What are the customs in beginning of spring?

Dai Chun Chicken is an ancient custom of Tongchuan people in Shaanxi Province. Every year on beginning of spring Day, the mother will make a 3 cm long cock out of cloth and sew it on the child's hat to express her wishes for the "spring chicken". Women hang beans on horns or pull them off cows with thread, thinking that this can prevent children from getting measles. The former is called "barnyard grass rash" and the latter is called "scattered rash".

Step 2 wear a tuxedo

Wearing swallows is an ancient custom of people in Chang 'an and Guanzhong areas. At the beginning of every spring, people like to wear "swallows" cut with colored silk on their chests. This custom began in the Tang Dynasty and is still popular in rural areas. Because the swallow is the messenger of spring and a symbol of happiness and good luck. So many wealthy families build bird's nests in the middle of their own halls or under the eaves.

3. Hang the spring ear

Hanging spring ear is a traditional custom, which spreads in Chengcheng area of Shaanxi Province. At the beginning of each spring, women weave tassels with various colors of cloth, or wind colored threads into various forms of "ears of wheat". Then it can be hung on children or young people, and it can also be hung on animals such as donkeys, horses, cows, etc., in order to wish a good weather and a bumper harvest in the coming year.