The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Start of Spring (Chinese: 立春), the first solar term of the year, begins this year on Feb 4 and ends on Feb 18.
傳統的中國農歷將一年分為24個節氣，“立春”是一年中的第一個節氣。今年的“立春”節氣從2月4日始，到18日結束。

Start of Spring lifts the curtain of spring. After that everything turns green and full of vigor; people clearly see that the daytime is becoming longer and the weather is becoming warmer.
“立春”拉開了春季的帷幕。此后萬物復蘇，充滿勃勃生機。人們也能明顯感覺到白天開始變長，天氣回暖。

Here are nine things you should know about Start of Spring.
以下是關于“立春”你應該知道的9件事。

Start of Spring. [Photo/IC]

Start of Spring and Spring Festival
立春和春節

As a solar term, Start of Spring had already entered people's lives in the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC). At that time, there were eight solar terms. According to some experts, the 24 solar terms were used for the first time in books during the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 24), when the Start of Spring was set as the Spring Festival. In 1913, the first day of the first month of the lunar year was mandated as the Spring Festival.
作為24節氣之一，“立春”從春秋時期就走進了人們的生活。那時，一年分為8個節氣。據專家所說，24節氣首次出現在史書上是在西漢，當時“立春”被定為春節。1913年，農歷元月首日才被定為春節。