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Beginning
of Spring, the first of the twenty-four solar terms，
Is
also known as Beginning
of Spring Festival, New Year's Day, etc.
“Li(立)”denotes
beginning or start in Chinese,
And
spring represents warmth and growth.
As
the beginning of rebirth and rejuvenation of everything,
Beginning
of Spring means a new start.
Customs
of Beginning of Spring
On the day of Beginning
of Spring, Chinese people are accustomed to eating ginger, spring
onion and pancakes, called "biting spring". However,
different customs in different places have different performances. In
the south, eating spring rolls is popular. Carrot is another food for
people to “bite” during Beginning of Spring, for its spicy taste
takes the ancient meaning that "bite off the grass root, then
you can do everything".
When spring arrives, it
is customary to put up spring paintings and calligraphy on the door
wall. This custom has existed since the Tang Dynasty. It is recorded
that on the day of Beginning of Spring, people in Chang'an in the
Tang Dynasty used to post paintings and calligraphy on their doors to
welcome the spring and wish them good luck. The calligraphy was
called "spring calligraphy" and the pictures were called
"spring paintings", whose content included "welcoming
spring", "pleasant spring", "bright spring",
"spring flowers", etc.
Hanging the spring
tassels is a traditional custom that has been handed down in the
Chengcheng area of Shaanxi Province. Every year, on the day of
Beginning of Spring, women use various colors of cloth to weave cloth
tassels, or use colored thread to wrap into various forms of "ears
of wheat". These tassels or ears are then hung on the body of
children, young people or livestock, such as donkeys, horses, cattle
in order to bless better crops and plentiful harvest in the coming
year.
The picture in the
poster is selected from wonderful photography of the beautiful campus
scenery, so that you can feel the beauty of the 24 solar terms on
campus and understand related customs at the same time. The copyright
of the image is owned by the University Publicity Department.
Text
reference:
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/TXogVgKZ3H_KeABCHUqUXg
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/6RPuLimmbRIX5p3Tsd7jYQ
Text:
Li Xinhong
Poster:
Yang Yi
Translated
by: Hu Qiuyu
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