Beginning of spring, also known as the First Month Festival, New Year Festival, New Year Festival and New Year Festival, is the first of the 24 solar terms. Standing means "beginning", and spring represents warmth and growth.

In nature and people's minds, spring means warm weather and flowers; Spring also means that everything grows and farmers sow. In the traditional concept, beginning of spring has auspicious significance. During the early spring, the temperature, sunshine and rainfall began to rise and increase. But all this is just a prelude to the arrival of spring in most parts of the country.

The origin of solar terms

On this day in beginning of spring, "the sun and thorns are in harmony, and everything is spring". After beginning of spring, everything is full of vitality, and all the seasons have begun. After beginning of spring, the temperature rose, and most parts of the country began a busy spring ploughing season. Beginning of spring solar terms began, westerly jet, the southern branch of East Asia, began to weaken, and the winter climate was coming to an end. Beginning of spring is a time point or period. China tradition divides beginning of spring's Tenth Five-Year Plan into three periods: "The east wind thaws, the insects start to vibrate, and the fish get cold", which means that the east wind warms and the earth begins to thaw.

Festival custom

Youchun: First, the team reported that people dressed as cocks walked in the front, then a group of people carried the image of a huge spring cow, and then some people dressed as cowboys and cows, dressed as big-headed dolls to send spring peaches and dressed as swallows.

Paste spring cattle: paste spring cattle with rice or paper at home and put them at home.

Posting Spring Festival couplets calligraphy and painting: Every household posts Spring Festival couplets calligraphy and painting on the door, which is related to spring, such as wintersweet and Spring Festival.

Landscape decorations: women cut out all kinds of spring animals and decorate them at home, or stick them on the screens of doors and windows, or wear them on their heads.

Customized diet

Spring pancake (pancake) is a pancake baked with flour and usually eaten with rolled vegetables. This is one of the folk food customs in China in the early spring. Eating spring cakes at the beginning of spring means welcoming spring and praying for a bumper harvest. From the Song Dynasty to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, eating spring cakes became more and more popular, and it was recorded that the emperor gave spring cakes to officials in the spring.

daily life

The climate changes greatly in spring, and the weather is cold and warm. Because the joints of the human body began to loosen, the ability to resist cold evil weakened. Therefore, the elderly and infirm should be extra cautious when changing clothes in early spring, and they should not suddenly reduce their clothes. Spring is the prone period of respiratory diseases, so we should pay attention to the circulation of indoor air and properly open the window for ventilation. Before and after beginning of spring, the spring breeze is blowing, which is a good time for people to walk outdoors.