立春 Li chun

今天是立春
Today is Li Chun

何谓立春呢？
What is Li chun ?


立春，二十四节气之一，时间在2月3-5日之间，该时太阳位于黄经315°，表示著春天的开始。从这一天一直到立夏这段期间，都被称之为春天。而在中国，北方人要在立春这天吃春饼。立春也是代表新的一年开始。

前后节气
大寒 → 立春 → 雨水

The traditional East Asian calendars divide a year into 24 solar terms (節氣). Lìchūn (pīnyīn) or Risshun (rōmaji) (Chinese and Japanese: 立春; Korean: 입춘; Vietnamese: Lập xuân; literally: "start of spring") is the 1st solar term.

It begins when the Sun reaches the celestial longitude of 315° and ends when it reaches the longitude of 330°. It more often refers in particular to the day when the Sun is exactly at the celestial longitude of 315°. In the Gregorian calendar, it usually begins around February 4 and ends around February 18 (February 19 East Asia time).



Lichun立春 signifies the beginning of spring in East Asian cultures. Chinese New Year is celebrated around this time. Farmers often celebrate the beginning of Lichun with special village events, worship and offerings to the gods and ceremonies for a blissful and prosperous new year. In China, people eat chūnbǐng (春餅) on this day.


In the lunisolar calendar, New Year's Day might be before or after Lichun立春. A year without Lichun立春 is called 無春年 (no spring year). 無春年 is also known as 寡婦年 (widow year) in northern China or 盲年 (blind year) in southern China. Marriage is believed to be unlucky in a year without Lichun立春.