What is the moral of solar terms in beginning of spring?
"beginning of spring", one of the 24 solar terms, corresponds to a certain position reached by the earth every time it runs 15 on the ecliptic, reflecting the influence of the sun on the earth, and belongs to the solar calendar category. The earth's orbit around the sun was named "ecliptic" by the ancients, also known as "solar ecliptic". The ecliptic is divided into 24 equal parts, separated by 15, forming 24 solar terms.
24 solar terms is actually 24 solar terms, with 2 solar terms per month. Each solar term has three cycles, and each cycle is five days. When the sun reaches longitude 3 15, it is the beginning of the vernal equinox. Beginning of spring, the transformation of Yin and Yang, the retreat of Yin and Yang, the beginning of anger, the revival of everything and the beginning of a new cycle.
The custom of beginning of spring
Custom 1: Spring Festival
Spring Festival is an important activity that begins in spring, so it is necessary to prepare and rehearse in advance, commonly known as spring performance. 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.
Custom 2: Bite the spring.
Eating spring cakes every day in beginning of spring is called "biting spring". People in China should eat some fresh vegetables in spring, not only to prevent diseases, but also to welcome the Spring Festival.
Custom 3: Spring Society
The Spring Club is a day of offering sacrifices to the land gods in ancient spring. The Zhou Dynasty was the first day of junior high school, and most of them were held on the fifth day after beginning of spring. The ancients attached great importance to offering sacrifices to the country, and later it became a custom passed down to later generations, and it became a kind of sacrificial activity, which implied that all things on the earth would multiply and pray for sacrifices, so as to pray for the prosperity of six animals and the bumper harvest of grains.
Custom 4: Spring
Spring cattle are beaten in spring, which is also called "whipping spring cattle" and "whipping local cattle". Beginning of spring smashed the mud spring cattle, which is the heritage of farming civilization. Through the custom of beating spring cattle, remind farmers that spring is coming, sow in time, pray for a bumper harvest in one year, make the country prosperous and the people safe.