立春 : To Deposit money or Buy share ?



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You may notice a very long queue at the bank today while people are queuing to deposit their money into the bank, the reason being today is the day of "  立春"     in Chinese customs ...

Well, believe it or not, it represents " ceaseless of income " throughout the year and also, to invite good luck, peoples always wear in red, orange, yellow or gold colour during this day.



What exactly is " 立春"? 


 According to: 漢典黄曆

介紹

立春，是二十四節氣之一，又稱“打春”，“立”是“開始”的意思，中國以立春為春季的開始，每年2月4日或5日太陽到達黃經315度時為立春。 
古人將立春定為24個節氣之首。立春之日，晚上七點時仰望星空，可見北斗七星的斗柄正指向東北，即方位角45度的地方，古人稱為艮(八卦之一)的方向。
立春的“立”表示開始，“春”表示季節，故立春有春之節氣已開始之意。農諺有“春打六九頭”、“幾時霜降幾時冬，四十五天就打春”之語，從冬至開始入九“五九”四十五天，因而立春正好是“六九”的開始。

由來

立春作為節令早在春秋時就有了，那時一年中有立春、立夏、立秋、立冬、春分、秋分、夏至、冬至八個節令，到了《禮記?月令》一書和西漢劉安所著的《淮南子?天文訓》中，才有24個節氣的記載。
在漢代前曆法曾多次變革，那時曾將24節氣中的立春這一天定為春節，意思春天從此開始。這種叫法曾延續了兩千多年，直到1913年，當時的國民政府正式下了一個檔，明確每年的正月初一為春節。
此後立春日，僅作為24個節氣之一存在並傳承至今。

習俗

立春亦稱“打春”、“咬春”，又叫“報春”。這個節令與眾多節令一樣有眾多民俗，有迎春行春的慶賀祭典與活動，有打春的“打牛”和咬春吃春餅、春盤、咬蘿蔔之習俗等。
從歷史文獻記載來看，我國歷朝歷代的迎春儀式隆重而浩大。此時的立春已經超過了農曆２４節氣只標示節令與氣候的功能，而是已經被當成一個節日了，因此在歷史上便演化出了許多圍繞立春而舉辦的活動及民俗，如“春娃”、“春鞭”、“春捲”、“打春”、“春酒”、“春牛”等等。
咬春是指立春日吃春盤、吃春餅、吃春捲、嚼蘿蔔之俗，一個“咬”字道出節令的眾多食俗。春盤春餅是用蔬菜、水果、餅餌等裝盤饋送親友或自食，稱為春盤。

養生

飲食調養方面要考慮春季陽氣初生，宜食辛甘發散之品，不宜食酸收之味。《素問藏氣法時論》說：“肝主春，……肝苦急，急食甘以緩之，……肝欲散，急食辛以散之，用辛補之，酸瀉之”。過了立春就意味著春天要到了，萬物生髮，一派生機勃勃。
春季養生要順應春天陽氣生髮，萬物始生的特點，注意保護陽氣，著眼於一個“生”字。按自然界屬性，春屬木，與肝相應。肝的生理特點主疏泄，在志為怒，惡抑鬱而喜調達。有目的地選擇一些柔肝養肝、疏肝力理氣的草藥和食品，草藥如枸杞、郁金、丹參、元胡等，食品選擇辛溫發散的大棗、豆豉、蔥、香菜、花生等靈活地進行配方選膳。
在春季精神養生方面，要力戒暴怒，更忌情懷憂鬱，做到心胸開闊，樂觀向上，保持心境愉悅的好心態。同時要充分利用、珍惜春季大自然“發陳”之時，借陽氣上升，萬物萌生，人體新陳代謝旺盛之機，通過適當的調攝，使春陽之氣得以宣達，代謝機能得以正常運行。

時間

 每年02月3~5日

三候

 東風解凍：東風送暖，大地開始解凍。
蟄蟲始振：蜇居的蟲類慢慢在洞中蘇醒。
魚陟負冰：河裡的冰開始溶化，魚開始到水面上遊動，此時水面上還有沒完全溶解的碎冰片，如同被魚負著一般浮在水面。

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Also, depending on your "zodiac ", please make sure to bank in the money with correct timing ( 大吉) according to your "zodiac".  
While peoples are queuing to put their money into the bank, I am also queuing to buy some share today and deposit into my CDP account !!    😊😊
Today is also "正月初七，传说这天是人类的诞辰日，即人的生日，民间曾把这天叫做“人日”, so wishing all " Happy Birthday !!"

Cheers !!

 Quote of The Day :
"The markets are filled with crazy uncles. Universal laws are not part of the equation. This makes markets a very dangerous place for those who insist on certainty and order." by Anthony Isola

Comments

  1. ThumbTack Investor4 February 2017 at 02:52

    Jialat.
    Read your post too late.
    I wore grey to work today.
    LOL!

    ReplyDelete
  2. STE4 February 2017 at 07:55

    Hi TTI,
    LOL! Grey color may suit your " zodiac " or "八字",,,is rather complicated like " stock market " ...hahaha 😀😀
    Cheers!!

    ReplyDelete

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