The beginning of spring, the plan of the year lies in spring
At the beginning of spring, at the beginning of spring, everything recovers, and the earth wakes up like a giant.
Zhu Ziqing said in "Spring":
Everything was as if he had just woken up, and he opened his eyes happily. ”
The plan of the year lies in spring, and the beauty of all things begins here.
After the devastation of a long and cold winter, the beginning of spring is like a capital zero, and everything starts anew.
Beginning of spring
Set up a spring full of hope
As one of the most anticipated and festive festivals of the Chinese, the Spring Festival has been embodied into a joyful tide of various gongs and drums, crowds of people, and colorful lights. If there is any festival in China that can be comparable to the connotation and implication of the Spring Festival, or which festival can better embody the meaning of "one yuan and renewal", then there is only the beginning of spring at the beginning of the twenty-four solar terms.
Lichun, also known as the New Year's Festival, the Spring Festival, the New Year's Day, the New Year's Day, etc. The so-called "standing" is the beginning, the upright, and the beginning; The so-called "spring" is warm, growing, and nurturing. "In nature, the most striking feature of the beginning of spring is the sign that everything is beginning to surge and recover" - the Tropic of Cancer and the places south of it, the breath of early spring quietly comes from the beginning of spring. Just like the "three phenology" in the beginning of spring: one waits for the east wind to thaw, the second waits for the stinging insects to start vibrating, and the third waits for the fish to lose ice.
The Chinese in the period of agricultural civilization have long prepared colorful celebrations for the beginning of spring, such as welcoming spring, beating spring, stepping on spring, biting spring, sending spring, etc., in order to gather a fiery popularity, engage in a boiling ceremony, and express a piece of worship piety, in order to pray for a new red fire.
In many places in the south of the Yangtze River in our country, the activities of worshipping the god of spring are still retained. For example, in Kecheng District, Quzhou City, in the mountainous area of western Zhejiang, there is a small village called Miaoyuan Village of Jiuhua Township, there is a temple in the village - Wutong Ancestral Palace, the main god enshrined in the temple is the ancient Chinese mythology of the god of spring (also known as the wood god) Jumang, the statue of the god is carved from the root of a huge plane tree. Every year in the beginning of spring, the "Jiuhua Spring Festival" is held here. According to local folk experts, "the Jiuhua Lichun Festival preserves a relatively complete Spring Festival blessing ceremony, including arranging the table, hanging the 24 solar terms, selecting young boys and girls to receive the spring, whipping spring cattle, cheering, spring sowing, etc. ”
As far as the spring cattle are concerned, it is more of a rural Chinese attribute, and it is a popular spring welcome activity that is widely present in the countryside throughout the country during the beginning of spring. In the collection of photographs by the American Ruth Naeder (1910-1913), there is a photo taken around 1911 in the countryside of western Sichuan. The prop cow surrounded by the villagers in western Sichuan has a large head and a fat body, sharp ears and round eyes, ......Before and after the beginning of spring, local farmers place it at the head of the village, the dam and the intersection for people to "beat the spring cattle" - not only to remove the inertia of the cattle, but also to urge people to work hard. Just like Yang Wanli's poem "Watching Children's Play and Fighting Spring Cows": "Children are not hungry when they hear about the New Year, and the cows are not fat when they hear about the New Year." The implication is self-evident: the plan of a year lies in spring, and the plan of a lifetime lies in diligence.
In the north of our country, every spring is to "bite spring". The so-called biting spring is to eat fresh fruits and vegetables and taste the breath of spring. It is said that on the day of the beginning of spring, the people in the Beijing and Tianjin areas pay attention to buying radishes to eat, taking the meaning of "biting the grass roots and breaking them, then everything can be done". Therefore, in the early morning of the beginning of spring in the past, there were often vendors carrying radish burdens and shouting "radish pear, radish pear, radish pear" in various alleys. Some people also say that biting radishes is to ventilate and get rid of diseases. For example, "Yanshan Night Talk" says that "taking a bite of raw radish is called biting spring, to prevent disease". Of course, in addition to biting radish, there are also bitten spring plates, spring cakes, spring rolls, and spring vegetables ...... various placesThe best thing about biting spring is that the word "bite" is used, which excites a sense of hard work and tenacity at the beginning of spring.
