Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - The 24 Solar Terms - Today is a surprise. What does this mean?

Today is a surprise. What does this mean?

Sting is the third of the 24 solar terms. On March 5th, this year, when the sun reached 345 degrees, it was "shock". Sting means that when the weather gets warmer, the spring thunder begins to sound, awakening the insects that are dormant and hibernating underground. Sting means hiding.

"Twenty-four solar terms" said: "February Festival, everything vibrates, and when it vibrates, it thunders, so it is called thunder. It's an escaped cockroach. Tao Yuanming, a poet in the Jin Dynasty, said in a poem: "In the spring rain, the east corner began to thunder, and everyone was lurking and the vegetation was comfortable. "

In fact, insects can't hear thunder. Spring is back, and the warmer weather is the reason why they end their hibernation and "run away in surprise".

People in many places call it "February Festival". In fact, as early as the Western Han Dynasty, Li Yuelingshu linked the panic in the first month with the Qingming Festival in February. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Yu's three calendars changed the Fearful February Festival. Since it is called "Festival", it is natural to have wonderful and interesting folk activities.