The horror of the story of the twenty-four solar terms

The traditional solar terms in China are shocking. How much knowledge and stories do you know about this solar term? You know, from today o

The horror of the story of the twenty-four solar terms

The traditional solar terms in China are shocking. How much knowledge and stories do you know about this solar term? You know, from today on, the weather is getting warmer, and all kinds of bugs are starting to wake up from hibernation and eat pears. It is said that they can wash their intestines, and there are many more. Let's have a look.

Twenty-four solar terms story: fright

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Scared sting, called "Qixi" in ancient times, is the third solar term in the twenty-four solar terms of the lunar calendar, and its arrival marks the beginning of the second month of mid-spring.

The so-called wake-up, that is, when the weather gets warmer, the spring thunder begins to sound, waking up the insects hibernating underground. Insects hide in the soil in winter without drinking or eating, which is called "sting". "Twenty-four solar terms" said: "February Festival, everything vibrates, and when it vibrates, it thunders, so it is called thunder. It's an escaped cockroach. "In fact, insects can't hear thunder. Spring comes back, and the warmer weather is the reason why they end their hibernation and "run away in surprise".

As far as farming activities are concerned, the fright is of great significance and is regarded by the working people as the day when spring ploughing begins. "When it comes to Frightening Festival, the hoe will not stop." At this time, the weather gets warmer, everything recovers, and most areas enter the spring ploughing season.

During the period of fright, there are generally customs such as eating pears, covering the skin with drums, and offering sacrifices to white tigers.

The Yellow Emperor fought against Chiyou.

A more typical frightening phenomenon is thunder. People couldn't explain this phenomenon before, so they thought that Thor in heaven was beating gongs and drums and rumbling thunder. Therefore, the people will also respond with gongs and drums. Since then, the custom of "covering the drum skin" has continued to this day. However, you may not know that the earliest "covering drums" can even be traced back to the myths and legends of the ancient "Yellow Emperor fighting against Chiyou".

At that time, after the Yellow Emperor defeated Yan Di, he was acclaimed as the Emperor of Heaven by governors from all directions. However, Chiyou was unwilling to give in and came to challenge again and again in an attempt to overthrow the rule of the Yellow Emperor and replace it.

Chiyou is brutal and belligerent by nature, and his eighty-one brothers are all brave and good at fighting. Legend has it that all animals have copper heads and iron foreheads, and they feed on sand and stones. Just before Chiyou went to war, a copper mine happened to be discovered at the foot of Lushan Mountain, which made Chiyou's team quickly equipped with all kinds of advanced copper weapons, including swords, spears, halberds and shields. See well-equipped Chiyou and Fengbo, Shi Yu, Kuafu to challenge the Yellow Emperor, the Yellow Emperor was puzzled.

The Yellow Emperor showed sympathy and love for the people and hated war. He persuaded Chiyou to stop fighting more than once, but Chiyou refused to listen and repeatedly crossed the line. In the face of this invasion, the Yellow Emperor sighed: "If I give way to Chiyou, everyone in the world will perish; If I tolerate Chiyou, it's a tiger! "

After careful consideration, the Yellow Emperor had to lead his troops to war himself. After several confrontations, the Yellow Emperor was already at a disadvantage. The two sides fought more than 70 wars, and Huang Di won less and lost more.

The exhausted Yellow Emperor has been looking for ways to defeat Chiyou. Before I knew it, I was so tired that I fell asleep. In this sleep, the Yellow Emperor had a magical dream. In the dream, Xuan Nv took a nine-day art book, gave it to the Yellow Emperor, and then drove away.

When the Yellow Emperor woke up, he really had a book "Yangfu Jing" in his hand, which read the words "Heaven comes first, Taiyi comes last". Huang Di, who suddenly realized, immediately set up nine arrays and eight gates according to the laws of female soldiers, and arranged three strange and six instruments in the array to control Yin and Yang and two escapes. Finally, the exercise was changed to 1800 array, which was called "tianyi escape armor" array. After many exercises, Huangdi decided to lead the troops to fight against Chiyou again.

Before going out to war, Huangdi thought of a way to stimulate military strength and morale, hoping to defeat Chiyou in one fell swoop. He found a Liubo Mountain in the East China Sea, where a wild animal named Kui lived. Its roar was loud and soaring into the sky. The Yellow Emperor sent someone to catch Wei Xiao and peel him off to make a drum surface. The drum sound really shook the world. The Yellow Emperor also sent someone to catch Lei Shou in Razer and pull out the biggest bone from him as a drumstick.

This "real cow drum" made by the Yellow Emperor vibrates for 500 Li with one tap, and even plays for 3,800 Li with several taps. The Yellow Emperor also made eighty drums out of cowhide to match it.

