The Origin and Naming of Sting

Of the six ancient calendars. The names of the "quiet" solar terms are all "qi". Contemporary Jiang Tao's article "Born in Yang, Ruled in Yin —— On the Twenty-four solar terms and their changes since Qing Dynasty" summarizes the changes of the first six qi of the twenty-four solar terms in previous calendars.

As can be seen from the data. In the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, Guan Kai was changed into a frightened bird; In the Yuan and two years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the order of solar terms changed. Move the rain before the sting and clear the sky before Grain Rain. In the seventeenth year of Emperor Kai of Sui Dynasty, the startled sting returned to awakening sting. In the second year of Tang Wude, the order of waking up first and then raining was restored. In the seventeenth year of Tang Kaiyuan, it rained after the change to beginning of spring, and the thorn was changed to a fright. Accustomed to this day.

2. The name of the fright

Insects hide in the soil in winter without drinking or eating, which is called "sting"; Spring thunder in the sky awakens dormant animals, which is called "earthquake"; So in the season of stinging insects, stinging insects wake up, everything recovers and the weather gets warmer. According to the scientific literature "Xia Zhengxiao", it is recorded that "the first month begins to stab, and words also stab. Everything was shocked, and shock was like thunder, so it was a surprise, and it was an escape sting. "

Sting is the first clarion call for everything in the world to recover from the cold winter. It not only represents the beginning of spring ploughing, but also urges people to get out of their holiday laziness and start a new year's journey.

"Sting" presents the scene of the revival of all things, and also marks the beginning of the mid-spring season. At this time, the spring thunder suddenly sounded, waking up the hibernating animals living in the soil, so there is often a saying that "spring thunder wakes up thousands of insects."