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The origin of spring and the beginning of the story.

1, beginning of spring origin: beginning of spring, the first of the 24 solar terms, also known as the first month festival, New Year's Day, New Year's Day, New Year's Day and so on. Standing means "start"; Spring represents warmth and growth. Twenty-four solar terms were originally formulated on the basis of "variable stars". When the bucket handle of the Big Dipper points to the shade, it is beginning of spring. At present, solar terms are determined according to the longitude of the sun. When the sun reaches longitude 3 15, it will be the beginning of spring, and the festival will be held from February 3 to 5 of the Gregorian calendar every year. In the era of cadres and branches, silver moon is spring, beginning of spring is the beginning of a year, and beginning of spring is the beginning of everything, which means all self-renewal, which means the beginning of a new cycle. In the traditional concept, beginning of spring has auspicious meaning. People regard the Lunar New Year of "Double beginning of spring" as an auspicious year.

2. beginning of spring story: The 24 solar terms play an extremely important role in the traditional farming society in China. The twenty-four solar terms are related to cadres and gossip and have a long history. The ancients began to explore the mysteries of the universe very early, and thus deduced a complete and profound star-watching culture. In ancient times, people set up astronomical phenomena, observed phenomena and timed them, and created gossip and calendars, thus civilization began. Twenty-four solar terms are the product of ancient farming civilization, which contains the long-standing cultural connotation and historical accumulation of the Chinese nation. Twenty-four solar terms were originally formulated according to the changes of the stars, and it and "December construction" are the basic contents of the dry calendar. Tianwei Jianyuan began in Yin, "bucket handle belongs to Yin", and the New Year began. According to "Huai Nan Zi Tian Xun", "Emperor Yun Zhan, moved to his place on a certain day of the month, the first month refers to yin, the second month refers to ugliness, and he turns one year old and starts all over again". From beginning of spring, it entered silver moon, and the yin and yang moved forward, and everything recovered. The new cycle begins in beginning of spring, spring returns to the earth, and Vientiane is renewed. In the era of major subjects, beginning of spring was the first year, that is, New Year's Day. As a traditional farming society, the ancients attached great importance to the birth of beginning of spring, and the birth of beginning of spring was of great significance to the traditional farming society. As early as the pre-Qin period, some places in China inherited the festival activities with the theme of beginning of spring's year-end offering sacrifices to the gods and ancestors, praying for blessings, exorcising evil spirits, and eliminating the old and the new. This series of festival activities not only constitute the embryonic framework of the late New Year's Day, but also retain its folk functions to this day.