When is the date of fear?

Sting usually occurs on March 5 or 6 every year.

Sting is one of the 24 solar terms. On the lunar calendar, it means that the yang begins to recover, the strength of spring begins to increase, everything recovers, and flowers are in full bloom. In modern times, fright is also considered as the first solar term in spring. Spring rain and temperature changes will make animals and plants "wake up" from hibernation and dormancy and begin to reproduce, which is the connotation of "fright".

In the traditional culture of China, spring is a new beginning and one of the most important seasons of the year. Sting reflects the phenomenon that natural creatures germinate and grow under the influence of rhythm changes. Spring thunder first sounded, the temperature rose, insects sprouted and the Ninth Five-Year Plan was exhausted. "Peach blossoms are blooming, and spring ploughing cannot rest."

The iconic phenology of fright.

1, peach blossom

The so-called "peach blossom" means that the peach tree begins to blossom, but this kind of peach tree is more common in the northern mountain peach than in the southern peach. Taking Hangzhou as an example, according to modern phenological observation, the flowering period of peach is around March 5, and that of peach is around March 25. The flowering period of peach is about 20 days earlier than that of ordinary peach.

2. Cang Geng Ming

"Cang Geng" refers to oriole, and "Ying Ge is warm and prosperous", and oriole is regarded as a precursor of the warming weather. From the beginning of peach blossom, to the beginning of peach blossom, and then to the dawn, it marks the beginning of the season of birds singing and flowers fragrant. In people's eyes, singing and dancing are the best singers and dancers in spring.

3. The eagle became a pigeon.

"Eagle becomes pigeon" means that an eagle becomes a cuckoo when it is frightened. This certainly sounds fallacious, but it can also be understood that after the warm spring, there is more food, and the birds are not so fierce and docile, and they have changed from "eagle" to "pigeon". In mid-spring, people can't see the eagle, but suddenly there are more pigeons, and people think that the eagle has become a pigeon. In fact, the eagle is hiding, busy hatching the baby eagle, and the pigeon is busy singing and courting.