Is 2024 a year without spring?

2024 is a spring-free year and a leap year, with 366 days. There was no beginning of spring in that year's lunar calendar, so it was also called a spring-free year (that is, a widowed year).

There is no beginning of spring, that is, there are no solar terms in beginning of spring in the lunar calendar. A normal lunar year has 23 solar terms and the solar calendar has 365 days, which leads to the time difference between them. In order to keep the lunar calendar corresponding to the four seasons of the tropic year, China adopts the method of "seven leap years in nineteen years", that is, there are 12 normal years and seven leap years in nineteen years, so that the lunar calendar is called "yin-yang calendar".

As the old saying goes, "There is no cold in the twelfth lunar month in spring, and it will be busy in June next year", which means that no spring year may lead to cold in the twelfth lunar month, and it may be rainy in June next year. Due to the influence of weather changes and modern environment, we need to treat these traditional concepts with caution. In the traditional culture of China, the solar terms of the lunar calendar are closely related to the weather.

There is no traditional symbol of spring.

Traditionally, it is believed that each solar term will bring different weather characteristics and natural phenomena. For example, beginning of spring marks the beginning of spring, and the temperature is getting warmer. Chang Xia said that summer is coming, the temperature is rising and the weather is hot. A year without spring means that there are no solar terms in beginning of spring, which may have a certain impact on the weather.

As the old saying goes, "It's not cold in the spring and December of my year, but it's busy in June next year" is a kind of speculation that people sum up based on past experience. There is no spring in my widowed year, which means that the whole lunar calendar lacks the warmth of spring, which may lead to low temperature in the twelfth lunar month (December of the lunar calendar) and cold conditions are more common. There may be more rain in June next year, indicating higher rainfall.