Solar terms are determined according to the degree of the sun's longitude. When the sun reaches the longitude of 315, it is beginning of spring, which always appears on February 3rd, 4th or 5th of the Gregorian calendar. Beginning of spring is the first of the 24 solar terms, also known as the first lunar month, the New Year's Day and the New Year's Day, all of which are related to the beginning of the new year.
Generally speaking, the closest day to beginning of spring (the first day of the lunar calendar) is the Spring Festival. Standing means "beginning", and spring means warmth and growth. Beginning of spring is the beginning of all things and the meaning of all self-renewal, which means the beginning of a new cycle. In the traditional concept, beginning of spring has auspicious meaning. It is customary in China to regard beginning of spring as the solar term starting in spring, so beginning of spring has become the first solar term in the new year.
In ancient China, beginning of spring was called the Spring Festival, and the first day of the first month was called New Year's Day. Beginning of spring and New Year's Day on the first day of the first month were important festivals before the Republic of China. The meanings of "year" and "year" are similar today, but there are strict differences in ancient China. The ancients regarded beginning of spring as "the beginning of the New Year" and celebrated the New Year's Day, which was often more powerful than the New Year's Day. From the Zhou Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty, beginning of spring was regarded as a one-year-old ceremony, and there was a folk saying that "beginning of spring celebrated the New Year". On the day of beginning of spring, the son of heaven held a grand ceremony, and was personally led by three officials and nine ministers, and the warlord doctor went to the eastern suburbs to welcome the Spring Festival. This kind of activity influenced the common people, and later became a national spring festival activity. In folk customs, there are activities such as welcoming the spring, biting the spring, and beating the spring to pray for a bumper harvest. 19 12 years, the Qing dynasty was overthrown, and the Republic of China was founded. The Republic of China adopted the international Gregorian calendar year, designated Gregorian calendar 1 month 1 day as New Year's Day, and renamed the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar as the Spring Festival.
Beginning of spring is one of the "four standings" in the 24 solar terms, marking the replacement of winter and spring seasons. Spring is spring, summer is long, autumn is harvest, and winter is winter. beginning of spring represents that the winter when everything is hidden will pass, and it will begin to enter the spring when everything is warm and sunny. In ancient China, the four seasons were started with "Sili", that is, beginning of spring was the beginning of spring, long summer was the beginning of summer, and beginning of autumn and beginning of winter were the beginning of autumn and winter.
Because the Spring Festival always swims between the Gregorian calendar 1 February 2 1 day and February 20, it is generally within half a month of beginning of spring. As soon as the Spring Festival arrives, the new year will begin and spring will arrive. Therefore, it is in line with natural laws and social habits to take beginning of spring as the beginning of spring. But if you think about it carefully, it doesn't seem to be completely right, because during beginning of spring, the climate in some areas in northern China was still very cold, and people in these areas were far from feeling the warmth of spring.
The division of the four seasons by "four stands" is mainly based on the calendar, which only reflects the climate situation in the ancient Central Plains. As China has a vast territory, a large span from north to south, and the climate varies greatly from place to place, the symbol of "beginning of spring" is not applicable to all parts of the country, but only has reference significance for many areas.