When is beginning of spring in 2020?
Beginning of spring, Da Chun
The start time of spring break in 2020 is:17: 03:12 (February 4, 2020).
Playing spring is the common name of beginning of spring, and it is the solar term of spring returning to the earth.
The custom of playing spring originated from the Forbidden City. It is said that this day in beginning of spring should be regarded as a festival both inside and outside the palace and should be celebrated grandly. As early as that day in beginning of spring, it was necessary to break the clay sculpture of spring cattle standing in front of the palace. According to historical records, "Duke Zhou only made beginning of spring native cattle." In that case, the years are almost as old as our Chinese nation. The book "Kyoto Customs" once recorded: In front of the palace, "Mang God is located in the east, and Spring Cattle is located in the west." After the ceremony, "all the soldiers are fighting and burning, so it is called' Dachun'." At that time, breaking the spring cow meant urging the old cow to plow the field, and people took the pieces of the spring cow home one after another as a symbol of good luck.
The mountain god mentioned here is the spring god, who dominates farming for one year, which is recorded in the Book of Rites and Zuo Zhuan. On this day in beginning of spring, at the temple fair in old Beijing, spring cattle are usually sold, and the person who leads the cattle in front of him will draw a picture of a headstrong god. Even if ordinary people have already entered the city, they will invite the photos of spring cattle home, which is the same as taking the fragments of spring cattle home. They prayed to themselves that the god of spring and the cattle of spring would be blessed with a bumper harvest in one year.
Painted cows painted on their bodies, firecrackers exploded, dressed as officials in spring, ran on the road ahead to meet the mountain gods and beat the cows in spring. This ceremony has a long history. Moreover, the earliest emperor personally handled all this, and he wanted to see the Mang God and the Spring Cattle in his palace. At first, the emperor had to cultivate and cut the ribbon himself like a model to make a symbolic shape. In the Song Dynasty's Dream of Tokyo, it was recorded that Mang Shen and Chun Niu "entered from the middle gate of the meridian gate, paid tribute to Ganqingmen and Ciningmen, and each of them played in the prison, and all of them retired after the ceremony." It can be said that the etiquette is prosperous.
Later, this tradition changed, and the Mang God and the Spring Cattle were placed in front of the palace, not in the suburbs. This change has been recorded in the Ming Dynasty. However, in Beijing, all ceremonies are still organized and completed by Shuntian Fuyi entrusted by the court, which means celebrating the whole world and having fun with the government and people.
The Origin of beginning of spring's "Beating Spring Cattle"