Biting spring, stepping on spring, whipping spring cattle... "Li Chun" Which folk activity do you choose?

Original title: Xinhua All Media + 丨 Bite Spring, Step Spring, Whip Spring Cow... Li Chun Which folk activity do you choose?

Taiyuan, 4 Feb (Xinhua) -- Today's "Lichun" is a folk custom of snatching spring, biting spring, stepping on spring, and whipping spring cattle. Meteorological experts remind that there is still a big difference between the "spring" season and the spring in the climate, and people need to pay attention to cold protection and warmth when going out, and prevent the adverse impact of "spring cold" on agricultural affairs.

Villagers in Xixiafeng Village, Huzhang Township, Xia County, Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province, pollinate the apricot blossoms. Photo by Zhang Xiufeng

Fan Xiuping, an advanced worker in the national science popularization work and an engineer of the Shanxi Meteorological Information Center, said that the arrival of the "Lichun" festival marks that the cold winter is about to pass, the temperature is gradually rising, the sunshine is gradually increasing, and spring is coming. However, there is still a big difference between the solar term "lichun" and the spring in the climate. In meteorology, the average daily temperature is stabilized above 10 degrees for 5 consecutive days as the beginning of spring.

Fan Xiuping said that folk have customs such as biting spring, stepping on spring, and whipping spring cattle, and the most delicious one is "biting spring". Biting spring refers to eating spring plates, eating spring cakes, eating spring rolls, chewing turnips, etc. on the "LiChun" day. Eating spring cakes in the north and spring rolls in the south all pinned on people's hopes for everything in the spring. The most interesting is the "whip spring cow" (spring cow: a cow shaped with clay), on the day of "Li Chun", people hold a grand "beating cattle" ceremony, and believe that the more the earth cow is broken, the better, "the mud cow whip scatters the dust of the six streets" to show people's love for spring. Subsequently, people laughed and snatched the dirt blocks of mud cattle to take home and bring them into the cattle pen, symbolizing the prosperity of the trough.

Meteorological experts said that agriculture should be prepared to prevent "spring cold". Fan Xiuping said that after the "Spring Festival", people began to prepare agricultural tools seeds and fertilizers, prepare for spring ploughing, field management, warm fertilization, prevention of "spring cold", prevention of diseases and insect pests and diseases need to be done one by one. At the same time, it is also necessary to do a good job in keeping livestock and poultry fences warm and prevent gastrointestinal diseases, and do a good job in the heat preservation and antifreeze of greenhouse vegetables, ventilation and ventilation, pest control and other work.