What do the solar terms in beginning of spring symbolize?
It means that the yang is rising, everything is reborn, and the new year is opened. Beginning of spring is the first of the "twenty-four solar terms", which is the beginning of a year, the end of all things and the beginning of all things, representing the meaning of the beginning of all things and the self-improvement of all things. Beginning of spring means the beginning of spring.
The 24 solar terms play an extremely important role in the traditional farming society in China. Beginning of spring is the first of 24 solar terms, and has entered a new cycle since then. In the era of major subjects, beginning of spring was the first year, that is, New Year's Day. The twenty-four solar terms are related to cadres and gossip and have a long history. Twenty-four solar terms, the product of ancient farming civilization, occupy an extremely important position in China's traditional farming culture, which contains the long-standing cultural connotation and historical accumulation of the Chinese nation.
The ancients began to explore the mysteries of the universe very early, and thus deduced a complete and profound star-watching culture. In ancient times, people set up astronomical phenomena, observed phenomena and timed them, and created gossip and calendars, thus civilization began. Twenty-four solar terms were originally formulated according to the changes of the stars, and it and "December construction" are the basic contents of the dry calendar. Tian Wei Jianyuan began in Yin. According to "Huai Nan Zi Tian Xun", "Emperor Yun Zhan, moved to his place on a certain day of the month, the first month refers to yin, the second month refers to ugliness, and he turns one year old and starts all over again". From beginning of spring, it entered silver moon, and the yin and yang moved forward, and everything recovered. The new cycle has begun and everything is being updated. As a traditional farming society, the ancients attached great importance to the birth of beginning of spring, and the birth of beginning of spring was of great significance to the traditional farming society. As early as the pre-Qin period, some places in China inherited the festival activities with the theme of beginning of spring's year-end offering sacrifices to the gods and ancestors, praying for blessings, exorcising evil spirits, and eliminating the old and the new. This series of festival activities not only constitute the embryonic framework of the late New Year's Day, but also retain its folk functions to this day.
Relevant customs:
1. The custom of recommending new ancestors in Chunmiao was passed down to later generations and became an ancestor worship activity on the first day of the first month. In some places, if you don't clean your house for a few days after the first day of junior high school, you are worried that it will infringe on your ancestral spirits when you go home for the New Year. In some places, it is the latter custom that the garbage is not allowed to be taken out on the first day of the lunar new year.
2. In ancient times, the ceremony of native land was held at the beginning of spring, and the content of native land included prayers to Mother Earth. Drinking together after the native ceremony is a prototype ritual custom of "group worship" and "New Year greetings" in later generations.
Spring Festival is an important activity at the beginning of spring. Must be prepared in advance, rehearsal, commonly known as Spring Festival travel rush. Then we can officially celebrate the Spring Festival in beginning of spring. The Spring Festival was held the day before beginning of spring, with the aim of bringing back spring and Ju Mang. After beginning of spring, people like to go out for a spring outing in spring, which is also the main form of spring outing.
4. The ancients posted the word "Yichun" more and more at the beginning of spring, and then it gradually developed into Spring Festival couplets, expressing the good wishes of the working people in China to ward off evil spirits and avoid disasters and welcome good luck.
On the day of spring, folk artists will make many small mud cows, which are called "spring cows" and send them to every household, which is called "seeing off the spring". In some places, there is a yellow paper with a picture of spring cattle on the wall. Yellow stands for land, and spring cattle stands for farming.
Climatic characteristics of beginning of spring;
One is the large temperature difference between day and night, and the other is the frequent cold air activity.
The biggest feature of beginning of spring's solar term climate is that it is warm and cold at first sight: First, the temperature difference between day and night is large; Second, cold air activities are frequent. In spring, due to the invasion of cold air, the temperature is obviously reduced, and it is often sunny during the day, which makes people feel that warm wind makes tourists intoxicated, but it is chilly in the morning and evening, which makes people feel "chilly in spring".
Beginning of spring has arrived, but the temperature will not rise so fast. In addition, as the old saying goes, it is not recommended that people take off their winter clothes too early and put on bright spring clothes, especially for the elderly and children, and pay more attention to keeping warm.
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. However, the intensity and location of the northern branch of westerly jet remain basically the same, the Mongolian cold high and Aleutian low are still relatively strong, and gale cooling is still the prevailing main weather. However, during the intermission under the influence of strong cold air, the frequency of southerly winds increases, accompanied by an obvious warming process. Therefore, it is normal that the weather is still cold after beginning of spring.