Beginning of spring is the first of the 24 solar terms, usually on February 3rd or 4th of the Gregorian calendar. According to the lunar calendar, beginning of spring is the beginning of a year. For example, 20 14 is the year of the horse in Wu Jia in the lunar calendar, starting from February 4th, instead of June 65438+1October 3rd1day (the first day of the first lunar month). "Twenty-four solar terms" said beginning of spring: The solar terms in the first month, long summer, beginning of autumn, the past and the past of the five elements continued here, and the breath of spring wood began to arrive, so it was called long summer, which is the same as autumn and winter in long summer. Beginning of spring, Changsha, beginning of autumn and beginning of winter are collectively called Li Si, which refers to the beginning of the four seasons. Spring planting, long summer, autumn harvest and winter storage summarize the whole process of the relationship between agricultural production and climate in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River.

Beginning of spring, as a festival, existed as early as the Spring and Autumn Period. At that time, there were eight festivals in a year: beginning of spring, Changxia, beginning of autumn, beginning of winter, the vernal equinox, the summer solstice and the winter solstice. The Moon Order and Huainanzi written by Liu An in the Western Han Dynasty? Astronomical training records only 24 solar terms. Before the Han Dynasty, the calendar had been changed many times. At that time, beginning of spring among the 24 solar terms was designated as the Spring Festival, which meant that spring began. This name lasted for more than two thousand years, until 19 13, the state officially put on record and made it clear that the first day of the first month of each year was the Spring Festival.

Beginning of spring is very important because it marks the beginning of the Lunar New Year. The ancients attached great importance to the solar term beginning of spring, believing that this day marked the beginning of a new year and should be a good omen.

First, how to preserve one's health in beginning of spring season Since beginning of spring, everything has come into being. "Life" is the key to beginning of spring. Therefore, it is also important to keep healthy in the spring season. In terms of diet recuperation, we should consider that the yang is born in spring, and we should eat sweet products instead of sour products. Therefore, keeping in good health in spring should conform to the characteristics that the sun is god and everything is born in spring, and pay attention to the spirit of protecting the sun, focusing on the word "health". According to the nature, spring belongs to wood, corresponding to liver. The physiological characteristics of the liver are that the liver is mainly responsible for dispersing qi, controlling anger, depression and joy. Purposefully choose some drugs and foods that soften and nourish the liver, soothe the liver and regulate qi, such as Lycium barbarum, Radix Curcumae, Salvia Miltiorrhiza, Rhizoma Corydalis, etc. And choose jujube, lobster sauce, onion, coriander, peanuts, etc. The new hair stabilizing powder is used as food, and the formula selection is flexible.

In beginning of spring season, when spring returns to the earth and everything changes, people's mental state should also conform to the natural state of spring. We should try our best to avoid rage and depression, and be cheerful, optimistic, not in a hurry, and keep cheerful, in line with the characteristics of spring. At the same time, we should make full use of and cherish the "old" spring of nature, make use of the rising of yang spirit, the appearance of everything and the vigorous metabolism of human body, and make the qi of yang can be announced and the metabolic function can be carried out normally through appropriate adjustment.

In beginning of spring season, the climate changes greatly, and the weather is hot and cold, which easily weakens people's resistance. Therefore, it is not appropriate to suddenly increase or decrease clothes in early spring, and the elderly and the weak, infants and young children should be more cautious when changing clothes. As the saying goes, "Spring covers the autumn". "Covering autumn in spring" is to meet the health needs of rising yang in spring, and it is also a good self-care method to prevent diseases.