Since ancient times, county-level officials serving in Suichang have held a spring whip ceremony, issued a spring order and advised farming, which is called "Ban Chun advised farming". ?
Tang Xianzu, a writer and dramatist in Ming Dynasty, was famous for his diligent work, loving the people, educating and encouraging agriculture and mulberry during his tenure as a magistrate in Suichang County from the 21st year of Wanli (1593) to the 25th year of Wanli (1597). The day before Yu Lichun, Zunzhi led his men to greet the Spring Festival in the suburbs of Qingyuan, offering sacrifices to the God of Spring, whipping local cattle, giving scholars a "spring whip" and giving a "spring ploughing order" to Yi people.
Writing "Two Poems in Half Spring", the poem says: "It's not too late in half spring today, when it's sunny in Niu Shan. Yingmen fought for a spring whip and even inserted a few branches and spring flowers. " "Every officer whips in spring and whips cattle to learn farming. Sheng and Hua Zhi are rewarded separately, Happy New Year. "
Kangxi's Suichang County Records recorded that "the day before beginning of spring, the imperial court welcomed the spring in the eastern suburbs, offering sacrifices to the gods and whipping cattle, which was a disaster for the people". In the forty-eighth year of Kangxi (1709), Miao Zhibi, the magistrate of Suichang County, improvised a poem "Promoting Agriculture in the Spring Suburb" after the Spring Festival ceremony, which also reflected the activities of promoting agriculture in the Spring Festival every year. In the Qianlong period, the Spring Festival activity has evolved into a folk activity that has attracted much attention from the society and the participation of the whole people. Suichang county is a "spring cow" in spring, led by etiquette propaganda, marching in the east, west, south and north gates, watching visitors block the road.
After the Republic of China, the official activities to persuade farmers stopped, and the folk activities to persuade farmers were still held. At the beginning of spring, people in cities and rural areas prepare incense sticks, offer sacrifices to heaven and earth (gods), insert plum blossoms and set off firecrackers to show "welcome the arrival of spring".
In the late 1970s, villagers in Datian Village spontaneously resumed the ceremony of Ban Chun's activities to persuade farmers.