China Weather Network News Today (February 4), our country ushered in the first of the 24 solar terms - Lichun.

Beginning of spring, the beginning and establishment of spring energy, means that the cold winter is over and spring is sprouting.

At this time, people's anticipation for spring is even stronger. China Weather.com has launched a special spring anticipation map across the country to see where the footsteps of spring are at the beginning of spring all year round.

At the same time, this year's Lichun is a bit unusual. Not only is Lichun even Lantern Festival, but there are also two Lichun festivals in this Year of the Rabbit. It is a double spring year. What is so special about this Lichun festival?

[National Spring Map] Beginning of Spring is not the same as the beginning of spring. Where is the footsteps of spring?

　　"The east wind blows away the snow on the tops of plum blossoms, and restores the world to spring overnight." In the poet's writing, the beginning of spring is the beginning of spring. The east wind blows off the snow on the branches of plum blossoms, and spring comes overnight.

However, from the meteorological sense, the beginning of spring does not mean the beginning of spring.

　　Judging from the national anticipation map during the beginning of spring released by China Weather Network, when the beginning of spring enters the year, only Yunnan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Taiwan and some parts of Fujian are in the spring in the meteorological sense, and they really enjoy the warm spring. .

During the Spring Festival, the footsteps of spring continue to move northward, and the west of Chongqing, the north-central part of Fujian, and the northeast of Yunnan will all start the process of spring.

Most of the rest of the country is still in the season of "the cold is not gone and the spring is coming".

【The Charm of Beginning of Spring】The spirit of spring revives all things

　　As the first solar term in the twenty-four solar terms, Lichun means the official start of a new round of change of seasons.

Beginning of spring, the beginning of spring and the establishment of it.

Although the weather is still cold in this season, the cold winter is over, spring is sprouting, and nature is full of vitality.

　　The most notable feature of the beginning of spring is that everything begins to show signs of recovery.

The spring breeze is often called the east wind. They carry warm and humid air and blow inland from the southeast coastal areas. They gently wake up the flowers and plants, green the mountains and rivers, and sow spring in people's hearts.

The east wind transforms rain into the west wind, and the earth is sunny and warm.

——"Li Chun" Zuo River

　　my country has a vast territory, with a large span from north to south, and the natural rhythms vary from place to place.

During the beginning of spring, the north is still icy and snowy, but the south is already warm and green.

Temperatures across the country began to rise sharply, sunshine and rainfall also increased, and everything gradually recovered.

Five days after the beginning of spring, the spring is full of grace.

——"Five Days After the Beginning of Spring" Bai Juyi

　　Although spring in the meteorological sense has not really come in most parts of our country, everything is gradually recovering in the beginning of spring, and the pace of spring is getting closer and closer.

Before winter comes and spring is delivered, there are already wasps and purple butterflies coming.

——"Bees and Butterflies Come forth in Lali Lichun"·Yang Wanli

[Lichun phenology] Dongfeng thaws and greets spring

　　Often, the first to feel the breath of spring are insects, birds and vegetation.

In the first period of the beginning of spring, the east wind brings warmth and the earth begins to thaw; in the second period, the dormant insects slowly wake up in their caves; float on water.

In the beginning of spring, everything in the world is ready to welcome the spring.

There is little ice and frost at the end of the year, and spring comes to the grass and trees in the world.

—— "Once Upon a Time in the Beginning of Spring" Zhang Shi

　　The ancients often used flowers as messengers of festivals. The first flower in the beginning of spring believed in the winter jasmine, because it bloomed the earliest among all kinds of flowers, broke through the ice and snow, and bloomed in full bloom, reporting the news of spring in time.

After the beginning of spring, everything will recover and the vegetation will wake up, and the colors of the earth will also be colorful.

From then on, the snow disappeared and the wind softened, and the plum blossoms made the wicker new.

—— "The Beginning of Spring" Wang Yi

[Lichun custom] Bite the spring to pray for blessings and whip the spring to pray for a good harvest

　　Lichun is the first of the twenty-four solar terms, and it is the beginning of a reincarnation. Lichun is a folk festival with so many customs that it is difficult to count.

In order to welcome the spring, Chinese folks have activities such as "biting the spring" to pray for blessings, "whip the spring" to pray for abundance, and to go out to explore the spring on the day of the beginning of spring.

　　The custom of eating spring pancakes "biting spring" is widespread in the north. People bake or steam noodles to make pancakes, and then stir-fry bean sprouts, spinach, chives, vermicelli, etc., and eat them with pancakes.

Spring rolls are eaten at the beginning of spring in the south. Spring rolls have rich fillings, such as bean paste, peanuts, cabbage, meat and seafood. They are made by wrapping the fillings with dry dough and then frying or deep-frying.

Eating spring pancakes and spring rolls is to welcome the arrival of spring.

On a spring day, a dish of fine lettuce, I suddenly recalled the time when the plum blossoms in the two capitals.

—— "The Beginning of Spring" by Du Fu

　　"Whip spring" means beating spring cattle, and the clay spring cattle will be smashed at the beginning of spring.

Through the custom of beating spring cattle, people remind everyone that spring has come, so they should sow grains in time without breaking the farming season, and pray for a year of abundant grains and prosperity for the country and the people.

The mud bullwhip scattered the dust of the six streets, and the lettuce picked Ye Yechun.

—— "The Beginning of Spring" Wang Yi

[New Knowledge of Lichun] Twice a year, Lichun and Lantern Festival

　　Due to the arrangement of a "leap February", the Lunar Year of the Rabbit has a total of 384 days, starting from January 22, 2023 and ending on February 9, 2024.

The number of days in the Lunar Year of the Rabbit is more, which also makes this lunar year have two calendar phenomena of beginning of spring, that is, "two springs in one year", also known as "double spring year".

The two beginnings of spring are the fourteenth day of the first lunar month and the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth lunar month.

　　There is a folk saying "Double Spring and Double Happiness", and they often think that "Double Spring Year" is auspicious.

The ancients believed that there are two Lichun Festivals in a year, and the weather is smooth, which heralds a good harvest.

Hit two springs a year, and the loess turns into gold.

——Agricultural proverb

　　This Year of the Rabbit is not only the "Double Spring Year", but will also usher in the Spring Festival and the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month on February 4 and February 5. There will be an interesting coincidence of "Lianyuan Festival in Lichun".

It is understood that there are only 6 times in the 100 years of the 21st century that "the beginning of spring and the Lantern Festival" are: 2004, 2023, 2042, 2061, 2080 and 2099.

　　Of all things, hope is the most beautiful.

There is a poetic saying that the beginning of spring is the beginning of hope.

Regardless of whether it is cold winter or warm spring, there will be hope from now on, the spring will gradually fill the world, everything will be renewed, and spring will bloom.

This is the meaning of beginning of spring and the power of spring.

(Planning/Design by Zhang Hui/Source of some pictures of Zhang Li/Vision China) (China Weather Network)