Spring Festival is the beginning of spring? Or the beginning of a new year?

Beginning of spring is the beginning of spring, and the Spring Festival is the beginning of a new year. The earliest Spring Festival in the last century was 1966, and the date of the Spring Festival was 65438+1October 2 1. The latest Spring Festival travel rush is in 1985, and the date of Spring Festival travel rush is February 20th. The time span of the two Spring Festival is as long as 30 days. During this period, there are three solar terms: Great Cold, beginning of spring and Rain. It can be seen that the Spring Festival in most years generally corresponds to the period around "beginning of spring" and is indeed related to spring. The Spring Festival on 20 12 is 65438+123 October, which belongs to an earlier year and is in a severe cold solar term, far from spring.