Everything is surprised, the spring is bright and the scenery is harmonious-on the historical folklore of Awakening.

March 5 (the third day of the second lunar month) is a cloudy year and a sign of the arrival of mid-spring. "Twenty-four solar terms" records: "February Festival ... everything is shocked, shocked by thunder, so it is called a sting, and it is a sting that leaves." Sting people, animals hide in the soil in winter, don't drink or eat; Thunder woke the hibernating animals. Liu Changqing's poem Jing Zhe in the Tang Dynasty said: On the stranger, the willows compete for spring, and the carp and carp in the pond are shaded early. Suddenly I heard a thunderbolt from heaven, and the animals and insects dried up. It vividly depicts the scene of the awakening season. Spring is getting warmer, hibernating animals are awakened by lightning, and everything is revived and full of vitality.

Sting is the third of the 24 solar terms, and its history is very early. The ancients discovered the winter solstice and the summer solstice by measuring the shadow of the sun as early as the Xia and Shang Dynasties. During the Western Zhou Dynasty, people further measured the vernal equinox and autumnal equinox. There are 2.4 solar terms in Shangshu Yaodian, which was increased to 2.4 solar terms in Guanzi Zhong Qing in the Spring and Autumn Period. During the Warring States period, with the progress of astronomical observation, the 24 solar terms have basically taken shape; The Spring and Autumn Annals of Lv in Qin Dynasty developed into 22 solar terms. The twenty-four solar terms of Huainanzi Astronomical Training in the Western Han Dynasty are complete, and the names of the solar terms are unified, which is still in use today.

One of the most important functions of the ancient 24 solar terms was to guide agricultural activities. Up to now, there are many proverbs about fright, all of which are related to agricultural production. For example, "it's easy to get through the shock, but it's not easy to hoe wheat", "it's like the steamer is out of gas" and "the seeds can't rest after the sting" There are also some shocking folk proverbs that are omens and warnings about the agricultural situation. For example, "I am shocked to hear that Remy is like mud" means that thunder indicates a bumper harvest; "Sting the predecessors to eat dog food" means that thunder before stinging indicates a poor harvest; It has been cold for half a year, which means that the temperature will drop on the day of the shock, and the temperature will be low for the next six months.

Twenty-four solar terms are produced in the Yellow River basin with four distinct seasons, and the various natural phenomena involved and their guiding role in human life will inevitably be different due to the change of time and space. For example, it is also a day of fright, the northeast may be covered with snow and ice, and it is already spring in Lingnan. In the same area, the temperature has also changed periodically in history, which has led to many changes in the expression of the 24 solar terms. For example, Grain Rain took the lead in the early Han Dynasty, and it changed to rain in the period of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty, and Qingming took the lead; At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Liu Xin made three calendars, and changed them to Zhe and Grain Rain. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the seasonal duration was set, and the order was changed to rain, and Qingming came first.

During the festival, there are many special folk activities throughout the country. There is a saying in Guangdong that the white tiger will come out for food and bite on the day of fright, and the custom of offering sacrifices to the white tiger on the day of fright has gradually taken shape. In the eyes of Hakkas, Raytheon is the God of the Nine Heaven, and his position is very lofty. When the vibration came, people covered their heads and offered sacrifices to Thor in order to pray for good weather. China also has the custom of eating pears to show the meaning of "leaving home to start a business". Over time, eating pears on frightened days also led to the idea of "trying to honor our ancestors". In the old customs of Xuanwei, Yunnan, there is an activity of "scaring the finches". People are carrying bronzes, knocking as they run, and singing the words of cursing finches: golden-billed finches, silver-billed finches, I will curse and eat my rotten millet shells.

In mid-spring, everything is startled. The residual temperature of winter is fading away, and the struggling spring comes with thunder. The whole nature is awake, which also inspires each of us: to live up to the beautiful spring scenery and beautiful time and create a new era of struggle.