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The origin of fear

The origin of the startled sting is called "starting the sting" in ancient times, which is the third of the 24 solar terms and marks the beginning of the mid-spring season. When the sun reaches the longitude of 345 degrees. "Twenty-four solar terms": "February Festival ... everything is shocked, shocked by thunder, so it is called a thorn. It's a leaving thorn. "

Insects used to hide in the soil in winter without drinking or eating, which was called "sting"; On the day of "Sting Festival", the spring thunder in the sky awakens the secluded animals, which is called "shock". Therefore, insects wake up when they are startled, the weather turns warmer, and there are spring thunder gradually, and most areas of China enter the spring ploughing season. In ancient times, it was divided into three stages: "when the peach is waiting, it will begin to bloom;" Second, wait for the sound of Cang Geng (Huang Li); Three waiting eagles turned into pigeons. "The flower letters represented by the three stages of fright are:" Peach blossom, apricot blossom and rose. " .