Solar terms. Beginning of spring
Spring is the first of the year.
It's a good time to live up to spring.
The beginning of spring is the first of the 24 solar terms and the beginning of all things. Although it was still a depressed scene at this time, at the end of the winter solstice, after this day, everything began to recover, and the earth was no longer far away from being revitalized.
There are many folk customs on the day of the beginning of spring, and Xiao Heng has collected the ones that hide from spring, fight spring, bite spring and welcome spring. So what do they mean?
Hide from spring. 
In folklore, the day of the beginning of spring will "hide from spring", on this day the climate begins to change, the new aura will have an adverse impact on some people, and even affect the luck of the year, so the custom of hiding spring appeared. However, the way and customs of avoiding spring will vary from place to place.
Hit the spring. 
In the old days, people would make spring cattle out of clay on the day before the beginning of spring, and whip them with red and green whips on the day of the beginning of spring, so this custom activity was called "beating spring". In the folk, there is a ceremony of "whipping the spring cow" on the day of the beginning of spring to welcome the beginning of spring and pray for a bumper harvest of grains.
Bite the spring. 
On the day of the beginning of spring, Chinese folk pay attention to buying a radish to eat, which is called biting spring. Because the radish is spicy, it takes the meaning of the ancients "bite the grass roots, then everything can be done".
Spring. 
Welcoming spring on the beginning of spring is an important activity carried out by the Chinese ancestors on the beginning of spring. Spring is also one of the ancient rituals. The ancients used spring to match the east of the five directions and the green of the five colors, so they sacrificed to the Qing Emperor in the eastern suburbs of the beginning of spring to welcome the arrival of spring.
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