Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - The 24 Solar Terms - What's the point of shock? What solar term is this?

What's the point of shock? What solar term is this?

1. In China, there is a custom of offering sacrifices to white tigers on Frightening Day. People will put white tigers painted on paper in front of the main hall for worship and feed them with the blood of fat pigs to keep them safe. On the day of panic, people will hold incense and wormwood, smoke in four corners of their homes, and drive away snakes, insects, mosquitoes, rats and molds with fragrance. There is also the custom of "surprised to eat pears" among the people.

2. Stinking is the third of the 24 solar terms. When the sun reaches 345 degrees, it will cross the Gregorian calendar on March 5-6. Amazing, as the beginning of Uzuki; Mao, the mid-spring moon, the hexagrams are in the earthquake position, and everything is shocked, which is the image of hair growth. Speaking of earthquakes, the sun's spirit rises, the temperature warms up, the spring thunder suddenly moves, the rain increases, and everything is full of vitality. In the twenty-four solar terms, the fright reflects the phenomenon that natural creatures germinate and grow under the influence of rhythm changes, and it is the reflection of ancient farming culture on natural festivals. Farming production is closely related to the rhythm of nature, and the shocking solar terms are of great significance in farming. Since ancient times, our people have attached great importance to this solar term and regarded it as a spring ploughing festival.