What are the customs in beginning of spring today?

Every solar term has its own traditional customs, and beginning of spring solar term is no exception. Beginning of spring, the first of the 24 solar terms, means the beginning of the four seasons.

On the day of "beginning of spring", people in China are used to eating radishes, ginger, onions and bread, which is called "biting spring". However, different local customs have different manifestations, and eating spring rolls is popular in the south. On the day of "beginning of spring", another food that people in China eat is radish. Because radish is spicy, it means that the ancients "bite the grass roots and can do anything." It is also a traditional custom to welcome spring at the beginning of spring. In the old custom of beginning of spring, the day before, two artists put on ribbons and shouted "Spring is coming" along the street, which is a traditional way to "herald spring". After beginning of spring, people like to go out for a spring outing in spring, which is also the main form of spring outing. To "spring" means to "whip the spring cattle" to "urge the ploughing". Spring cattle can be divided into paper cattle and mud cattle. The man pretending to be a headstrong god whipped the spring cow three times with a whip wrapped in HongLing, which means "whipping the spring cow", which means to drive away the laziness of the spring cow and urge people to plant the land quickly when spring returns to the earth. After beginning of spring, people like to go out for a spring outing in spring, which is also the main form of spring outing.