Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - The 24 Solar Terms - When is the annual panic?

When is the annual panic?

Every year around March 5 of the Gregorian calendar is a moment of shock.

Sting is the first thunder of spring. The so-called "spring thunder" means that when the weather gets warmer, the spring thunder begins to sound, awakening the insects that are dormant and hibernating underground. Twelve months in a year (year), each month corresponds to a divination, and Uzuki (including thunder and vernal equinox) corresponds to a divination of thunder and sky; The divination of Dazhuang hexagrams is that the sky begins to thunder, and the thunder rings in the sky, which is very vivid.

What is striking is the beginning, that is, "Mao" and "Mao". Everything comes out of the ground, representing vitality; Therefore, Uzuki (February) is also an energy production month, and a year of spring ploughing has begun.

The symbolic feature of the shocking solar terms is that spring thunder suddenly moves and everything is full of vitality. Judging from the natural phenology and climate process in various parts of China, "the beginning of thunder" only coincides with the natural rhythm in some parts of southern China.

Important significance

Farming production is closely related to the rhythm of nature, and the shocking solar terms are of great significance in farming. Since ancient times, the working people in our country have attached great importance to the solar terms of fright and regarded it as the spring ploughing season. In the traditional culture of China, location is associated with gossip and official time.

When the barrel handle points to the east, divination is in the earthquake position, which is for Uzuki (Mid-Spring Moon). When everything came out, the world changed. In the twenty-four solar terms, the fright reflects the phenomenon that natural creatures germinate and grow under the influence of rhythm changes.