How many days does the twelfth lunar month start?
The 24 solar terms are the crystallization of the knowledge of the ancient working people. Each solar term represents its corresponding season and things to do. When is the beginning of spring in 2018? Most traditional festivals are concentrated in the twelfth lunar month, when people celebrate the harvest of the past year in the cold winter and look forward to good luck in the coming year. What festivals are there in the twelfth month of the lunar calendar? The Fortune Teller website’s special feature on the twelfth month of the lunar calendar will help you learn more.When does spring begin in 2018?The 2018 Dachun falls on Sunday, February 4, 2018 in the Gregorian calendar, the 19th day of the twelfth lunar month . Dachun is the common name for the beginning of spring, and it is the solar term when spring returns to the earth. It is the first of the 24 solar terms.The Beginning of Spring is a traditional Chinese festival. In the Zhou Dynasty, on this day, the emperor personally led the three dukes and nine ministers to the eastern suburbs to welcome spring and offer sacrifices. During the Tang and Song dynasties, there were customs such as whipping the spring ox and sending small spring oxen to encourage farmers to plough in spring and pray for a good harvest. Since the Ming and Qing dynasties, there have been customs such as eating green vegetables, welcoming earth oxen, bathing silkworm seeds, and drinking spring tea, which have a strong traditional folk customs and local flavor. The Custom of Beating the Spring OxThe custom of Beginning of Spring originated from the imperial palace. According to legend, the day of Beginning of Spring was treated as a festival by everyone inside and outside the palace and was celebrated with extra grandeur. The earliest saying was that the clay spring ox erected in front of the imperial palace would be smashed on the day of the Beginning of Spring. Historical records record that "Duke Zhou was the first to make the clay ox for the Beginning of Spring." If that's the case, then the year is almost as old as our Chinese nation. The book "Kyoto Customs" once recorded: in front of the palace, "a Mang God is set up in the east and a Spring Ox is set up in the west." After the ceremony, "the servants beat and burned it, so it was called 'beating the spring'." At that time, smashing the Spring Ox had the meaning of "urging the ox to plow the fields" by whipping the old ox. People rushed to take the pieces of the Spring Ox home and regarded them as a symbol of good luck.The Mang God mentioned here is the God of Spring, who dominates the farming affairs of the year. This is recorded in "The Book of Rites" and "Zuo Zhuan". On the day of the beginning of spring, paintings of spring oxen are usually sold in temple fairs in old Beijing. The man leading the ox in the front is the Mang God. Most families, even if they have already entered the city, will bring the Spring Ox picture home. The meaning of this picture is the same as the fragments of the Spring Ox they bring home. They pray to themselves, and the God of Spring and the Spring Ox are both blessings for a year's harvest. The cow is painted with colors, firecrackers are set off, and it is dressed up as the Spring Official. It runs in front of the road to welcome the Mang God and beat the Spring Ox. This ritual has a very long history. Moreover, at the beginning, it was the emperor who personally took charge of all of this and personally welcomed the God of Mang and the Spring Ox in the palace. At first, the emperor had to pretend to be holding the plow himself and cutting the ribbon, just as a symbolic gesture. The Song Dynasty book "Dongjing Menghualu" once recorded: Mangshen and Chunniu "entered from the middle gate of Wumen, and went respectfully to Qianqing Gate and Cining Gate. The eunuchs each responded and everyone withdrew after the ceremony." It can be said that the etiquette was very grand. This tradition has undergone some changes later on, with the Mangshen and the Spring Ox being placed in the suburbs instead of in front of the palace. This change has been recorded in the writings of the Ming Dynasty. However, in the capital, all ceremonies were still organized by Shuntian Prefecture on behalf of the palace, with the idea of celebrating for all the people and bringing joy to the country. |
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