The early spring is full of valleys, and the late spring is full of people, and the beginning of spring in 2024 will be early or late
Spring is warm and spring is clear, summer is full of mangs and summer is hot", time flies, February 4, 2021, is the first of the 24 solar terms "Beginning of Spring". "Li" is the beginning, "spring" is warm, so the beginning of spring is the prelude to spring, but also the beginning of all life, after the beginning of spring, the daytime will be extended, and the temperature will also rise.
In China, there is a custom of "whipping the spring ox", so it is also called "beating the spring", on the day of the beginning of spring, they will crush a spring ox to warn the farmers not to violate the agricultural work, they can also whip the spring ox with a whip, praying for good weather and abundant crops. From the perspective of eating habits, there is also the custom of "biting spring" on the day of "beginning of spring", people can eat various seasonal fruits and vegetables such as radish, shepherd's cabbage, leeks and lettuce according to different seasons, and do not want to sleep for a year after "biting spring".
Spring has arrived, everything has come to life, our ancestors divided the "beginning of spring" into three seasons, each season with five seasons as a season, the first season is called "East Wind Thaw", which means that in the 5 days after the beginning of spring, the east will become warm, and the land will gradually melt; The second season of "stinging insects start to vibrate", which refers to the insects that lie dormant in the cave five days before the arrival of spring, sense the customs of spring and wake up one after another; The so-called "three seasons of "fish and ice" refers to the first ice break five days before the "beginning of spring", like a small fish with ice cubes swimming in the water, indicating that after the "beginning of spring", the yang energy is gradually flourishing.
As an ancient China, the beginning of spring, as an important solar term among the 24 solar terms, has great guiding significance for our agricultural production. In our rural areas of China, there is an old saying that "early spring piles up grain, late spring piles people", what does this mean? What exactly does "early spring" or "late spring" mean? Let's know earlier.
The date of the beginning of spring in 2022 is 16:26:53 on February 4, and many people call the "beginning of spring" before 12 o'clock at noon "early beginning of spring" and the "beginning of spring" after 12 o'clock at noon "late beginning of spring", according to this theory, the beginning of spring in 2024 will be postponed. However, we will see that there is a great limitation in distinguishing the beginning of spring by the time of the beginning of the spring festival, because the difference of a few minutes or hours does not determine the future weather trend, just like the difference between 11:59 and 12:01 of the beginning of spring is only 2 minutes, but the effect of the two is completely different.
So, what about "early spring" and "late spring"? The solar calendar of the Spring Festival is almost the same every year, but due to the leap month of the lunar calendar (there are 13 months in the lunar year with a leap month), the lunar calendar date of the Spring Festival is quite different every year, and the lunar calendar of the Spring Festival is generally the beginning of the first month, and the lunar calendar of the Spring Festival is December, which is called "early spring"; If the date of the "beginning of spring" of the lunar calendar occurs in the middle of January, it is called "late beginning of spring".
On February 4, 2024, which is the twenty-fifth day of December in the lunar calendar, it is obviously the so-called "early spring". And 2024 is a "year without spring" because it will start in December last year, so in the lunar calendar, there will be no "beginning of spring" in 2024.
The meaning of this proverb is that if the beginning of spring that year is "early spring", it means that the year is better, the grain is easy to harvest, and the barns are full; However, if the beginning of spring that year is "late spring", it means that the year is not good, and the yield of crops will not be too high, because in ancient times, people could only rely on nature, so the yield of crops is not high, and in the event of a natural disaster, it is likely that there will be a large-scale famine.
The ancients said that the "beginning of spring" comes early, and the temperature warms up quickly, which can not only make the wheat survive the winter, but also promote spring ploughing; On the contrary, if the spring is late, it means that the spring temperature is low, and it is very likely that the "inverted spring cold" will occur, which will affect the regreening, flowering and grain filling of wheat, resulting in a significant decline in wheat yield. In addition, the inverted spring cold will also cause spring crops to rot, resulting in a large area of fruit trees falling off, and the inverted spring cold will cause serious losses of crops.
The so-called "spring should be early, autumn should be late", that is, the early start of spring is beneficial to farmers and is conducive to spring production, and late autumn means that the cold days are late, so that crops can be fully grown, and the autumn harvest will be easier to obtain a bumper harvest.
In short, the saying is the experience of the ancients, which has a certain guiding effect on our future agriculture, and by 2025, it is the so-called "early spring", which is a good thing. However, agricultural proverbs are very regional, and the climate today is very different from ancient times, so we should pay more attention to the weather forecast in normal times in order to better guide our agricultural production.
I wish you a smooth and prosperous harvest in 2024!