Cultural New Year |Today's beginning of spring, do you know these customs?
At 16:27 on February 4, Beijing time, we will usher in the beginning of the Spring Festival. "Seventy-two Candidate Explanations of the Lunar Order": "New Year's Day." Stand, the beginning is also ......In this and the spring wood of the gas begins, so it is called the stand, the summer, autumn and winter together. "Since the Qin Dynasty, China has been taking the beginning of spring as the beginning of spring, and the beginning of spring is the first of the 24 solar terms in China.
One. Three waits for the beginning of spring.
Waiting for the east wind to thaw", it means that the beginning of spring has arrived, the warm spring breeze blows from the east, and the earth begins to thaw, paving the way for the "vitality" that will come soon.
Two waiting for the stinging insect to start vibrating", five days after the beginning of spring, the insects that hibernate in the hole in winter began to wake up slowly, but the weather is still cold, the time has not yet arrived, so it has not yet come out of the hole, but the good season is not far away.
On the fifth day, the ice in the river began to melt, and the fish began to swim to the surface, and at this time there was still broken ice on the water surface, floating on the surface of the water as if it was carried by a fish.
Two. Beginning of spring customs.
The beginning of spring is the beginning of the four seasons. In ancient times, the beginning of spring was an important sacrificial festival and an important season to persuade farmers to prepare for farming, and then gradually evolved into various folk customs that have been passed down for thousands of years.
Spring Festival: Spring Festival is an important activity of the beginning of spring, and it is necessary to prepare in advance for a rehearsal, commonly known as spring performance. Spring greeting is carried out on the day before the beginning of spring, with the purpose of bringing back spring and Jumangshen. Set up a spring official to welcome the spring, and announce the beginning of spring.
Spring: After the beginning of spring, people like to go out to visit spring in the days when spring flowers are blooming, commonly known as going out of the city to explore spring, stepping on spring, which is also the main form of spring outing.
Beating spring: "Beating spring" is to "whip spring cattle" to "urge farming". The spring cow has the paper cow and the mud cow, the person who pretends to be the god of mangs uses the whip wrapped in red silk to whip the spring cow three times, that is, "beat the spring cow", which means to beat away the laziness of the spring cow, and urge people to hurry up and cultivate when the spring returns to the earth.
Biting Spring: On the day of "Lichun", Chinese folk are accustomed to eating radish, ginger, green onions, and flour cakes, which is called "biting spring". However, different customs in different places have different expressions, and in the south, it is popular to eat spring rolls. Another food that folk bite spring is radish, because radish is spicy, taking the meaning of the ancients "biting the grass roots, then everything can be done".
Three. Beginning of spring health.
After the beginning of spring, as the temperature rises, people should gradually increase the time spent outdoors to speed up blood circulation and promote the flow of qi and blood. Spring fitness is better not to sweat or slightly sweat, at this time it is more suitable for slow-paced exercises, such as spring outing, kite flying, walking, jogging, tai chi and not strenuous ball sports, should not sweat profusely, panting, otherwise it will consume the fluid, damage yang qi, and be susceptible to wind cold. At the same time, as the climate is still dry, it is necessary to pay attention to replenishing water in time when exercising.