When is the Beginning of Spring this year?

The Beginning of Spring is the first solar term in the 24 solar terms of the lunar calendar. When the sun reaches 315 degrees of longitude, it is called the Beginning of Spring's solar terms. The so-called "plan for a year lies in spring". The Beginning of Spring has been a traditional festival since ancient times, and China has attached great importance to it from the official to the civil society. The Beginning of Spring's day to welcome the spring has a history of more than 3, 000 years. Let's take a look at when the Beginning of Spring will be this year.

When is the Beginning of Spring this year?

The Beginning of Spring 2016 specific time is the Gregorian calendar (Gregorian calendar) February 4, 17:46:00, lunar calendar (lunar calendar) 2015 December 26, Thursday, dry branch for Bingshen (monkey) Gengyin month C Chen day, suitable for marriage, crown, Naocai, travel, meet relatives and friends, Shangliang, safety machinery, bed, animal husbandry, hunting, sacrifice, blessing, opening light, construction, door, avoid entering the house, cooking stove, medical treatment, burial, migration.

What is the meaning of the Beginning of Spring?

The Beginning of Spring is one of the 24 solar terms, also known as "hitting spring". "Li" means "beginning". In China, the Beginning of Spring is the beginning of spring, and the Beginning of Spring is the one when the sun reaches 315 degrees of longitude on February 4 or 5 every year. The ancients designated the Beginning of Spring as the first of the 24 solar terms. On the Beginning of Spring's day, looking up at the starry sky at seven o'clock in the evening, we can see that the handle of the Big Dipper is pointing northeast, that is, the azimuth of 45 degrees, the direction of what the ancients called Gen (one of the eight diagrams). The Beginning of Spring's "Li" means the beginning, and "spring" means the season, so the Beginning of Spring has the meaning that the solar terms of spring have begun. There are agricultural proverbs such as "hit six or nine heads in spring" and "when Frosts Descent hits winter, 45 days will hit spring". Since the Winter Solstice entered the 45 days of the nine "five Nine", the Beginning of Spring happens to be the beginning of "six Nine."

Climate difference of the Beginning of Spring

By the time the Beginning of Spring, people obviously felt that the days were longer and the sun was warmer. Temperature, sunshine and rainfall are often at the turning point of the year and tend to rise or increase. The growth of spring crops is accelerated, and the water consumption of rape bolting and wheat jointing increases, so topdressing should be irrigated in time to promote growth. The peasant proverb reminds people that "the Beginning of Spring and Rain Water arrive, get up early and go to bed late." Spring ploughing has also begun. Although it is spring, it is still very cold in most parts of South China. "Snow is too late for spring, so we wear courtyard trees as flying flowers." These climatic characteristics should be taken into account when arranging agricultural production.

People often love to look for the message of spring: the bud protruding from the wicker is "softer than gold than silk", and the eager grass in the soil is waiting for "spring breeze to still flourish", while people who work hard in the fields for a new harvest are creating real spring with their hands. The Beginning of Spring's solar terms are also popular with farmers because they bring warmth and hope to people. Therefore, there are many weather proverbs about the Beginning of Spring. For example, those based on sunny days are "the Beginning of Spring Qingqing, Rain Water Yun", "the Beginning of Spring Qingqing, a Spring Sunny", and those based on rain and snow are "dripping Spring Rain, overcast and Wet to Qingming Festival", "it snows heavily in Spring, and it rains heavily in a hundred days". Those based on thunder and lightning are "Thunder sets Spring Festival, stinging Rain does not stop", "the Beginning of Spring thunder, one month does not see the sky", and so on. Those based on cold and warm are "standing cold in spring and warm in spring". Based on the wind force, there are "the Beginning of Spring north wind Rain Water more", "the Beginning of Spring east wind warms up early, the Beginning of Spring west wind warms up late" and so on.

The Beginning of Spring's solar terms should prevent the impact of cold wave, low temperature and rain and snow weather on Spring Festival transportation, and rural areas should pay close attention to the field management of overwintering crops, ploughing and loosening the soil, applying returning green fertilizer, and preventing freezing and protecting seedlings. Relevant experts say that although the beginning of spring is not as grand as it used to be, the Beginning of Spring places people's hopes on this day, so there are still some special ways to welcome the Beginning of Spring, such as "hitting spring", "biting spring", hanging windmills, hiking, and so on.

What are the Beginning of Spring's agricultural proverbs?

Clouds cover the moon on August 15th, and snow lights on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

The snow lights on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and it is drizzling during the Qingming Festival.

Do not accept flowers, but look at the third eight of the first month.

The Beginning of Spring melted with snow and beat the wheat with no place to put it.

The Beginning of Spring overheated and turned to cold snow one after another.

Two springs plus one winter, nothing is warm.

Spring neck is short, early warmer, often appear late spring cold.

Spring neck is long, back to the Spring Festival Gala, there are generally few late spring cold.