Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - The 24 Solar Terms - What's wrong with the description of the solar term "fright"

What's wrong with the description of the solar term "fright"

The wrong description of the solar terms in "Jing Zhe" is that summer has arrived.

Sting is the third of the 24 solar terms. Battle nail, the sun reaches 345 degrees of the Yellow Meridian, and the festival is on March 5-6 of the Gregorian calendar. Spine reflects the state of germination and growth of natural organisms affected by rhythm changes. 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.

Farming production is closely related to the rhythm of nature, and the solar term of fright is of great significance in farming, which is the reflection of ancient farming culture on natural festivals. "Sting" means "hiding". In winter, insects hide in the soil. "Surprise" means "wake up". Spring thunder in the sky woke up the bugs. The so-called "spring thunder scares out all kinds of insects" means that when the spring thunder begins to ring, it wakes up the insects dormant in the ground for the winter.

In some ancient places, people smoked the four corners of their houses with incense and wormwood to drive away "snakes, insects, mosquitoes and rats" and musty smell. Over time, it gradually evolved into the custom of shocking and beating villains to drive away bad luck. In addition, there are customs such as "covering the drum skin", "eating pears" and "offering sacrifices to white tigers to resolve right and wrong". ?

The symbolic feature of the shocking solar terms is that spring thunder suddenly moves and everything is full of vitality. Judging from the natural phenological process in various parts of China, due to the large span between north and south, the time when spring thunder begins to ring is different in the morning and evening. "Thunder begins with your surprise" just coincides with the natural rhythm in some parts of southern China.

Daily life:

Generally speaking, it obviously warms up during the period of fright, so the diet should be cool and light, and eat more fresh vegetables and rich foods in protein, such as bamboo shoots, spinach, celery, eggs and milk. , so as to enhance physical fitness against the invasion of germs. There is also a relatively dry climate in this period, which is easy to make people thirsty and cough due to exogenous factors.

Raw pears are cold and sweet, and have the effects of moistening the lungs and relieving cough, nourishing yin and clearing heat. Folks are known as "eating pears in shock". After the shock, everything recovers. This is the spring season, but it is also the season when all kinds of viruses and bacteria are active. During the period of fright, the qi of liver yang in human body gradually rises.

Yin and blood are relatively insufficient, so health preservation should conform to the characteristics of yang rising and everything moving, so that people's spirit, emotion and qi and blood can be as smooth and full of vitality as in spring. During the period of fright, the weather changes greatly, so we should pay attention to the changes in temperature and warmth to prevent the epidemic of seasonal diseases such as colds.