A new battle has begun! The Yellow Emperor arranged the lineup and ordered drums to be played. Eighty cowhide drums and real cowhide drums rang in unison, which shocked the earth. Hearing the drums, all the soldiers of the Yellow Emperor were emboldened, while all the soldiers of Chiyou lost. Chiyou and his eighty-one brothers were brave, but they were defeated in the end.

The Yellow Emperor pursued the victory, but Chiyou's head was cast like bronze, and he could fly in the air. Even if he walks on a cliff and he is on the ground, the Yellow Emperor can't catch him. Later, the Yellow Emperor had a whim and had the cowhide drum beaten nine times. Chiyou immediately lost his soul and couldn't walk, and was finally caught by the Yellow Emperor.

Since then, the Yellow Emperor has steadily become the son of heaven in China, and started the road to prosperity of the Chinese nation, and the custom of "covering drums" has also been handed down.

Chinese studies | the story of the twenty-four solar terms

As the saying goes: February 2, scraping the faucet. In a blink of an eye, it was the second day of February in the Lunar New Year. Xiaoyu's hair had grown for a winter, and her mother decided to take him to the barber shop for a haircut. "Fish, mom will take you to your uncle's downstairs for a haircut, okay?" "No, I don't like to have my hair cut. It's uncomfortable to cut your hair. " "However, your hair is too long and looks like a girl. Xiaoyu is not a girl, but a man. He will be brave, won't he? " "Hmm ... hmm (expressing hesitation, etc.) ... It doesn't matter, but after I cut my hair, I want to eat a cupcake." "Well, let's cut our hair and I'll take you to buy it." Mom remembered that the "shock" solar term was coming: "Fish, we are going to get a haircut. When we cut our hair, I will help you tell the story of the' shocking' solar terms. " Oh, great, mom, let's go! "

Mom took the little fish to the barber shop in the community, and the barber shop had to wait. Mother decided to tell Xiaoyu a story first. "Fish, do you know, in a few days, we will arrive at a solar term, which means that the thunder in spring wakes up all the animals that are hiding and hibernating?" "ah? Is it going to thunder? Mom, I'm afraid of thunder. The sound is so loud and scary. " "The baby is not afraid, when it thunders, mother will protect you in the room. Although the thunder is loud and scary, it can play the role of disinfection and sterilization and purify the air. "

"So mom, mom, are hibernating animals as afraid of thunder as I am, so when it thunders, they will be awakened?" "In fact, that's not the case. Small animals are not awakened by thunder, but by solar terms. The temperature rose rapidly, and the underground temperature began to rise. Temperature-sensitive hibernating animals instinctively feel that the weather is getting warmer. They are hungry, so they get up and look for food. This is the real reason why hibernating animals wake up. " "Oh, I see. That mother, I remember you saying, bloom at the vernal equinox, rain willows sprouting, what's the surprise? " "When you are surprised, the peach blossoms will open, and the mountain peach blossoms will open the earliest. It will bloom first and then grow leaves." "Mom, mom, what is the mountain peach blossom like? Show me. " "There are no peach blossoms in the community. Mom will take you to the park another day, ok? "

Before the fish could answer, the barber's uncle cut in and said, "Hey, you said you were afraid. In our countryside, these days are very busy. " "Are you? What are you busy with? " Mom asked. "When I was in my hometown, I was busy loosening soil, cultivating land and cleaning ditches. Otherwise, the soil will be very hard and I can't farm well. " "Then you are working in the city now, and you haven't returned to your hometown for a long time!" "Yes, I stayed in the city for a long time, but I'm not used to going back to the countryside. However, I will buy some wormwood to smoke at home in a few days. This is a habit left over from our countryside and cannot be changed. " "wormwood? What's this, uncle? Can I eat? " Xiaoyu suddenly became interested. "Of course not, son. Wormwood has a smell and can drive away mice, insects and mosquitoes. On this day, we also have a popular' playing villain'. " "Playing the Sims? I am a villain, hit me? Mom said that she would not hit people, and hitting people would not be a good baby. " Uncle smiled: "Hehe, our' beating a villain' here doesn't mean beating a child, but beating a paper person to vent his emotions and bless everything in the future."

"Yes, I remember a similar folk custom called offering sacrifices to white tigers. In the folklore of China, the white tiger is a villain who curses others everywhere. Every year, on frightened days, he would come out to find something to eat. If he is targeted by it, even if he is not eaten in the end, he will encounter all kinds of difficulties within one year. Later, in order to pray for peace in the coming year, people will worship the white tiger made of paper on this day. White tigers usually draw yellow and black stripes and have a pair of fangs on their corners. People killed the fattest pig and poured pig blood into the mouth of the white tiger; Put raw pork in the mouth of the white tiger, fill its mouth with oil and water, and fill its stomach with pig blood. After eating, the white tiger will not bother people. " Mom added.

The little fish listened intently and did not move. "Well, kid, it's your turn. Come and cut your hair. " Uncle barber said.