The beginning of spring is the first of the 24 solar terms, in February or 5 of the solar calendar every year, also known as the spring, the beginning of the spring, the first month of the new year, the New Year's Festival, the New Year's Day, etc. Lichun means beginning, Lichun represents the coming of spring, the weather is gradually warming, everything is recovering, sunshine and precipitation are gradually increasing, and farming and sowing are about to begin.
After the beginning of spring, everything began to show signs of recovery. In our country, the Tropic of Cancer and the area south of it can be clearly felt that the breath of early spring is coming. In the area north of the Tropic of Cancer, there is also a prelude to spring, but everything has not yet recovered, and it is still in the winter when everything is closed. The further north you go, the later spring begins.
The plan of the year lies in spring", from ancient times to the present, people attach great importance to the beginning of spring. In ancient times, the Son of Heaven personally led the ministers to the eastern suburbs to welcome the spring, and asked for a smooth wind and rain; In the folk, there are also customs such as visiting spring, sending spring, and biting spring. Now, every time the children come to the beginning of spring, they have to eat spring cakes and radishes to "bite the spring", and some have to wear "spring chickens" and go out to welcome the spring, which are the inheritance of folk customs.
Biting Spring:
Every time the beginning of spring, every household will eat radish and spring cakes wrapped with fresh vegetables, and some places will also make spring plates and spring rolls, which means to bite spring. Eating some fresh vegetables in spring on the day of the beginning of spring can not only prevent diseases, but also have the meaning of welcoming the new year, and can also relieve spring difficulties.
Spring Festival:
Spring is an important event in the beginning of spring, and it is necessary to prepare in advance and conduct a rehearsal, commonly known as performing spring. Then we can officially welcome spring on the day of the beginning of spring. Spring greeting is carried out on the day before the beginning of spring, with the purpose of bringing back spring and Jumangshen. 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.
Dai Chunji:
On the day of the beginning of spring, it is a tradition left by the ancestors to wear spring chickens sewn by grandmothers and mothers for children. According to the old man, the word "chicken" and "auspicious" are homophonic, taking the meaning of auspicious. I began to wear it on the day of the beginning of spring, hoping that the child would be lucky and safe from an early age.
Wu Cheng, a literati of the Yuan Dynasty, compiled the "Seventy-two Candidate Explanations of the Lunar Order", which divided the 15 days after the beginning of spring into three waits: 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 east wind thaws
The east wind refers to the spring breeze, spring is coming, the temperature is gradually rising, the spring breeze blows, and the land where the ice and snow melt begins to warm.
The stinging insect begins to vibrate
Stinging refers to the hibernation of animals, hiding without eating or moving, vibrating with the meaning of shaking and shaking. Five days after the beginning of spring, the insects that hibernate in the cave begin to shake and slowly wake up to welcome the arrival of spring.
Fish Negative Ice
陟 has the meaning of rising, negative is to carry, to carry. On the 10th day after the beginning of spring, the ice in the river begins to melt, the water surface temperature rises, and the fish swim from the bottom to the surface.
After the beginning of spring, the weather slowly warms, all things begin to recover, all kinds of organisms sprout and develop, and the yang energy in the human body also begins to rise upward and outward with the arrival of spring. In spring and summer, you should go to bed early and get up early to adapt to the characteristics of the rising yang energy in spring. The body's metabolism begins to be vigorous in spring, and the diet is suitable for choosing spicy, sweet, and lukewarm categories.