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CTOnews.com February 4 news, today, we ushered in the first of the 24 solar terms-the Beginning of Spring. The "the Beginning of Spring" solar term is ushered in at 10:42 on February 4. The Beginning of Spring is usually on February 3rd, 4th and 5th of each year. The Beginning of Spring, at the beginning of spring, from the perspective of solar terms, we have entered the spring of the new year.

The Beginning of Spring has three waits. First, the east wind thaws, stroking mountains and rivers, warming every cold corner; second, stings begin to vibrate, rise abruptly based on accumulated strength, and the earth is full of vitality; three-weather fish ponds bear ice, break the glug of green water, and wild ducks playing in the water are the first to find out the smell of spring.

There are two the Beginning of Spring in 2023. The first the Beginning of Spring in 2023 is at 10:42 on February 4, 2023, the 14th month of the first lunar month in 2023, and the second the Beginning of Spring in 2023 is 16:26:53 on February 04, 2024, and the 25th day of the 12th lunar month in 2023. The two the Beginning of Spring times in 2023 are the beginning and the end of the lunar year. Sometimes there are two the Beginning of Spring in a year, and sometimes there is no the Beginning of Spring in one year. The year of the former is called double Spring year, and the latter is called No Spring year and Widow year. This situation actually has something to do with the lunar calendar. There is a difference of 10 to 11 days between the lunar calendar and the Gregorian calendar, and in order to match the solar terms with the seasons, there is a leap month. Generally speaking, when there is a double spring year, the next year (lunar calendar) will be a non-spring year (that is, there is no the Beginning of Spring solar terms in the next lunar calendar, for example, 2023 is a double spring year, then there will be no spring year in the 2024 lunar calendar).

▲ pictures come from Cloud Calendar the Beginning of Spring Origin. Although many younger people don't pay much attention to the 24 solar terms, the best they can do is to brush CTOnews.com 's solar terms. However, in ancient times when farming was dominant, every solar term was the beginning or end of a farming stage for farmers.

The plan of the year lies in spring. The Beginning of Spring, as the beginning of spring, was paid more attention in ancient times. On the Beginning of Spring's day, the son of Heaven led the three princes and nine princes and doctors to the eastern suburbs to welcome the spring to pray for a good harvest. When you come back, you should reward the courtiers and Budd order to benefit Zhaomin. And this has also become a Spring Festival activity that has been passed down for many years.

The origin of the Beginning of Spring's solar terms can be traced back to "Lu's Spring and Autumn" in the late warring States period. In December, there are already eight solar terms, including the Beginning of Spring, the Spring Equinox, the Beginning of Summer, the Summer Solstice, the Beginning of Autumn, the Autumn Equinox, the Beginning of Winter, and the Winter Solstice.

The Beginning of Spring Climate although the return of the cold air yesterday greatly cooled down most parts of the country again, after the Beginning of Spring, the temperature will generally rise, and the busy spring ploughing season will begin in most parts of the country one after another.

The Beginning of Spring solar terms, the westerly jet in the southern branch of East Asia has begun to weaken, and the climate in the depths of winter is coming to an end. However, the intensity and position of the north branch westerly jet are basically unchanged, the Mongolia cold high and Aleutian low pressure are still relatively strong, and the gale cooling is still the main prevailing weather. However, in the gap period affected by strong cold air, the frequency of southerly wind increases, accompanied by an obvious temperature pick-up process.

Ancient activities: official activities A county sent Spring Bull posts and the Beginning of Spring posts: the day before the Beginning of Spring, there were two artists wearing crown ribbons, called spring officials. Shout along the street: "Spring is coming", commonly known as "Spring". Regardless of scholars, farmers, workers, businessmen, when they see spring officials, they should bow and pay homage. A man stood in the field playing gongs and drums (looking for a little boy to wear green clothes and hats), sang the praise of welcoming spring, went to every house to announce spring, and went door to door to send a picture of spring cattle or a welcome post (or farmers beat gongs and drums to worship the children, please go home to welcome the spring and put fruit plates on the record to wait for the arrival of spring). On this picture of spring cattle printed on red paper, there are 24 solar terms and people in a year, leading cattle to plough the land, which is called "Spring Post". This picture of Spring cattle is intended to urge people to remind people that the plan of the year lies in spring, and that we should pay close attention to farming and do not miss the good spring.

Erying sentence Mangshen and sprinkling beans to eliminate disaster: the cattle-beating ceremony is carried out by the county government, and there is a detailed description in the old county annals: "in front of the Beginning of Spring, there was Siyingyu Mangshen in the eastern suburbs, and each city acted as a story." Men and women of the people watch spring with their children, and as soon as the local cattle pass, they are sprinkled with bean hemp, which is called dispelling acne and eliminating rash. On the day of the spring sacrifice to the god of the mountain (the traditional god of the earth, also known as the god of spring), the whiplash ox (a cow shaped out of soil, also known as the spring cow) was finished, and the people competed for the land to be put into the barn for livestock. When the sun was sunny and tired of the rain, the song said, "but if the Beginning of Spring gets a sunny day, the farmer doesn't have to plough the field." It is said that the day before cattle shooting, Tuniu was first placed in front of the east gate of the county seat, which was called "Li Niu". Beside it, a dummy carrying farm tools and whipping cattle was set up as a "tiller" to show that the spring season was coming, and agricultural matters were prepared in advance. If the "tiller" stands in front of the cow, it means that the spring season should be prepared earlier; if the "tiller" stands behind the cow, it means that the spring season is late; if people and cattle are parallel, the spring season is moderate. On the day of spring, each government should offer meat and fruit food in front of the mango god, and hold a grand ceremony of "beating the ox" at noon. The officials beat the drum, and the officials held red and green whips or willow whips three times, and then handed them to subordinate officials and farmers to take turns to whip them. The more broken the cattle, the better, to show people's love for spring. Subsequently, people laughed and robbed the soil cattle and brought them home into the barn, symbolizing the prosperity of the trough head. It is said that if it is sunny, the people will be happy; if it rains, it will be bad luck, indicating that the year will be bad.

