What do people say about cloudy days in early spring?

If the solar terms in beginning of spring are cloudy, it may be a little cold this spring.

In the past, people "whipped the spring", one was to worship the spring god, and the other was to whip the spring cow. It is a very important activity to whip or tame spring cattle at the beginning of spring. There is an agricultural proverb in the countryside: "It's cloudy in spring, and it's late in spring", which means that if it's cloudy on the Spring Festival, it's cold in late spring. The cold in late spring is not conducive to the healthy growth of crops planted by farmers, and will bring more serious harm. It may lead to the reduction of grain and fruit trees after the meeting, which is not conducive to the overall harvest of crops.

"Late spring cold" is easy to cause large-scale crops to freeze, which will cause damage and freezing damage to winter wheat and rice. Therefore, it is instructive to predict the weather in spring through the weather change in beginning of spring on this day, which is convenient for people to cultivate crops.

The meaning and symbol of beginning of spring occupies an extremely important position in the traditional farming society of China. Before the Qin and Han Dynasties, the customs and cultures of the north and the south were different. In some places, the first day of the lunar calendar is not the first day of the first month, but beginning of spring, with 24 solar terms.

The beginning of New Year's Eve is of great significance to the traditional farming society. Major celebrations, such as ancestor worship, receiving blessings and praying for the New Year, exorcising evil spirits, saying goodbye to the old year and welcoming the new year, are arranged at the beginning of spring and a few days before and after. This series of festivals not only constitutes the framework of the New Year's Eve Festival in later generations, but also retains its folk function to this day.