When it comes to spring, we all know that it is one of the 24 solar terms. Spring means that winter is about to pass, and the temperature will gradually warm up. Compared with the cold winter, more people would like to have more spring. After that, what we have to say today is spring fighting. Many friends don't know what it means. In fact, spring fighting is the common name of spring. Then why is there such a name? What's the origin of spring fighting? When is spring fighting this year? Don't worry. Let's watch it slowly.
Spring is a traditional Chinese festival. In the Zhou Dynasty, on this day, the son of heaven led three gongs and nine Qings to the eastern suburbs to celebrate Spring and offer sacrifices. In the Tang and Song Dynasties, there were whipping spring cattle and sending young spring cattle to persuade farmers to plough in spring and pray for a good harvest. Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there were eating vegetables, welcoming local cattle, bathing silkworm seeds, drinking spring tea, etc., with strong traditional folk customs and local flavor.
Spring Festival 2019 time: Tuesday, February 5, 2019 (the first day of the first month of the year of the pig)
Spring in 2019 (the beginning of spring): Monday, February 4, 2019 (the year of 1898 (the year of the dog) December 30?
That is, spring in 2019 is before the Spring Festival.
The origin of spring fighting
Spring in spring
Chinese folk custom refers to the custom of using a whip to whip a spring cow made of mud on the first day of spring to pray for a good year, or beating gongs and bamboo boards, singing lyrics and asking for money from door to door.
Example: Song & Middleton; Chao Chongzhi's poem in the beginning of spring: 'I'm ashamed of my white hair mocking my old age, but I don't go to Qiaomen to watch spring beating. '
"The day before the beginning of spring" & hellip; & hellip; put the spring cattle in front of the government, and the government officials beat the spring in the morning. '
(1) Lichun (in the old days, the county magistrate met the spring cattle made of mud the day before Lichun, and put them in front of the Yamen. They beat them with red and green whip every day, so it is commonly known as "beating spring"). Old Chinese customs. It is popular in many parts of the country. 'spring cattle' is made of mulberry wood, and it is made of soil from the day after the winter solstice. Height: 4 feet, length: 8 feet. Draw the pattern of four seasons, eight festivals, 360 days, 12 hours. On the day before the Spring Festival, people came to the ancestral altar to offer sacrifices, then whipped with colored whip, drove the "spring cattle" back to the county government, and set up wine and fruit offerings in the lobby. Men, women, old and young lead 'cattle' and 'plough', sing Yangko planting and pray for a good year.
(2) Before and after the Spring Festival, the old unemployed people in Hunan beat gongs and bamboo boards, sang lyrics and went door-to-door to ask for money, which was called Spring Festival.
Precautions for spring fighting
Spring in spring
Note 1: on the first day of spring, the married girl can't go back to her mother's house. Why? Spring is the beginning of a year. In ancient times, when a woman married her mother-in-law's family, she can't bring the luck of her mother-in-law's family back to her mother's family. Then, spring returns to her mother's family, and the next spring is about to marry again. All these are unreasonable claims. Today, men and women have independent personalities, so there is no need to stick to these nonsense. Spring back to my mother's home, my mother-in-law is as close.
Note 2: do not see a doctor at the beginning of spring. If you see a doctor, you will have no good luck for a year. It's just to ask for a good lottery. Just like not seeing a doctor on the first day of the lunar new year, there's nothing wrong with a little delay. Shouldn't you see a serious illness? People are in the spirit of five elements. It's normal for people to have a warm spring day. It's responsible for their health to see a doctor. Don't stick to such a saying. It's hard to be optimistic about their health.
Note 3: it's not lucky to have a haircut on the first day of spring. For this taboo, it's worth considering that hair is the grass and trees of human body. It's not reasonable for heaven and earth to run the grass and trees to grow when the spring warms up, the grass and trees are born, and the newly born grass and trees are damaged. Besides, why do you have to choose this day to have a haircut? This habit should be adhered to, which is to remind the world to follow the five elements of nature when dealing with people!
Note 4: don't lie down on the first day of spring, sit or stand up to walk: This is to say that spring is warm. It's the time when Yang Qi starts and rises. You should stand or sit to welcome the arrival of spring. For healthy people, spring greeting is a good habit. There are many customs among the people. I still agree to inherit the valuable ones. Today, in spring, I go upstairs to bathe in the sun and feel the warmth of spring. I'm really in a good mood. I hope my friends can inherit this habit. I suggest that you go to the field Park, absorb the fresh air, feel the nature and welcome spring. I hope you can have a good luck for your new year.
Note 5: don't quarrel, don't speak filthy words, don't fight with others, and be gentle. Welcome to spring. It's a good tradition and a virtue. Beginning of spring is the beginning of a year. On this first day, people are prone to emotional instability. If you forget virtue on this day, you don't know how many days you can remember that year. This is to remind you to remember the good traditions of our nation. Beginning of spring is not good all year round. It's no trouble. Everything is not good. Therefore, my friends are advised to do a good job of self adjustment and opening up Happy to welcome the new year.
Note 6: do not move on the first day of spring. My understanding of this habit should be abided by. As a friend who is easy to learn, I should also pay attention to not choosing four or eight stanzas. This is the time of handover. It's not suitable for me to move. At the beginning of a year, I will move in a turbulent way. How can the New Year be stable? I should believe in the operation of the sun and the moon, the circulation of the five elements, the mysterious connotation of "one" in the number, and the people who conform to the heaven and the earth, the heaven and the people Harmony is bound to come from God's blessing