Beginning of spring handwritten newspaper
Beginning of spring handwritten newspaper content
Brief introduction of beginning of spring.
One of the 24 solar terms. The solar term that begins in spring. On February 4th or 5th every year, when the sun reaches 3 15 degrees, it is beginning of spring. The ancient "Li Si" 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 in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River. China has a vast territory, complicated geographical conditions, great climate difference and different seasons.
Therefore, although "Li Si" can reflect the climate characteristics of the four distinct seasons in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, the specific climate significance of "Li Si" is not significant and cannot be applied to all parts of the country. The time of soil thawing in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River began in early spring. The first weather in beginning of spring should be "easterly thaw", which is basically the case, but as a symbol of beginning of spring, it is too early.
In China's climatology, beginning of spring is usually defined as a day when the daily average temperature is stable above 10℃ every five days, which is inconsistent with the meaning of beginning of spring in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River. In late February, only South China really entered the spring. But this division method is more practical. After beginning of spring, the temperature rose, and most parts of the country began a busy spring ploughing season.
Beat the spring cattle to grab the spring.
Playing spring cattle is also called "whipping spring cattle" and "whipping local cattle" among the people. This custom can be traced back to ancient times. It is recorded in the Book of Rites, Moon Order and Winter that "there are big beaches and side dishes, and the unearthed cattle are sent to the cold", which should be the origin of "beating spring cattle" in ancient times. In the Tang Dynasty, the custom of "driving cattle with sticks" became an important landscape in beginning of spring. The so-called "bullwhip cow" is the cow carved from the mound with a whip after the sacrificial ceremony.
In the poem "Spring Life" written by Yuan Zhen, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, there is a phrase "whipping cattle outside the county gate, vying for land to build spring silkworms", which is probably a vivid description of this custom at that time. In the Song Dynasty, especially after Song Renzong promulgated the Tu Niu Jing, this custom was widely spread.
The custom of beating spring cattle is recorded in more detail in Ji Zhi Sui Shi during the reign of Kangxi in Qing Dynasty: "The day before the spring, the imperial court led the people, loaded with spring cattle and spring gods, to welcome the spring in the eastern suburbs. Make a five coriander, commonly known as spring vegetables, and drink spring wine instead of spring flowers. People and businessmen in the village dressed up as fishing and plowing all kinds of plays, making the festival a spring building. Children in the city, wearing colorful clothes and ghost faces, danced back and forth, which is also the legacy of the beach in the hometown of the ancients.
At the beginning of spring, officials have their own colorful battles. There are three people who beat local cattle. This is called whipping spring to show their intention to persuade farmers. As for Koharu cows, I send them to gentry's homes all over the world, beating gongs and drums at the door and playing music. This is called seeing off the spring. It seems that there are many other official and folk activities in the "spring cattle hunting" activities in ancient spring to pray for abundance and drive away disasters.
Hit six or nine heads in spring, get ready to plow and start early.
Among the 24 solar terms, beginning of spring is the first. Every year from February 3rd to 5th, when the sun reaches 365, 438+05 degrees, it is the day when everything in beginning of spring revives. "Twenty-four solar terms" explains: "Immediately is also the beginning." From the astronomical point of view, beginning of spring officially kicked off the prelude of spring, and the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter also entered a new cycle.
After beginning of spring, the days became longer, the sun became warmer and the precipitation increased. At this time, rape bolting, wheat jointing, spring crops grow faster, need timely watering, timely topdressing. Da Chun's agricultural preparation has also entered a tense countdown stage.
For cultivators, whether "beginning of spring" is a good start is very important, which is related to the weather and harvest in the coming year. Therefore, among the 24 solar terms, there are many proverbs about beginning of spring, which shows that our ancestors attached great importance to beginning of spring. These proverbs mostly focus on meteorology, production and other aspects, showing the ancestors' expectations for a year's harvest.