What is the meaning of the Beginning of Spring? What activities are there during the Beginning of Spring?
Introduction: The Beginning of Spring is one of the 24 solar terms, and there are many activities during the Beginning of Spring. So what is the meaning of the Beginning of Spring solar term? What activities are there during the Beginning of Spring? Let’s follow the editor of Shuimoxiansheng.com to learn more about it! The twelfth month of the lunar calendar is commonly known as La Yue. Come to Shui Mo Xiansheng's website to learn about the relevant content of the twelfth month of the lunar calendar in 2018!What is the meaning of the Beginning of Spring?The Beginning of Spring is the first solar term in the twenty-four solar terms in the Ganzhi calendar, also known as the New Year's Day, the Beginning of Spring, and the New Year's Day. In the sexagenary cycle, the beginning of the year is the beginning of spring, and the beginning of the month is the beginning of the festival. "Lichun" is calculated based on the ecliptic. When the handle of the Big Dipper points to the hour of Yin, it is the Lichun time, that is, when the sun reaches 315° of the ecliptic longitude. Li means "beginning"; spring represents warmth and growth. As one of the 24 solar terms, the Beginning of Spring, like the Beginning of Summer, the Beginning of Autumn and the Beginning of Winter, reflects the change of the four seasons. In addition, it also means that a new cycle has begun and the new year has begun.The ancients attached great importance to the beginning of the year. On the beginning of spring, they would offer sacrifices to the God of Spring and Tai Sui, and respect heaven and ancestors. This gave rise to a series of cultural activities such as bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new, welcoming the spring and praying for blessings. "Collected Explanations of the 72 Seasonal Changes" states: "The Beginning of Spring is the first month of the year; Beginning means establishment and beginning; the past and future of the five elements continue here; and the spring wood energy begins to arrive, so it is called the Beginning; the same is true for the Beginning of Summer, Autumn, and Winter." China has a vast territory and great differences in climate across the country. The specific climatic meaning of "Beginning" does not apply to all parts of the country. The corresponding area is only the southern my country region, with the dividing line from Guilin, Guangxi to Ganzhou, Jiangxi. At the beginning of spring (spring begins when the average daily temperature reaches above 10 degrees Celsius for five consecutive days), the areas south of that line have already felt the breath of spring; but 93% of my country's land area is still winter. In Heilongjiang, spring often begins at the beginning of summer during the Grain Rain. "Li" is just a reference for many regions. What activities are there during the Beginning of Spring?1. The county sends out Spring Ox Posts and Beginning of Spring Posts to announce the coming of spring: According to the old custom, on the day before the Beginning of Spring, two artists wearing crowns and belts, called Spring Officials, will be present. Shouting along the streets: "Spring is here", commonly known as "heralding spring". Regardless of whether one is a scholar, farmer, worker or businessman, one must bow and greet the Spring Official when meeting him. A person stands in the fields beating gongs and drums (find a little boy wearing green clothes and a green hat), singing praises to welcome spring, and going to every house to announce the arrival of spring. Each household will deliver a picture of a spring ox or a greeting card (or the farmers will beat gongs and drums to invite their children home to welcome spring, and the people will put fruit plates on the table to wait for the arrival of spring). This picture of the spring ox printed on red paper features the twenty-four solar terms of the year and people leading oxen to plow the fields. People call it a "Spring Post". This picture of sending off the Spring Ox is intended to urge and remind people to seize the time to farm and not miss the spring.2. Welcoming the God of Jumang and scattering beans to ward off disasters : The beating ox ceremony is held by the county government. "Before the beginning of spring, officials welcome the God of Jumang in the eastern suburbs and the market. They play stories to celebrate the harvest. Men and women bring their children to see the earthen ox passing by. They scatter beans and hemp to ward off disasters. On the beginning of spring, they worship the God of Jumang (the traditional earth god in charge of agricultural affairs, also known as the god of spring). After beating the earthen ox, the ox is finished..." 3. Driving the Spring Ox : The day before beating the ox, the clay ox is first placed in the eastern suburbs, called standing ox. Next to it is a dummy carrying farm tools and whipping the ox, representing the farmer. Farmers then bow to it and beat drums. After beating the ox, people take the dirt from the clay ox back to their own livestock pens, symbolizing a good harvest and promoting the reproduction of cattle. Appendix: Spring Ox: "Shiwu Jiyuan" records: "Duke Zhou was the first to make an earthen ox at the beginning of spring. The ox was dug out to indicate the morning and evening of farming." The feudal rulers of later generations would hold a ceremony to whip the spring on this day. They would lead the spring ox and beat it, which was called "beating the spring" in order to encourage farming and develop production. There is such a legend in ancient times: when the beginning of spring is approaching, the county magistrate will take local celebrities to dig a hole in the ground, and then put feathers, chicken feathers and other light materials in the pit. At a certain time, the feathers and chicken feathers in the pit will float up from the pit. This moment is the beginning of spring, and people will start setting off firecrackers to celebrate, wishing for good weather and a good harvest in the next year. 4. Spring Outing (Visiting Spring, Parade): After the county activities, people not to be outdone, they dress up and start parading. The team starts with the herald of spring dressed as a rooster walking in the front, followed by a group of people carrying a huge image of the spring ox, and then the people behind them include shepherd boys leading the cows, big-headed dolls delivering spring peaches, and swallows. Another meaning is: after this spring outing it is a signal to start going outings, and the period until the Dragon Boat Festival is a good time for spring outings (spring outing on the day of the Beginning of Spring is called Tanchun). What does it mean to beat the spring ox?During the Spring Festival, people hold a ceremony to welcome the spring by “beating the spring ox”, which is also called “whipping spring”. Folk custom, popular in many areas of China. The "Spring Ox" is made with mulberry wood as the frame and is sculpted from soil on the day after the winter solstice. It is 4 feet tall and 8 feet long, with patterns of the four seasons, eight solar terms, 360 days and 12 hours.On the day before the beginning of spring, people go to the ancestral altar to worship, and then whip the "Spring Ox" with colorful whips to drive it back to the county government, where they set up wine and fruit offerings in the lobby. Men, women, old and young lead the "oxen" and hold the "plow", sing rice-planting songs and pray for a good harvest. Before and after liberation, the farming drama of "beating the spring ox" appeared. One person tied the plow and the other operated the plow. They plowed and danced at the same time, and performed them in the countryside or on the stage. It added to the festive atmosphere and expressed the Chinese working people's love, yearning and pursuit for a better life. 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