sun's ecliptic longitude, in which the sun reaches the ecliptic longitude of 315° for the beginning of spring, and the time is on February 3-5 of the Gregorian calendar every year.
In the traditional concept, the beginning of spring not only means a new reincarnation, but also has an auspicious connotation. Therefore, the ancients attached great importance to the beginning of spring, and at that time there were Xi such as welcoming spring, worshipping gods and ancestors, praying for blessings, and driving away evil spirits.
The reason why there are two beginning of spring in some years is that the leap month system is adopted in the lunar calendar, which leads to the length of the lunar year being longer than the length of the Gregorian year, so there will be two beginning of spring in a year.
For example, in the 2023 Gregorian calendar year, it is still 365 days, but the lunar year has 384 days, which is from January 22, 2023 to February 9, 2024.
In this way, the year is no longer 12 months, but 13 months, of which there are two February, the first February is normal, and the second is leap February. Since the number of days in the lunar calendar has increased by 19 days, and the solar terms are about 15 days apart, this has led to two beginning of the spring solar terms in 2023 of the lunar calendar.
The hairy ones here refer to the poultry and livestock raised at home. In the past, there was an old folk saying that "the family has a lot of wealth, but the hairy one does not count", in which the hairy one also refers to the poultry and livestock raised, because there is a great risk in breeding, which may lead to the loss of money.
In this way, it is easier to understand in combination with the first half of the sentence, which means that if there are two beginning of spring solar terms in a year, then poultry and livestock in such years are more expensive, and even ** expensive as gold.
And the reason why this is the case is because the ancients believed that there are two beginning of spring solar terms in a lunar year, so such a winter will be particularly cold, and its cold degree will cause a large number of chickens, ducks, pigs, cattle and sheep and other animals to get sick and die, and there are fewer of these animals on the market, which is naturally expensive.
Not only that, in the past, there were "two springs a year, ten cattle pens and nine empty", or "two springs and one winter, loess turned gold", etc., all of which indicate that there are two spring solar terms a year, so such a winter is very cold. Especially during the Spring Festival, it is relatively cold, and there may be a cold spring after the Spring Festival.
List of high-quality authors And it is very coincidental that there are also two beginning of spring terms in the 2023 lunar year, and the next one is still before the Spring Festival, does that indicate that the Spring Festival is very cold? Is there any truth to these statements of the ancients? There is no scientific basis for the accuracy of this proverb, and it can only be said by the experience of the ancients. Because the beginning of spring is generally early, especially before the Spring Festival of the previous year, it is often early in winter this year, and the cold time will be longer.
In addition, there is a saying about the two springs in a year, that is, "double spring and leap month, a good year to get married". It is believed that it is better to get married in the double spring year, and the "no spring year" is not conducive to marriage, so there are more people who get married during the double spring festival in the people, such as at the end of this year.
As everyone knows, China's traditional 24 solar terms are arranged according to the solar calendar, two solar terms per month, and the date is relatively fixed, but because these solar terms are constantly changing in the lunar calendar, it has caused the phenomenon of "double spring" or "no spring".
It can be seen that whether it is "double spring" or "no spring", it is just a normal calendar evolution, which has nothing to do with good luck and evil, and it is unlikely to affect the happiness of marriage. Therefore, it is not accurate to use this to ** whether the Spring Festival in 2024 will be very cold.
But that's not to say it's worthless, at least it's a reflection of people's attention to the weather and the importance they place on agricultural production. In today's society, we can still feel people's awe of the natural world and their expectations for life from this proverb.