Three drive the spring cattle: the day before cattle shooting, the local cattle were placed next to the cattle in the eastern suburbs, and then the dummies carrying farm tools and whipping cattle were used as tillers, and then after the farmers paid tribute to them and beat the cattle, people took the soil clods of the native cattle back to the barn to symbolize the harvest to promote the reproduction of cattle.

Appendix: spring cattle, "things remember the original": "the Duke of Zhou began to make the Beginning of Spring native cattle, covered with unearthed cattle to show farming sooner or later." Later generations of feudal rulers will hold the ceremony of whipping spring on this day, introducing spring oxen and saying that fighting spring is meant to encourage farming and develop production.

Folk activities A trip to Spring (Tanchun, Parade): after the county activities, the people were not to be outdone, they dressed up one after another and began to parade. First of all, the procession was led by the herald dressed as a rooster, then a group of people carried the image of a huge spring cow, and then there were people dressed as shepherd boys, big-headed dolls and swallows. In addition, there is another significance: after this spring outing, it is a signal that you can start hiking, and it is a good time to visit spring until the Dragon Boat Festival (the Beginning of Spring called Tanchun on that day).

(2) the folk feed each other:

Chunniu: folk artists make many small mud cattle, which are called "Chunniu". Send it to each family, which is called "sending spring".

Picture of Spring Niu: in some places, there is a yellow paper painted with Spring Niu on the wall. Yellow represents land, and Spring cattle represents farming, commonly known as "Spring Niu Map".

Chunwa: Xiangning and other places are used to making small dolls with silk, called "Chunwa", which are worn on children.

Give each other gifts and greetings, called spring worship

Three paste spring cattle: paste into spring cattle with rice or paper at home and put them at home

Four paste Spring calligraphy and painting: every family posts Yingchun calligraphy and painting calligraphy and Spring calligraphy on the door, such as wax plum and spring painting.

Five build bird's nest: wear swallow silk strips on flowers and trees

Six kinds of primroses: planting primroses in the yard

Qichun Sheng paste doors and windows: women cut spring swallow flower and bird hairpins (or specially bought spring swallow hairpins) use red paper to cut chickens and stick to the door of the house.

The Beginning of Spring diet spring cake: stuffing (radish, bean sprouts, beans, mainly)

Spring plate: mainly vegetables take lettuce, melon and fruit cake sugar on the plate for the spring plate (or put together into a plate) to feed relatives and friends or eat their own food to welcome the spring. There are mainly five kinds of fruits, vegetables, candies, cakes and baits on the plate. The main vegetables are: bean sprouts, radish, leek, spinach, lettuce, beans, eggs, shredded potatoes. Du Fu "the Beginning of Spring": "when I served thin lettuce in spring, I suddenly remembered the plum hair in Beijing and Beijing."

Spring rolls (spring silkworms): Guang Ji at the age of age: "the rich and noble families in Beijing make noodles, which is called 'exploring the official silkworm'. And because of the spring day to do this, it is also known as the 'exploring spring silkworm'."

Bite spring (eat radish): Ming "drink ambition": "the Beginning of Spring, there is no expensive chewing carrots, said 'bite spring'."

Anecdote of the Beginning of Spring: there is no spring year, that is, there is no the Beginning of Spring in the whole year. This is because some years of the lunar year are shorter than the return year and some years are longer than the return year.

The length of the return year is 365.2422 days, which is the time interval between the two adjacent the Beginning of Spring solar terms. The average annual length of the Gregorian calendar is 365.2425 days, which is about the same as that of the return year, so the date of the Beginning of Spring in the Gregorian calendar year is basically fixed, most years are February 4, and some years are February 3 or February 5.

The situation in the lunar year is different. The year without leap month in the lunar calendar is 353 to 355 days, about 11 days less than the return year, and the year with leap month is 383 to 385 days, about 19 days more than the return year. As a result, the Beginning of Spring's position in the middle of the lunar year shows four situations: at the beginning of the year; at the end of the year; two springs at the end of the year; and there is no spring day throughout the year.

The lunar calendar has a year with leap months (7 years in every 19 years). Because it is older than the return year, there is a spring day at the end of the year, that is, "two springs" at the end of the year; in the year without leap month (12 years in every 19 years), because the age is shorter than the retrogression year, "no spring year" is the most, and the remaining spring days account for about half at the beginning of the year and about half at the end of the year. This rule takes 19 years as the cycle, and there is a slight difference in individual years.

In the 100 years of this century, there were 37 times in two spring years, 37 times in non-spring years, 12 times in the Beginning of Spring years at the beginning of the year, and 14 times in the Beginning of Spring years at the end of the year.

Note: this article is revised from the article "Today the Beginning of Spring: warm back to cold, plow again at the beginning of the year" in 2018.

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