Beginning of spring is from February 3rd to 5th in the Gregorian calendar every year. However, in the lunar calendar, the date of solar terms is not easy to determine. Take beginning of spring as an example. It can be on the first day of February 15 of the 65438+ lunar calendar, or at the latest on the first day of 15.

The calendar year in beginning of spring is basically fixed, most years are February 4th, and some years are February 3rd or 5th.

Beginning of spring is the first of the 24 solar terms in the lunar calendar. Beginning of spring is divided from astronomy, that is, when the sun reaches longitude 3 15.

Beginning of spring is one of the important traditional festivals of the Han nationality. "Li" means "start". Since the Qin Dynasty, China has always regarded beginning of spring as the beginning of the Meng Chun season. The so-called "a year's plan lies in spring", spring is full of flowers, birds and flowers are fragrant; Spring is growth, cultivation and sowing.

It has been more than 3,000 years since beginning of spring celebrated the Spring Festival, and China attaches great importance to the Spring Festival from the official to the folk. When he was in beginning of spring, Emperor Tiandi personally led three officials and nine ministers, governors and doctors to the eastern suburbs to welcome the Spring Festival and pray for a bumper harvest. When you come back, you should reward the ministers and make a Bude order to show your kindness to the people. This kind of activity has influenced the common people and made it a national Spring Festival activity for generations.