Take a closer look at the customs that have been passed down from generation to generation from the ancestors, such as welcoming spring, beating spring, stepping on spring, biting spring, and sending spring, and try it yourself, there is always a different taste.
Maintenance
Master the air of spring and follow the times
In ancient China, the beginning of spring was called the "Spring Festival", but this "Spring Festival" is not the Spring Festival as it is referred to in modern times. The beginning of spring, as a solar term, refers to the first day of each year in the lunar calendar and the earthly branch, and is the day when each year's stem branch enters the next year's stem branch, and is also regarded as the beginning of the year.
Spring is the season of vitality, the melody of spring is "life", and healthy eating should be done in time.
Grow hair and nourish yang, don't suffer from the cold. Spring is the first of the four seasons, the beginning of the renewal of Vientiane, as said in the "Yellow Emperor's Neijing": "Spring in March, this is called Chen." Heaven and earth are born, and all things are glorious. It means that when spring returns to the earth, the ice and snow have melted, the yang energy of nature begins to rise, everything recovers, the willow silk spits green, and everything in the world appears to be thriving. Therefore, spring health care must grasp the characteristics of spring qi rising and smooth, pay attention to protecting the yang energy in the body, so that it is constantly abundant, and gradually vigorous, all the conditions that deplete and hinder yang energy should be avoided, this health principle should be specifically run through diet, exercise, daily life, disease prevention, spirit and other aspects.
The beginning of the spring solar term is mostly around February 4 of the solar calendar, when the temperature is still cold, especially in the northern region is still icy and snowy, so the early stage of the beginning of the spring solar term is still to prevent cold and keep warm, carefully reduce clothing, and prevent yang gas leakage. After the beginning of spring, the temperature gradually warms, the body's qi and blood go from the inside to the outside, and the pores and tendons gradually open. Once the cold hits, the pores will automatically close, and the yang energy in the body can not be diverged, which is easy to produce the phenomenon of "yang depression", and there are symptoms of fire such as dry throat, chapped lips, dry stool, and loss of appetite. Therefore, at this time, health preservation needs to conform to the yin and yang qi of heaven and earth, solidify the kidney yang, and make the yang energy be declared.
Nourishing the liver and flattening the liver is not excessive. After the beginning of spring, the yang qi grows, the wind comes from the east, the spring qi passes through the liver, the external wind is easy to cause the internal wind, causing the liver to be hyperactive, and the human blood operation is affected by the climate, which will cause large fluctuations in blood pressure, so the flat liver is the key to the beginning of spring health.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the blood of a person lies on the liver. The liver manages the distribution of qi and blood in the human body, and when a person is lying down, the blood will flow into the liver, so that the liver qi and blood are sufficiently regulated, and the blood supply to the heart and brain is sufficient. Therefore, in the beginning of spring, it is necessary to adapt to the diurnal changes of the season, adjust work and rest, lie down at night and get up early, and ensure sufficient sleep to nourish the liver.
Nourish the yang and replenish the body, save acid and increase sweetness. The spring monsoon is dry and changes frequently, and the weather is cloudy and sunny, and our body is susceptible to the evil of warmth and dryness. It is advisable to eat bean sprouts, leeks, toons and other foods that help hair growth, so as not to damage the fluid and hurt the yang.
In spring, the liver should be wet, the five flavors enter the five organs, and the sour taste enters the liver, which has an astringent effect, which is not conducive to the growth of yang qi and the excretion of liver qi, so after the beginning of spring, it is necessary to save acid and increase sweetness, such as japonica rice, beef, jujube, etc.
The beginning of spring has come, the cold day is far away, and everything has broken through the ground, all of which herald a new beginning. Spring in the world. May you have a good heart and plant spring; May you be blessed with good luck and have all four seasons go well.
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