The spring breeze starts, everything comes to life

Lichun is the first of the twenty-four solar terms in the lunar calendar, and the word “lixi” means “beginning”. “After Lichun, everything revives and comes to life, and the four seasons of the year begin. The ancient book “Qun Fang Shu” explains the beginning of spring as follows: “Li, the beginning of construction. The spring energy begins to build up.” During the period of spring, the temperature, sunshine and rainfall tend to rise and increase. The first three springtime greetings are the east wind and the thawing of the earth. The second waiting period is when the stinging insects begin to wake up in their caves five days after the first day of spring. After five more days, the ice in the river starts to melt and the fish start to swim on the water surface, and there are still pieces of ice on the water surface that have not been completely dissolved. Spring custom As the saying goes, “the plan of the year lies in the spring”, since ancient times, the spring is a traditional festival. China has attached great importance to it from the official to the folk, and the day of spring has a history of more than 3,000 years. At the time of spring, the emperor himself led the three princes, nine ministers and vassals to the eastern suburbs to welcome spring and pray for a good harvest. After returning, he would reward his ministers and give virtuous orders to benefit the people. This activity influenced the common people and became a spring celebration for all people for generations to come. Compared with the rituals and rituals of the festival, the local folk had more of a lively atmosphere of celebration. This day of activity is called welcoming spring. After the spring, people like to go out for spring excursions on the day when spring flowers bloom, which is commonly known as going out of town to explore spring and tread on spring, which is also the main form of spring excursions. 2, the spring to send the post of the old custom of the day before the spring, there are two artists top crown ornaments, called spring officials. Along the street shouting: “Spring is coming”, commonly known as “spring report”. Whether it is a scholar, farmer, worker, businessman, see the spring officials have to bow to pay respect. A man stands in the field and beats a gong and sings a hymn to welcome the spring, and goes to each house to announce the spring, sending a spring cow or a post to welcome the spring from house to house. On the picture of a spring cow printed on red paper, there are twenty-four festivals of the year and a man leading a cow to plow the field, which is called “spring post”. 3.Welcome Jumang God Jumang is the god of spring, that is, the god of grass and trees and the god of life. The image of Jumang is a human-faced bird body, enforcing the rules, and is the master of spring affairs. When welcoming the gods, there are many activities such as drumming, pavilion lifting, ground play, rice-singing, and bull-beating. 4.Whipping the spring cow The day before the bull fight, first put the earthen cow in the eastern suburbs, called the standing cow, next to the dummy carrying farming tools to whip the cow, for the plowman. Then farmers pay homage to them, after beating the drums and beating the cattle, people take the clods of the earthen cattle home to the livestock circle to promote the reproduction of cattle. 5, bite spring spring day, the north eat food is spring cake, while the south popular eat spring rolls. Eating spring cakes and spring rolls is a good blessing for “the plan of the year is spring”. At the same time, the spring will also eat radish, can relieve spring sleep. Ming “discretionary”: “spring time, no nobility chew roti, said ‘bite the spring’. Spring health The period after the spring tends to be cold and warm, beware of the “spring cold” intrusion, in order to sterilize and prevent cold, in the diet should eat more garlic, onions, celery and other “flavor punch” food, to prevent cold and flu. In terms of work and rest time, people should also follow the laws of nature, early to bed and early to rise. In terms of mental health, we should refrain from anger and depression, and be open-minded and keep a happy state of mind.