Beginning of spring is the first solar term in a year. "There is little frost at the end of the year, and the grass and trees in the world know it in spring." From today on, everything will revive and the whole year will begin. A year’s plan lies in spring. I hope everyone will seize the day and live up to their youth. There is not a winter that is insurmountable, and there is not a spring that will not come. Come on in Wuhan! Come on, China! Let’s fight the epidemic together and wait for the spring return.
Twenty-four solar term: "The first month festival, the establishment, the beginning is also …". The ancient "four stands" refers to the beginning of spring, summer, autumn and winter, and its agricultural meaning is "planting in spring, growing in summer, harvesting in autumn and storing in winter", which summarizes the whole process of the relationship between agricultural production and climate. Because it is the beginning of spring, people all regard beginning of spring as a festival. Before the Gregorian calendar was used in the Republic of China, beginning of spring was the Spring Festival (New Year’s Day or New Year’s Day on the first day of the first month). In ancient times, people held a ceremony to welcome the Spring Festival on this day.
With the arrival of the solar term, people obviously feel that the days are getting longer, the sun is getting warmer, and the temperature, sunshine and precipitation tend to rise and increase. Beginning of spring has been the beginning of spring in China since the Qin Dynasty. Beginning of spring is divided from astronomy, but in nature and in people’s minds, spring is warm and flowers are fragrant. Spring is growth, cultivation and sowing. In climatology, spring refers to the period when the average temperature is 10℃ to 22℃ (every 5 days). When it comes to beginning of spring, people obviously feel that the days are getting longer and the sun is getting warmer. Temperature, sunshine and rainfall, which are often at the turning point of the year, tend to rise or increase. The growth of wheat crops is accelerating, and the water consumption during bolting of rape and jointing of wheat is increasing. It is necessary to irrigate topdressing in time to promote growth.
The agricultural proverb is well said: It rains in beginning of spring, getting up early and going to bed late. After beginning of spring, the busy season of spring ploughing began in most parts of the country, and farming activities began. At this time, people also went out to look for spring, and experienced the most subtle and wonderful feeling of approaching spring.
Beginning of spring Day is also a traditional folk festival, which is called "Spring Festival". In order to welcome the arrival of spring, there are many customs and habits of "welcoming the spring" in various parts of China. According to the Book of Rites and the Moon Order, in the Zhou Dynasty, the Emperor of beginning of spring led three officials and nine ministers and princes and doctors to the eastern suburbs to welcome the Spring Festival, and offered sacrifices to Tai Hao and Mang Shen to pray for a bumper harvest in agriculture.
On this day, people in many parts of the country have the custom of eating spring cakes and spring rolls, which is called "biting spring". The custom of eating spring cakes has existed since ancient times. In the Jin Dynasty, there was a "five taro plates" or "spring plates", that is, spring cakes and vegetables were placed in the same plate. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, beginning of spring became more and more popular in eating spring cakes, and the emperor gave them to his officials. At that time, the spring cakes were very particular: "Cuilv red silk, golden rooster and jade swallow, extremely exquisite preparation, each dish was worth ten thousand yuan." People also use it to give gifts to each other.
Today, the shape of spring cakes varies from place to place, and the eating time varies from place to place. There are baking and steaming; As big as a round fan, or as small as a lotus root. At the same time, it should be accompanied by seasonal dishes and vegetables, such as leek and so on. Some places also pay attention to using shredded chicken with sauce. When eating, you should wrap it with spring cakes and eat it from beginning to end. It is called "having a head and a tail", which means auspicious.