2.3 When is the early spring?
Solar terms are determined according to the longitude of the sun. When the sun reaches longitude 3 15, it is beginning of spring, which always appears on February 3rd, 4th or 5th of the Gregorian calendar every year. Beginning of spring is the first of the 24 solar terms, also known as the first lunar month, New Year's Day and New Year's Day, all of which are related to the beginning of a new year.
Generally speaking, the closest day to beginning of spring (the first day of the lunar calendar) is the Spring Festival. Standing means "beginning", and spring means warmth and growth. Beginning of spring is the beginning of all things, the meaning of all self-renewal, which means the beginning of a new cycle. In the traditional concept, beginning of spring has auspicious significance. According to China's custom, beginning of spring is a solar term starting from spring, so beginning of spring became the first solar term in the New Year.
In ancient China, the beginning of spring was called Spring Festival, and the first day of the first month was called New Year's Day. Beginning of spring and the first day of the first month are important festivals before the Republic of China. "Nian" and "Nian" have similar meanings today, but there are strict differences in ancient China. The ancients regarded beginning of spring as "the beginning of a new year" and celebrated New Year's Day, which was often more powerful than New Year's Day. From the Zhou Dynasty to the late Qing Dynasty, beginning of spring was regarded as a one-year-old ceremony, and there was a folk saying that "beginning of spring welcomes the new". On the day of beginning of spring, the Emperor held a grand ceremony, led by three officials and nine ministers personally, and the warlord doctor went to the eastern suburbs to welcome the spring. This kind of activity influenced the common people and later became a national Spring Festival activity. In folk customs, there are activities such as welcoming the spring, biting the spring and beating the spring to pray for a bumper harvest. 19 12, the Qing dynasty was overthrown and the Republic of China was founded. The Republic of China adopted the international Gregorian calendar year, designated Gregorian calendar 1 as New Year's Day, and renamed the first day of the first lunar month as Spring Festival.
Beginning of spring is one of the "four stops" in the 24 solar terms, which indicates the change of winter and spring seasons. Spring is spring, summer is long, autumn is harvest, and winter is winter. Beginning of spring represents that the winter when everything is hidden will pass and everything will start to enter the warm and sunny spring. In ancient China, the four seasons began with "Li Si", that is, beginning of spring was beginning of spring, long summer was long summer, and beginning of autumn and beginning of winter were the beginning of autumn and winter.
Because the Spring Festival always wanders between the Gregorian calendar 1, 2 1 and February 20th, generally within half a month of beginning of spring. As soon as the Spring Festival arrives, the new year begins and spring comes. Therefore, it is in line with natural laws and social habits to regard beginning of spring as beginning of spring. But if you think about it carefully, it doesn't seem to be completely correct, because at the beginning of spring, the climate in some areas in northern China is still very cold, and people in these areas are far from feeling the warmth of spring.
"Sili" mainly divides the four seasons according to the calendar, which only reflects the climate in the ancient Central Plains. Because of China's vast territory, large span between north and south, and great climate differences, the symbol of "beginning of spring" is not applicable to all parts of the country, but only has reference significance to many areas.