Is spring sowing longer or shorter before the New Year? What are the rules for spring sowing before the New Year and after the New Year?

We often hear that a year's plan begins with spring, and that's why we pay special attention to the arrival of the Beginning of Spring. However, the Beginning of Spring sometimes happens before the New Year, so whether the spring sowing before the New Year will be long or short has become one of the topics that we will inevitably discuss when chatting. Should the spring sowing before the New Year be long or short?

Is the spring sowing long or short before the Spring Festival?

The spring sowing season is short before the New Year. Since my country has leap years and common years, we always encounter the situation where spring starts before the New Year, and the spring is short like this. Generally speaking, the emergence of "two springs at the end" and "year without spring" comes from the disharmony in the dual-track system of the "yin-yang calendar". Since the actual length of a lunar year is 354 or 384 days, and the 24 solar terms cycle is 365.2422 days, one year is longer or shorter than the previous year (that is, the cycle when the Beginning of Spring occurs), sometimes 11 days shorter and sometimes less than 20 days longer.

What are the rules for starting spring before the New Year and after the New Year?

People often discuss what is the significance of starting spring before the New Year or after the New Year. In fact, there is no difference between starting spring before the New Year and starting spring after the New Year, and there is no impact on the time. However, the second year after the New Year is called the widow year. The ancients believed in yin and yang. In the ancient people’s concept, yang is the sky, which is male; yin is the earth, which is female. The four seasons of the year are matched with yin and yang, spring is Shaoyang, summer is Laoyang, autumn is Shaoyin, and winter is Laoyin. The balance of yin and yang in spring is like the harmony between men and women, and it is the season of childbearing. Spring represents intercourse and childbirth. The concept of "spring growth, summer nurturing, autumn harvesting, and winter storage" has a long history. The year without "Lichun" is called a "widow year", which is related to the above-mentioned understanding of the ancients.

Is it better to start a spring festival before the New Year or after the New Year?

The specific requirements will depend on the area you live in.

We often discuss whether it is better to start the Spring Festival before the New Year or after the New Year. Generally speaking, Dachun is another way of saying Lichun. Dachun before the New Year means Lichun is before the Spring Festival. It is also called the year without spring and the widow year. Generally speaking, we celebrate the Chinese New Year before the Beginning of Spring, and this is the time of the Beginning of Spring in our normal understanding. The ancients believed that the year before the Spring Festival was unlucky and not suitable for marriage.