Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - The 24 Solar Terms - Is the startled moon a full moon?

Is the startled moon a full moon?

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1, the solar terms reflected by the moonlit night mean: fright; Moonlit Night is a seven-character quatrain written by Liu, a poet in the Tang Dynasty. The solar terms reflected in the poem are shocking and describe the author's unique feelings about the warming of the moonlit night in early spring. The original text is as follows: the moonlight is deeper than half a house, and the Beidou is withered south. Tonight, through the green screen window, I know that spring is warm and the sound of insects is fresh. 2. The night is getting deeper. Moonlight only illuminates half of people's houses, and the other half is hidden in the darkness. The Big Dipper is tilted, so is Nandou. I didn't know the arrival of spring until tonight. Outside the screen window reflected by leaves, the chirping insects came to the house for the first time.

Sting is the third of the 24 solar terms. Battle nail, the sun reaches 345 degrees of the Yellow Meridian, and the festival is on March 5-6 of the Gregorian calendar. Spine reflects the state of germination and growth of natural organisms affected by rhythm changes. Speaking of earthquakes, the sun's spirit rises, the temperature warms up, the spring thunder suddenly moves, the rain increases, and everything is full of vitality. Farming production is closely related to the rhythm of nature, and the solar term of fright is of great significance in farming, which is the reflection of ancient farming culture on natural festivals.

"Sting" means "hiding". In winter, insects hide in the soil. "Surprise" means "wake up". Spring thunder in the sky woke up the bugs. The so-called "spring thunder" means that when the spring thunder begins to sound, it wakes up the stinging insects that are dormant in the ground for the winter. In some ancient places, people smoked the four corners of their houses with incense and wormwood to drive away "snakes, insects, mosquitoes and rats" and musty smell. Over time, it gradually evolved into the custom of shocking and beating villains to drive away bad luck. In addition, there are customs such as "covering the drum skin", "eating pears" and "offering sacrifices to white tigers to resolve right and wrong".