Lichun, also known as "spring", is the first of the twenty-four solar terms in China. It is the first of the 24 solar terms in China, and "Lichun" means "the beginning", which means the beginning of spring in China. It is the first of the twenty-four solar terms in China. "Li" means "beginning", and China marks the beginning of spring with "Lichun". In an astronomical sense it marks the beginning of spring.

By the climatic seasons, spring begins in northeast and northwest China at the Qingming Festival, in north China at the Vernal Equinox, in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River around the hibernation, and in southwestern China at the rainy season, and only the Lixin Festival in southern China can be taken as the beginning of spring.