The Great Han is the last of the 24 solar terms, followed by the beginning of the spring solar term, which means that a new cycle begins. And now they have entered the fifty-nine, and it is generally not far from the beginning of spring. As the old saying goes, "Spring hits the end of the five-nine, and the spring hits the five-nine heads", which refers to the beginning of the spring solar term, either on the last day of the fifth nineth, or on the first day of the sixth nineth.
Do you believe it? The 2024 Beginning of Spring Festival is very special, do you know what it is to be willing? It is recommended that everyone prepare early, let's take a look!
Introduction to the beginning of the Spring Festival
The beginning of spring is the first of the 24 solar terms, and the beginning of spring was also regarded as the first year of the year in ancient times. When it comes to the beginning of the year, there is one more wordy sentence here, that is, the switch of the zodiac is based on the beginning of spring, not the first day of the first month, nor the New Year's Day. Because in ancient times, the beginning of the year was the beginning of the year, indicating the beginning of the new year.
In the traditional Chinese solar terms, the "Li" of the beginning of spring is the beginning, and the "spring" refers to warmth, so the arrival of the spring solar term also marks the arrival of spring and the beginning of the new year.
In the Ming Dynasty, the work "Qunfang Spectrum" explained Lichun as: "Li, the beginning of the construction." Spring begins to build also. "In nature, the most striking feature of the beginning of spring is that everything is beginning to show signs of recovery.
The time of the beginning of spring in 2024
In many ancient documents, there are records of the spring solar term, among which the ancient beginning of spring is determined by the Big Dipper's bucket handle, when the bucket handle points to the Yin position, that is, when the sun reaches the yellow longitude of 315 ° for the beginning of the spring solar term, the time is February 4-6 of the Gregorian calendar every year.
Regarding the time of the beginning of the spring solar term, there is also a clear record in the "Seventy-two Candidate Explanations of the Moon Order": "The beginning of spring, the first month of the month, the beginning of the establishment, the beginning of the five elements, the qi of the five elements continues here, and the qi of the spring wood begins to arrive, so it is called the establishment of the same time, and the beginning of summer, autumn and winter are the same." ”
In other words, the beginning of the Spring Festival is generally in the first month of the lunar calendar. However, the beginning of the Spring Festival in 2024 is a bit special, although it is also February 4 in the Gregorian calendar, but the lunar calendar is not in the first month, but on the 25th day of the lunar month.
That's right, it is already the beginning of spring before the Spring Festival, which leads to the absence of the beginning of the spring solar term in 2024 in the lunar calendar, and this is also the special feature of the beginning of the spring solar term in 2024.
For Chinese, the Spring Festival is the most important festival of the year, representing new beginnings and reunion. And the beginning of spring in 2024 is just before the Spring Festival, which is a relatively rare phenomenon. Because in most years, the beginning of spring will be after the Spring Festival.
The reason why the 2024 Spring Festival solar term is special
In addition to the above unique place, the beginning of spring in 2024 is still on the last day of May Nine, because February 5 will enter the sixth nine, and six days later will be the Spring Festival of 2024.
On the last day of the beginning of spring in Wujiu, it is also called "spring beating Wujiu end" in the folk, such a year is said to be a good year in some places, for example, in many places in the south, there are "spring beating five and nine tails, every family gnaws pork legs", "spring beating five and nine tails, drinking oil is like drinking water", all indicate that it is a good harvest year.
But in more places in the north, there is a contrary argument that such a year is not good. There are also many folk proverbs, such as "Spring beats five or nine tails, every family can't open their legs", or "Spring hits five or nine tails, beggars run and break their legs" and so on.
What's more worth mentioning is that the beginning of spring in 2024 is before the Spring Festival, and the folk also call such a beginning of spring solar terms "short spring neck", because soon after the beginning of spring is the Spring Festival, and as soon as the Spring Festival is over, farmers will start to be busy with spring plowing and spring planting, and they will feel that spring is very short. On the contrary, the beginning of spring is after the Spring Festival, which is "spring neck long".
In the folk about the short neck of spring, there is also a saying, it is such a year is prone to the cold of spring, because the beginning of spring comes early, the temperature warms up early, but it is also easy to have a big cooling in the back, this is the agricultural proverb said "the neck of spring is short, warms up early, easy to pour the cold of spring", so the majority of farmers and friends should pay attention to it.
The custom of the beginning of the spring solar term
After understanding the special features of the beginning of spring in 2024, let's take a look at some of the traditional customs of this solar term. In China, the beginning of spring is a very important solar term, especially in ancient times, the beginning of spring is not only a solar term, but also an important festival, so people will celebrate the arrival of the beginning of the spring solar term in various ways. Among them, the most common are welcoming spring, beating spring cattle, biting spring and hiding spring.
(1) Spring customs.
Since the beginning of spring is the first of the 24 solar terms and the beginning of spring, the ancients attached great importance to the beginning of spring and had the ritual of welcoming spring. Spring greeting is an important activity during the beginning of the spring solar term, which is generally carried out on the day before the beginning of spring, with the purpose of bringing spring and Jumangshen back.
Jumang is the god of spring, that is, the god of plants and trees and the god of life. The image of Jumang is a human face and a bird body, enforcing rules, and the main spring event. In the past, there were Mangshen, Spring Ox Diagram on the imperial calendar every year, as well as "Turtle Declares Spring", "Copper Drum Drives Away Epidemics", etc., which were all important activities to celebrate the Spring Festival at that time.
(2) Hit spring cattle
Beating the spring cow is also called whip spring, "whip spring cow" and "whip earth cow", that is, on the day of the beginning of the spring solar term, the clay spring cow is broken. This custom is mainly to remind farmers that spring has arrived, and they should not violate the agricultural time, sow grains in time, and pray for a bumper harvest in a year, and the country and the people are safe.
(3) Biting spring
At the beginning of the spring solar term, it is necessary to eat some seasonal wild vegetables, spring cakes, etc., this custom has been around for a long time, it is said that since the era of the Wei, Jin, Southern Dynasties, people welcome the spring and eat spring cakes. This spring cake is actually a thin dough cake that is wrapped in some wild vegetables and eaten together.
(4) Hiding from spring.
This is also a custom during the beginning of the spring solar term in the past. On the day of the beginning of spring, some special groups of people will hide at home and avoid contact with outsiders.
It is said that this will avoid diseases and disasters in the spring. Although it may seem superstitious now, it was a common custom at the time. Among them, hiding from spring is also hiding from Tai Sui, and those who committed Tai Sui back then have to hide from spring.
In addition to the above traditional customs, there are also some places where special activities are held at the beginning of spring. For example, on the day of the beginning of the spring solar term, there are also kite flying, going to the suburbs to enjoy the flowers, and looking for the breath of spring.
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