Do you know the origins of the Beginning of Spring and the Spring Festival? Is the zodiac marked by the beginning of spring or the Spring Festival? This Sunday (February 4) will usher in the Beginning of Spring. The "Bingu Tea Talk" online public lecture by the New Changning Educ

Do you know the origin of Beginning of Spring and Spring Festival? Is the zodiac marked by the beginning of spring or the Spring Festival? This Sunday (February 4) will usher in the Beginning of Spring. The "Bingu Tea Talk" online public lecture by the New Changning Education and Training Center will take you into the Beginning of Spring and the Spring Festival to understand the ancient cultural stories of China.

The beginning of spring is the first of the 24 traditional Chinese solar terms. "Li" means "beginning". The plan for the year begins with spring. From the beginning of spring, everything revives and the earth returns to spring, and a new round of four seasons begins. . In ancient times, people would hold some specific rituals on the day of the Beginning of Spring, such as beating spring cows, biting spring pancakes, etc. to welcome the arrival of spring and pray for a good harvest and good luck in the coming year. The twenty-four solar terms are not only a guide for farmers’ production, but also the Chinese people’s feelings about natural changes and the inheritance of traditional culture.

The Spring Festival is one of the most important traditional festivals in China. The origin of the Spring Festival contains the ancient Chinese's worship of celestial phenomena and reverence for nature. During the Spring Festival, people will carry out a series of celebration activities, such as pasting Spring Festival couplets, setting off firecrackers, having reunion dinner, paying New Year greetings and other colorful traditional cultural activities.

The Beginning of Spring and the Spring Festival both occupy an important position in Chinese traditional culture, but they represent different meanings and symbols. The Beginning of Spring marks the beginning of spring and the resurrection of all things, while the Spring Festival is the beginning of the New Year and an important moment of reunion.

In this online public welfare lecture of the "Bingu Tea Talk" of the New Changning Education and Training Center, Yue Qiang, a solar term culture trainer from Shanghai Minfei Education, will be invited to lead everyone into the Beginning of Spring and the Spring Festival to understand the Chinese people's feelings and traditions about natural changes. The inheritance of culture.

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Introduction to the lecturer

Yue Qiang

Shanghai Minfei Education Solar Terms Culture Trainer and Photography Education Training teacher;

teacher of the intangible inheritance course of Jiangnan traditional literati incense;

focuses on the systematic research of solar terms and traditional culture;

has been writing a column on solar terms and phenology in "News Morning Post" for ten years since 2013;

author: " Fragrant Things of the Year" Published by Wenhui Publishing House in 2022

Source: Shanghai Changning