What should we eat on the beginning of spring in 2021? What are the characteristics of the Beginning of Spring solar term?

What should we eat on the beginning of spring in 2021? What are the characteristics of the Beginning of Spring solar term?
What should we eat on the beginning of spring in 2021? What are the characteristics of the Beginning of Spring solar term? "The seventh and eighth days of the twelfth lunar month, the crows are frozen to death." People drink a bowl of Laba porridge on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. Do you want to know more about this day of Laba? Just follow Mr. Shui Mo and he will take you to learn about the twelfth lunar month in 2020.

What should we eat on the beginning of spring in 2021?

①Eating spring rolls:
"Sui Shi Guang Ji" records: "The rich families in the capital make dough silkworms, which are called 'Tanguancan'. Because they are made on the beginning of spring, they are also called 'Tanchuncan'." Spring rolls are also called spring pancakes, spring plates, and thin pancakes. It is a traditional food for Chinese folk festivals, popular throughout China, especially in Jiangnan and other places.
Eating spring rolls on the beginning of spring is a traditional custom in our country, just like eating rice dumplings on the Dragon Boat Festival and eating dumplings on New Year's Eve. It has been continued by people for thousands of years. Spring rolls are also called spring pancakes. In addition to expressing the meaning of welcoming the New Year, spring rolls usually contain a lot of fresh spring vegetables, so their nutritional value is very high.
②Eat spring rolls:
After the Tang and Song Dynasties, there was a custom of eating spring pancakes and lettuce on the day of the Beginning of Spring. The pancakes and lettuce are served on a plate, which is called a spring plate. It originated in the Han Dynasty and is also related to the Wuxin Pan of New Year's Day in the Six Dynasties. Therefore, Spring Plate is also called Xin Plate. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, people ate spring pancakes and lettuce, as well as carrots, which were said to help get rid of spring fatigue. Therefore, the whole activity of tasting new things was called "biting spring." It means welcoming spring.

What are the characteristics of the Beginning of Spring solar term?

Beginning of Spring, the first month of the lunar calendar. Li means to establish a new beginning. The energy of the five elements passes by and continues. At this point, the energy of spring wood begins to arrive, so it is called Li. The same applies to the beginning of summer, autumn and winter.
The first sign is that the east wind thaws the ice.
Frozen in winter, melted by spring breeze. It is not called spring, but east. "Lüshi Chunqiu" says: East belongs to wood, and wood is the mother of fire. However, the temperature is high, so it thaws.
The second phase is that hibernating insects begin to awaken.
It is hibernation and vibration. The hidden insects are all awakened by the arrival of air. Bao said, it moved but did not come out, until February when it was terrified and ran away.
The third sign is that fish swim up with ice on their backs.
陟 means accumulation, ascension, and height. The fish rises up by carrying ice on its back. Fish hide at the bottom of the water when it is extremely cold, but when it warms up in the first month of the year, when the yang energy arrives, they swim upstream and close to the ice, so it is called "fu".

When is the beginning of spring in 2021?

Solar term: Wednesday, February 3, 2021 22:58:39
Lunar calendar: December 22, 2020 Gregorian calendar: February 3, 2021, Wednesday, Aquarius
[Today's Old Almanac is suitable] [Do not use it on a day with a broken year]
Repair graves, resolve medical treatment, lawsuits, pray for blessings, fasting and offering sacrifices, accepting marriage proposals, marrying, building, seeking offspring, planting, offering sacrifices, breaking ground, digging wells, covering houses, capturing
[Today's taboos in the old almanac] [Do not use it on a day that is a bad day for the year]
Put up the beams, erect the pillars, enter the house, open the warehouse, open the market, set up the bonds, collect money, ship goods, take up the post, collect livestock, break ground, start drilling, bury, travel, migrate, separate

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