北京时间2月4日16时27分将迎来二十四节气中的第一个节气——立春。 立春，是二十四节气之首。此时节，大地逐渐苏醒，万物开始复苏。古人以七十二候将二十四节气赋予形象演绎，立春有三候：一候东风解冻，二候蛰虫始振，三候鱼陟负冰。说的是东风送暖 ...

This year's Feb. 4 marks the Beginning of Spring, or Lichun, the first of the 24 Chinese solar terms. On this day, Miaoyuan village in Quzhou city held a ritual ceremony to welcome the arrival of ...

A child bites a radish slice, which is called "Yaochun", a ritual expressing the wish for everything to go smoothly on the day of "Lichun", meaning the beginning of spring, the first solar term in the ...

Calligraphers write the character "Fu", which means good fortune, and Spring Festival couplets for citizens and tourists on the occasion of "Lichun" in Gulou District of Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu ...

A paper-cutting artisan teaches children paper-cutting skills on the occasion of "Lichun" at a shopping mall in Dingxi, northwest China's Gansu Province, on Feb. 4, 2026. [Photo by Wang Kexian/Xinhua] ...

花开世间，物始今朝。 今天（2月3日）是立春，新春的气息悄然而至。 “立春”作为“二十四节气”之首，是农历二十四节气中的第一个节气。“立”是开始的意思，春天到来，代表着万物复苏，生机盎然。 The Beginning of Spring or "Lichun", as the first of the "24 solar ...

Click the photo and watch the video. As a Chinese saying goes, the whole year's work depends on a good start in the spring. Let's join Xinhua reporter Liu Jie to feel the breath of the Beginning of ...

Li Chun (Beginning of Spring), the first of China’s 24 solar terms, marks the return of life. Throughout China, traditions like “Bian Chunniu” (whipping effigies of bulls) and “Yao Chun” (eating ...