February 4th is the solar term in beginning of spring. What is folk custom?

Beginning of spring custom 1. According to the records of Chenghai County Records published in Jiaqing edition of Qing Dynasty, every year on the day of beginning of spring, the government takes troops to the suburbs to hold a Spring Festival ceremony, and then holds a "spring cattle hunting" activity. As early as the Zhou Dynasty, spring cattle were whipped in spring. Before the start of the Spring Festival every year, the state capitals will make clay sculptures of mountain gods and local cattle in advance. On the day of spring, the government came to the mountain pavilion and terracotta warriors and horses platform prepared in advance in the eastern suburb of Bali with the team to welcome the Spring Festival. All the people who took part in the Spring Festival parade were dressed in blue, driving blue cars and holding blue flags. People blow horns, sing "Qingyang songs", dance feathers and hold a grand Spring Festival ceremony. This kind of ceremony developed to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, which was even more grand. According to "Yanjing Times" in Qing Dynasty, "... On the first day in beginning of spring, officials from Shuntianfu went to a spring field outside Dongzhimen to welcome the Spring Festival, and the Japanese beginning of spring Ritual Department presented the throne of Chunshan, and Shuntianfu presented a picture of spring cattle. After the ceremony, they went back to the department and invited the spring cattle to fight, saying that they were used to encourage farming ... ". Chaoshan is located in Hanjiang Delta, with fertile soil. Agriculture is very developed, so Chaoshan area can keep this custom related to persuading agriculture. But the specific situation has changed, and it is not necessary to beat cattle. Second, the spring propaganda According to the "Yueyou Xiaozhi", during the Qing Dynasty, there was another activity in Chaoshan area called "Spring Propaganda". In the parade of beginning of spring Day, there will be a decorated pavilion where a geisha sits and is carried by two people. There are also differences between high spring and short spring in Jiaying Meizhou: short spring sits alone on the stage; Gao Chun used two people: one stood on the stage, then tied a straight wood and hid it in the man's long coat, flush with the man's shoulder. Then tie a wooden stick horizontally at the upper end of the straight wood. The crossbar is hidden in a wide sleeve, and another person stands on the crossbar. Just to be on the safe side, put your feet firmly on the crossbar, and two people pretend to be characters in a story. Another man took a long stick wrapped in cloth and put it under the man's arm, marching with the Spring Festival parade. If there are obstacles on the road, people with long sticks will use a blender to remove them. Eating Spring Cakes and Spring Rolls On this day in beginning of spring, Chaoshan folks eat spring cakes and spring rolls. According to Four Seasons Treasure, "beginning of spring has no spring cakes, lettuce and spring vegetables." Spring pancake is a pancake baked or steamed with wheat flour and eaten with bean sprouts, leeks and vermicelli as stuffing. Spring cakes are thin and soft, and their shapes can be changed according to everyone's preferences. In the Yuan Dynasty, Lu Ye Chucai, a Khitan, wrote a poem about this custom: "I accidentally forgot spring yesterday, so I took it as a spring dish. At the beginning of the wooden box, the silver thread is messy, the sand bottle is ripe, and the lotus root is long. Peas, chopped shallots, chopped absinthe and chives. I'm full, too. Why bother? " Nowadays, beginning of spring, a Chaoshan native, eats spring cakes every day. In addition to traditional fried leeks with bean sprouts, there are high-grade condiments such as shredded pork, shredded eggs and mushrooms. Spring rolls were popular in Song and Yuan Dynasties, which were called "spring" or "exploring spring" in Song Dynasty and "rolling pancakes" in Yuan Dynasty. Yuan Han Yi's Yi Ya Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Yi Probably like steamed bread stuffing, it should be stuffed with chopped green onion or dried bamboo shoots, rolled into strips, pasted with batter at both ends, fried in oil, and turned red and burnt. " There are few sheep in Chaoshan area, so now people eat more pork, some are sweet, and they are crushed with dried fruits, sesame seeds, peanuts and other condiments to make stuffing, which is sweet and delicious.