Jinzhou local conditions and customs

People in Jinzhou are used to calling beginning of spring "Da Chun". There are many agricultural proverbs and common sayings about this season in beginning of spring, such as "Spring hits six or nine heads", "Spring turns to Yang", "It's still forty cold when spring hits" and "Spring covers autumn". On this day in beginning of spring, people eat radishes, commonly known as spring, spring cakes wrapped in bean sprouts, and lightly beat children with brooms wrapped in colored paper, which is called bad luck. According to Yi County Records, in 20 years of the Republic of China, when beginning of spring beat the spring cattle, "the city people were in the back, left and right, and each held a paper whip to beat the cattle. Sing:' a whip says the weather is good; The second whip says that the country is peaceful and the people are safe; Three whips say that the son of heaven is always in spring. "