CCTV News: On February 3, we will usher in the first solar term of the twenty-four solar terms - the Beginning of Spring. The four seasons of rotation are led by "spring" and the renewal of everything begins with "spring". For the ancient traditional farming society in my country, the Spring Festival is of great significance.

"Collected Explanations of the Seventy-Two Monthly Orders" says: Establish is the beginning of the establishment. The five elements of energy passes, and the next one continues. Here the spring wood energy begins to arrive. Our country is vast, and some places are still covered with ice and snow, but after all, the cold winter has ended, everything is gradually reviving, and spring comes to the world and plants and trees.

There are three symptoms of the Spring Festival: the first time the east wind thaws, the second time the hibernation insects begin to rise, and the third time the fish climbs and carry ice. Looking at willows along the river in Wujiu, February 3rd is also the last day of Wujiu.

Henan Neixiang Beat Spring Ox: Kill the mud cow in new phenology, and divide it into ten thousand family springs. In Neixiang County, Nanyang, Henan, there is a folk custom of "beat Spring Ox" in the beginning of the Spring Festival. Beating the spring ox is also known as "whip spring". The production of spring ox is made of bamboo as the skeleton and pasted with multiple layers of paper, and finally the finishing touch is added. Grains and dried fruits will be added to the spring cow's stomach. On the beginning of spring, people who welcome the spring circle around the cows, whip the spring cows, break the cattle tripe, and then grab the grains and dried fruits in it, hoping for a bumper harvest and a good year. This also carries people's beautiful expectations for another bumper harvest in the new year.

Yu Qian of the Ming Dynasty wrote a poem: After the pest of the mud cow is new, one whip will divide it into the spring of thousands of families.

Xian, Shaanxi Province, "biting spring": Shepherd's purse spring rolls welcome the new year

In the beginning of spring, most people in our country have the custom of "biting spring". They eat all kinds of fresh ingredients in "rolling spring" with spring cakes. Spring rolls are a kind of "bite spring", which not only conforms to the yang energy of spring, but also has the meaning of welcoming the New Year.

The folk custom of eating spring rolls has existed in ancient times. In the poem "The Spring Festival", the Tang Dynasty poet Du Fu said that "the spring plate of lettuce in spring" was said; the Qing Dynasty poet Lin Sumen also described the spring rolls as "spice soup cakes and spring cakes, and spring comes to the world and roll them."

Now, there are many types of spring rolls, including bean paste filling, pork filling, beef filling, etc. But in Shaanxi, people like to eat shepherd's purse spring rolls the most. First cut the tender tofu into thin slices, then cut it into small pieces, wash and chop the fresh shepherd's purse, mushrooms, etc., then stir-fry the cut meat filling, tofu and shepherd's purse in a pan and mix evenly. The made filling is then wrapped with a thin dough, fry until golden brown and then leave the pot. When frying, the oil temperature must be controlled between 170℃ and 180℃ to ensure that the spring rolls are crispy on the outside and tender on the inside.

Wang Zhi, deputy director of Xi'an Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center, said: "Shepherd's purse is a wild vegetable, which is the tenderest at this time. Eating such shepherd's purse spring rolls means 'biting' the breath of spring and looking forward to a bumper harvest in the coming year."