What are the shocking solar terms customs?

The customs of shocking solar terms include eating snowballs, offering sacrifices to white tigers, beating villains and so on.

1, eat snowballing usury

Eating snowballs in solar terms is a popular custom in Tianjin. People eat snowballs, which means "when pests die, people turn over." On the day of the solar term, the weather gets warmer, and we eat a little sweet snowball, which means that our life is sweet and moist, and it also means that we pin our wishes on the act of eating snowballs.

2. Sacrifice the white tiger

There is a custom of offering sacrifices to white tigers in solar terms. According to China folklore, the white tiger is the god of breath and right and wrong. On this day every year, it will come out to feed and eat people. If you commit crimes within this year, you will often be made waves by evil villains, which will hinder your future development and lead to all kinds of difficulties. In order to protect themselves, everyone sacrificed the white tiger on the day of shock.

Step 3 defeat the villain

There is a custom of beating villains in the solar terms. The folk custom of beating villains symbolizes that in early February, all hibernating snakes, insects, rats and ants will be awakened with a thunder, and reptiles and ants at home will also get up and feed everywhere.

The shocking significance of solar terms

Frightening solar terms are of great significance in busy farming. Since ancient times, the working people in our country have attached great importance to the solar term of fright and regarded it as the day when spring ploughing began. There is a cloud in Tang poetry: a light rain brings new flowers, and a thunder begins. Tian Jia was idle for a few days, and farming began. Agricultural proverbs also say: After the Frightening Festival, spring ploughing can't rest. We should try our best to cultivate flowers and do farm work together. Winter wheat in North China began to turn green, and the soil was still frozen and thawed alternately. Raking the ground in time is an important measure to reduce water evaporation.