Is the Spring Equinox the Spring Festival? What is the significance of Spring Festival?

Is the Spring Equinox the Spring Festival? What is the significance of Spring Festival?
I believe everyone is familiar with the Spring Equinox. So, let’s take a look at whether the Spring Equinox is the Spring Festival? The second month of the lunar calendar has 29 days and is also a month full of spring. To know the predicted lunar calendar events, please check out the special topic of February 2021 on Shuimoxiansheng.com!

Is the Spring Equinox the Spring Festival?

No, the Spring Equinox does not belong to the Spring Festival.
The period before and after the Spring Equinox is the Spring Festival, but the Spring Equinox is not the Spring Festival. The Spring Festival is one of the largest sacrificial activities during the Spring Equinox.
The community day is a festival for ancient farmers to worship the god of the land. Before the Han Dynasty, there was only the Spring Community Day, and the Autumn Community Day began after the Han Dynasty.
During the Zhou Dynasty, the Spring Festival was held on the Jia day after the Spring Equinox and was the most important sacrificial activity for the emperor.
Since "Wu" in the Five Elements belongs to earth, after the Han Dynasty, the Wu day after the Spring Equinox was changed to the Spring Festival Community Day. Later, starting from the Song Dynasty, the community day was set as the fifth day after the beginning of spring and the beginning of autumn.

What is the significance of Spring Festival?

The government asserted jurisdiction. In the pre-Qin period, community sacrifices were established as the "divine authority" of the princes over the corresponding lands and the people living on them. After the Qin and Han dynasties, although the official community sacrifices changed to a certain extent with the changes in the local administrative system, they still symbolized the jurisdiction of the state represented by the emperor or officials over the land and the people.
Entertainment and harmony. After the Qin and Han Dynasties, the Spring Festival was mainly for entertainment, supplemented by worshiping gods. The collective banquets and entertainment in the Spring Festival were not only a way to adjust the hard work of individuals, but more importantly, they promoted affinity among families in the village, thus consolidating the cohesion of the entire village.
Proclaim politics and educate. Spring Festival is an important place for the government to issue regulations and promote education. During the Spring Festival, the government takes the opportunity of everyone's gathering to issue or reiterate village rules and regulations to enhance everyone's awareness of laws and regulations and moral concepts. In the pre-Qin period, "Zhou Li" recorded that "If you offer sacrifices to the state gods at the annual festival, you should read the law to the people.
Guide farming time. For example, in "Qimin Yaoshu", the most complete ancient agricultural book in China, which was written in the Northern Wei Dynasty, there are records such as "Cabbage should be planted 20 days before the Spring Festival; sunflower should be planted 30 days before the Spring Festival." In "Nongzheng Quanshu" written by Xu Guangqi in the Ming Dynasty, there are also records that pomegranates, yams, cucumbers and sugarcane should be planted on the Spring Festival day.

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