The customs of the spring are as follows:

1, eat spring cake.

Eating spring cake lettuce and so on is one of the customs of spring, commonly known as chewing the spring, bite the spring or taste the spring, spring eating spring cake has the symbolism of welcoming spring. There is a record that the Song Dynasty court of chestnut spring cake is "green wisps of red silk, gold chicken and jade swallow, the preparation of the most exquisite, each plate is worth ten thousand dollars."

Spring cake as thin as a cicada's wing, recorded here is a thin noodle in a kind of pan on the wipe, that is, into a very thin and transparent cake, used to wrap the caper filling, and then deep-fried spring rolls (also known as spring pan). Spring cakes and spring rolls are the symbol of spring in the minds of the ancients.

2, the standing spring to fight spring.

The spring is also known as "playing spring", here "playing spring" refers to playing spring bull.

China is a large agricultural country, people have always attached importance to agricultural production, insist on not violating the agricultural time, the cow is a symbol of agriculture, is the representative of productivity. Therefore, China since ancient times to wish spring cattle, it is said to be "the Duke of Zhou began to set the spring soil cattle", and has become a custom.

So the custom of playing the spring bull has been continued.

3, whip spring cow.

Also known as whip cattle, playing cattle.

Originally earlier, and then has been retained, but changed in the spring, prevalent in the Tang and Song dynasties, especially after the Song Renzong promulgated the "earth cow scripture", so that the whip earth cow custom spread more widely, as an important element of folk culture. The significance of the whip spring cattle, not limited to send cold, promote spring plowing, there is a certain witchcraft significance.