The beginning of the spring of 2020

Tuesday, February 4, 2020 (the eleventh day of the first month of the Year of the Rat)

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Beginning of spring, the first of the 24 solar terms, is also known as the Spring Festival, the First Month Festival, the Lunar New Year Festival, the Lunar New Year Festival and the Lunar New Year Festival. Standing means "start"; Spring represents warmth and growth. Twenty-four solar terms were originally formulated according to "variable stars". When the bucket handle of the Big Dipper points to the cloudy, it is beginning of spring. The current 24 solar terms are divided according to the "longitude of the sun". When the sun reaches longitude 3 15, it will be beginning of spring. In the era of cadres and branches, beginning of spring is the first year, beginning of spring is the beginning of everything, and it is the meaning of all self-renewal, which means that a new cycle has begun.

Twenty-four solar terms are the product of ancient farming civilization, which contains a long cultural connotation and historical accumulation, and derives a large number of related seasonal cultures. Before the Qin and Han Dynasties, the customs of the north and the south were different. The first day of the lunar calendar was not the first day of the first month, but beginning of spring Day with 24 solar terms in the official calendar. Major celebrations, such as offering sacrifices to ancestors, accepting New Year's blessings, exorcising evil spirits, getting rid of the old and welcoming the new, are arranged at the beginning of spring and a few days before and after. This series of festivals not only constitutes the framework of the New Year's Eve Festival in later generations, but also retains its folk function to this day.