The characteristic of beginning of spring solar terms is that westerly jet, the southern branch of East Asia, begins to weaken, but the intensity and position of westerly jet, the northern branch of East Asia, remain basically unchanged. Mongolia cold high and Aleutian low are still relatively strong, but under the influence of strong cold air, the frequency of southerly wind in the interval increases, accompanied by obvious warming process.

Customs is as follows:

1, welcome Ju Mang.

Ju Mang is the god of spring, that is, the god of plants and life. Ju Mang's image is a bird with a face. He abides by the rules and is in charge of spring affairs. There are many activities when welcoming God, such as preaching in large classes, raising pavilions, local operas, yangko and shooting cows.

2. There is spring

Compared with sacrifice, local people have a lively and festive atmosphere. The activity of this day is called the Spring Festival. After beginning of spring, people like to go out for a spring outing in spring, which is also the main form of spring outing.

3, whip spring cattle

Spring cattle in Zhejiang province have their own characteristics. When welcoming the spring cows, kowtow to the spring cows in turn. After the worship, everyone swarmed, smashed the spring cattle, snatched the soil from them and scattered it in the cowshed. It can be seen that whipping spring cattle is still a kind of breeding witchcraft, that is, spring cattle soil after the Spring Festival can promote cattle reproduction by being scattered in the cowshed.

Historical origin

Beginning of spring, the first of the 24 solar terms, is also known as the first month festival, New Year's Day, New Year's Day and New Year's Day. Standing means "start"; Spring represents warmth and growth. In nature, the most striking feature of beginning of spring is that everything is beginning to show signs of recovery.

Beginning of spring is the day when everything begins and everything is reborn, which means a new cycle has begun. Beginning of spring is the beginning of spring, and the time sequence enters spring. At this time, although it is still chilly in spring, the cold winter has passed, spring has returned to the earth, everything has recovered, and nature is full of vitality. Therefore, the ancients attached great importance to the beginning of spring, and there was a tool to welcome spring in ancient times.