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What are the folk customs in the season of shocking solar terms?

Defeat the villain

The wake-up call symbolizes the beginning of February. It will wake up all hibernating snakes, insects, mice and ants, and reptiles and ants at home will get up and look around for food. Therefore, in ancient times, people would smoke the four corners of their homes with incense and wormwood to drive away snakes, insects, mosquitoes, rats and musty smells. Over time, it gradually evolved into the habit of slapping unhappy people and driving away bad luck, which is the predecessor of "beating villains".

Therefore, every year, there will be an interesting scene on the day of panic: while beating the paper doll with wooden slippers, the woman mumbles, "Hit your little head until you are so angry that you want to vomit."

"A Thousand Women's Moon Order" said: "When you are frightened, you can get rid of insects and ants by holding a lime bowl outside the threshold." Lime used to kill insects. On the day of the sting, I scattered outside the threshold, thinking that insects and ants were afraid to come to the door for a year. This is the same as shaking your clothes when you hear thunder. It is to give it a fright when hundreds of insects emerge from the sting, hoping that pests will not disturb themselves.