The arrival of the startled solar terms indicates the beginning of the mid-spring season. What are the different customs between north and south on this day?

Sting is one of the twenty solar terms and the third solar term in spring. This solar term indicates that the climate will enter mid-spring and everything will begin to recover. Spring thunder will also awaken insects that are dormant underground. Similarly, in agriculture, stinging is also of great significance, symbolizing the beginning of spring ploughing.

The origin of Jing Ke The earliest name of Jing Ke in history is Qi Zhe. In the Han Dynasty, it was changed to Jingzhe because it conflicted with the taboo of Emperor Jing of Han Dynasty. Although there were no taboos in later dynasties, it was also called Jingzhe, which has been in use ever since.

Although it is formulated according to the change of climate biological rhythm, in fact, China has a vast territory and a large width from north to south, so only parts of the south really meet this solar term, while the temperature in the extreme north facing it is still a little cold.

As far as the north and the south are concerned, they have different customs:

Northern folks in the north, whenever this spring returns to the earth and everything recovers, the climate will become very dry with the warming of the temperature. So in some places in Shanxi, there will be the custom of eating shock pears. This pear is not only to reduce fire and noise, but also to take its homonym, that is, to leave, hoping that poisonous insects will not infringe on health.

There is also the custom of frying beans in Shaanxi Province. Soybeans are soaked in salt water in advance, then put into the pot and stir-fry, making a thunderbolt sound, and then pop up after heating. This also symbolizes that people pray that the bug will not harass wantonly, or it will suffer.

Other places also have the custom of beating villains. Beating a villain is hitting a paper villain with the sole of your shoe and reading a folk proverb while hitting, which means that all disasters have been solved in the new year.

South Guangdong pays attention to the custom of surprise eggs. Traditionally, duck eggs are eaten as sacrifices for such fierce beasts as white tigers. Later, there were not so many duck eggs, so I gradually changed to eat eggs.

Some places in Guangxi will eat fried corn on this day. In fact, people think of corn as a pest, and eating corn means killing all pests. Similarly, in some areas of Fujian, there will be a competition to stir-fry sesame seeds and soybeans to see who eats the most, which also means eating more and driving away the most bugs.