Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - The 24 Solar Terms - Spring thunder starts, and everything on the earth grows together.

Spring thunder starts, and everything on the earth grows together.

This is an old saying that when thunder rings, everything on the earth grows together, which means the third solar term "thunder" in March in spring.

This proverb means that when spring thunder rings, spring comes, everything revives and a new year comes. This proverb is about the solar terms that scare people. Scared sting, called "Qixi" in ancient times, is the third of the 24 solar terms in the lunar calendar, marking the beginning of the mid-spring season. In the past, animals hid in the soil in winter without drinking or eating, which was called "sting"; Speaking of "quiet people", the spring thunder in the sky woke up the secluded animals, which is called "quiet".

Therefore, insects wake up when they are startled, the weather gets warmer, and there are spring thunder gradually, so most areas of China enter the busy season of spring ploughing. After the shock, the light thunder was faint, the spring breeze was warm and harmonious, and everywhere was full of vibrant green meaning. "Yi Zhou Shu Shi Xun Jie" wrote: "On the day of fright, the peach blossoms began to bloom. Another five days, pale Geng Ming. On the fifth day, the eagle became a pigeon. " Spring, in this way, gradually emerged in the three stages of fright.

Stinging custom:

1.? Startled, busy with spring ploughing. 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 the Tang poetry: "A light rain brings new flowers, and a thunder starts. Tian Jia was idle for a few days, and farming began. " As the saying goes, "After the sting festival, never stop ploughing."

2.? Beat villains and drive away bad luck. In the season of fright, all kinds of reptiles and ants have to get up in response to thunder and look for food everywhere. Therefore, in ancient times, people would hold wormwood and smoke in the four corners of their homes to drive away snakes, insects, mosquitoes, rats and molds.

3.? Eating pears in shock means getting rid of pests and diseases. From a health point of view, at this time, it is cold and warm, the temperature is changeable, the climate is dry, and it is easy to get thirsty. Eating pears can also nourish yin and clear away heat, moisten the lungs and relieve cough, and enhance physical fitness.