What are the customs and traditions of the first solar term, Lichun, and what is the God of Spring?
The Beginning of Spring is the first solar term of the year. It brings warm weather to people and marks the arrival of spring when all things revive. What are the customs and traditions of the first solar term, Lichun, and what is the God of Spring? The various festivals in the first month of the lunar calendar are coming right after the Spring Festival. Following the 2020 first month special topic of Shuimoxiansheng.com, let’s count how many important traditional festivals and customs there are in this month.What are the customs and traditions of the first solar term, Lichun?(1) Lichun Solar Term: Spring Festival Ceremony <br /> Lichun is the first solar term of the year. The sun’s ecliptic longitude is 315 degrees. Lichun is regarded as the beginning of spring in China. In ancient times, people regarded the beginning of spring as the Spring Festival and held spring welcoming ceremonies on this day.(2) Complete list of customs during the Beginning of Spring: ——Worship Tai Sui: Welcoming Tai Sui brings peace and prosperity <br /> China has the custom of welcoming Tai Sui, imagining Tai Sui as a god on duty, and welcoming Tai Sui brings peace and prosperity. As a traditional custom, the activity of "worshiping Tai Sui" is very popular in Beijing, Guangzhou, Taiwan, Hong Kong and other places in China, as well as Southeast Asian countries such as Singapore. ——Ancestor worship: Yichun <br /> In many areas, ancestors are worshipped at the beginning of spring. For example, the Records of Xin'an County in Guangdong records: "People hold events at the ancestral temple on this day. The food offered to ancestors at the beginning of spring is also special. The "Ruyang County Chronicles" of Henan Province records: A spring banquet was held, spring pancakes were eaten, and agarwood and pears were offered. "The Linying County Annals refer to the Spring Beginning Sacrifice as Yaochun. ——Paste the word "Spring": ward off evil and eliminate disasters <br /> In ancient times, people often posted the word "Yichun" on the Spring Festival, which gradually developed into Spring Festival couplets, expressing the Chinese working people's good wishes to ward off evil and eliminate disasters and welcome good fortune. (3) Whipping the Spring Ox ——Whipping the Spring Ox, also known as Whipping the Earth Ox, has an early origin and has been preserved ever since. People in Shandong province smash clay cows into pieces and scramble to grab the spring cow soil, which is called "grabbing spring". It is considered auspicious to grab the cow's head. There are also tea picking and spring ox worship activities, and in Hubei Province, turtle crowing activities are held to herald the coming of spring. (4) Spring Festival: ——The custom of offering new food to ancestors in spring was passed down to later generations and became the ancestor worship activity on the first day of the first lunar month. In some places, the houses are not cleaned for a few days after the first day, for fear of offending the ancestral spirits who will return home for the new year to be worshipped. In some places, the ban on throwing away garbage on the first day of the New Year is derived from the latter custom. What does the God of Spring mean?——The God of Spring refers to: Ju Mang, the god in charge of farming. [1] The tradition of holding commemorative activities on the day of "Lichun" is very old and dates back at least 3,000 years.《2》At that time, the deity worshipped was also called Mangshen, the god of spring in charge of farming. Ju Mang is the god of spring, that is, the god of plants and life. 《3》 Ju Mang is depicted as a man with a bird’s body and a human face. He is a man of rules and is in charge of spring affairs. As early as the Zhou Dynasty, there was a custom of setting up the East Hall to welcome the spring, which shows that the tradition of offering sacrifices to Ju Mang has a long history. ——Lichun Solar Terms: Welcoming Spring <br /> Welcoming Spring is an important activity during Lichun, and preparations must be made in advance and rehearsed, commonly known as performing the Spring. Only then can we officially welcome spring on the day of the Beginning of Spring. 》The day before the beginning of spring: Welcoming Spring is held on the day before the Beginning of Spring, with the purpose of welcoming back spring and the god Ju Mang. 》After the beginning of spring: After the beginning of spring, people like to go out for spring outings when the weather is warm and the flowers are blooming. This is commonly known as going out of the city to explore spring or stepping into spring, which is also the main form of spring outing. |
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