Tell us, the origin of beginning of spring? What are the customs and habits in beginning of spring?

On the day before the old custom that began in spring, there were two artists wearing crowns and ribbons. One was called Chun Guan, and the other was called Chun Guan. Shouting along the street: "Spring is coming", commonly known as "Spring". Scholars, farmers, workers and businessmen all bow down when they see Chun Guan. When a person meets a vendor's shop, he can take goods and food at will, and the owner is greeted with a smile. On this day, every state and county will hold a grand "Spring Festival" activity. The front is the drum music honor guard as a guide; In the middle are the family members led by the governors of various States and counties, all wearing official uniforms; Behind them are peasant teams, all carrying farm tools. Come to the eastern suburb of the city to meet the mang God and the spring cow. Before you go to see the Mang God, you should kneel and kowtow. The deacon raised his glass and poured wine for the officer. After receiving the wine, the officer knelt down twice and kowtowed six times. Then bow in front of the spring cow. After the ceremony, it was as lively as when it came, welcoming the busy god and the spring cow back to the city.

On the second day in beginning of spring, the local governor still led his family and farmers to whip Spring. Yin and Yang officials must first hold certain traditional ceremonies. Local officials presided over the Spring Festival ceremony, offering titles at the beginning and titles at the end. Then he whipped the spring bull for three turns with color and returned to the Ministry after the ceremony. The farmers slaughtered the spring cattle.

Now, spring whipping activities are no longer held in cities, but some rural areas still have the custom of beating spring cattle. Before the beginning of spring, a cow was made of clay, which was called a spring cow. Women take their children around the spring cow three times. The old saying that they can't get sick has now become entertainment. At the beginning of spring, an old man was selected from the village to symbolically whip the cattle in spring three times, which means the beginning of a year's agriculture. Then the villagers smashed the mud cows, returned the soil to the fields and scattered it in their respective farmland. It is popular in Luliang area to write the word "Yichun" on the door with spring cattle soil. Southeast Shanxi is used to coating horns with spring cattle soil. It is said that rinderpest can be avoided. In the south of Shanxi, people pay attention to coating stoves with spring cattle soil, which is said to drive away ephemera.

During the Spring Festival, folk artists make many small mud cows, which are called "spring cows". Give it to all families, this is called "send it to spring". The owner should pay the person who sends the spring water. More essentially, it is a holiday sales activity, but everyone is happy. In some places, there is a yellow paper with a picture of a spring cow on the wall. Yellow stands for land, and spring cattle stands for farming, commonly known as "Spring Cattle Map".

During the Spring Festival, girls cut the ribbon for swallows and called them "Spring Chicken". Stick feathers on butterflies and call them "spring moths"; Wrapped in velvet as a staff is called "Spring Staff". Wear it on your head, Bimei. Girls in southeastern Shanxi like to exchange these headdresses. It is said that sericulture is thriving. Xiangning and other places are used to making small dolls out of silk, called "spring babies", which are worn on children. The northern part of Shanxi pays attention to sewing small cloth bags, which are filled with beans, grains and other miscellaneous grains and hung on the horns of cattle, which means that six animals are prosperous, and the crops are abundant, and they are safe and auspicious all year round.

During the Spring Festival, people are used to eating carrots, ginger, onions and bread, which is called "biting spring". Newly married women in Yuncheng are called "Spring Festival" when their parents want to take them back. Linfen area is used to inviting son-in-law to eat spring cakes.

On the other hand, keeping in good health in spring is to prevent diseases and protect health. Especially in early spring, the weather turns from cold to warm, and all kinds of pathogenic bacteria and viruses grow and multiply. The pathogenic factors of warm toxin began to move, and influenza, meningitis, measles, scarlet fever and pneumonia mentioned in modern medicine also occurred and became popular. In order to avoid the occurrence of diseases in spring, we should first eliminate the source of infection in preventive measures; Second, open the window frequently to let the indoor air circulate and keep the air fresh; Third, we should strengthen exercise and improve the body's defense ability. In addition, pay attention to the health care of the mouth and nose, and block the way that warm pathogens attack the lungs first.

In spring, the climate changes greatly, and the weather changes from cold to warm. As the human body becomes relaxed, its ability to resist cold evil weakens. Therefore, people living in the northern region in early spring, especially don't go to cotton-padded jackets, and the elderly and infirm should be cautious when changing clothes. Qian Jin Fang Yao advocated that clothes should be "thick under and thin on top" in spring, and Lao Hengyan also said: "The lower body is too warm in spring, so the upper body is slightly reduced, so it nourishes the yang." In the daily life in spring, human qi and blood need to stretch freely. Just like nature, we are required to lie down at night and get up early, have long hair, relax our clothes, stretch our bodies, participate in outdoor activities more, overcome the state of fatigue and drowsiness, adapt our spiritual feelings to nature, and strive for physical and mental harmony and energy.

In terms of diet recuperation, it is necessary to consider that the yang is born in spring, and it is appropriate to eat sweet and divergent products, not sour. "On Su Wen's Method of Storing Qi" says: "The liver governs the spring, …… the liver is bitter and anxious, and it is sweet to eat urgently and slowly, … the liver wants to disperse, and it is dispersed with pungent food, supplemented with pungent food, and diarrhea with acid". In the relationship between five zang-organs and five flavors, sour taste enters the liver and converges, which is not conducive to the growth of yang and the release of liver qi. Dietary recuperation should be given to the viscera, that is, "suffering goes against its nature, so it is desirable." Desire is what the dirty god wants, that is, to make up for it. People who suffer are hated by the unclean god, that is, diarrhea. "Clear this relationship, we can purposefully choose some drugs and foods that soften and nourish the liver, soothe the liver and regulate qi, such as medlar, turmeric, salvia miltiorrhiza, corydalis tuber and so on. And choose jujube, lobster sauce, onion, coriander, peanuts, etc. , spicy and fragrant, and the formula selection is flexible.

Keeping in good health in spring should conform to the characteristics of spring sun spirit, and everything begins to grow. Pay attention to protecting the sun, focusing on the word "health". According to the nature, spring belongs to wood, corresponding to liver. This is the theory of five elements, which explains the physiological characteristics of five internal organs with the characteristics of five elements. For example, the liver likes regulating qi, has the function of relieving qi, and has no characteristics of hair growth, so the liver belongs to "wood". The physiological characteristics of the liver, which governs qi, anger and depression, are conducive to regulating qi. In the aspect of mental health in spring, we should try to avoid rage and depression, be open-minded and optimistic, and maintain a good attitude. At the same time, we should make full use of and cherish the "old" spring of nature, make use of the rise of yang, the appearance of everything and the vigorous metabolism of human body, and make the qi of Yang can be announced in spring and the metabolic function can operate normally through proper adjustment.