Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - The 24 Solar Terms - What does it mean to wake up dormant overwintering insects from stinging to thunder?

What does it mean to wake up dormant overwintering insects from stinging to thunder?

It means that spring thunder begins to sound, and the air in spring is budding, awakening hibernating insects.

In the scary season, spring is budding. As the saying goes, "Spring thunder urges everything to grow". "It's shocking to smell thunder and wake up hibernating insects." These are the characteristics of solar terms. "Sting" means hiding. In fact, insects can't hear thunder.

It is the rhythm of nature that makes them "run away". After the solar term, the warm and humid air mass in the south became active and the temperature rose rapidly. Spring thunder gradually appeared in most areas south of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. In the northwest of North China, except for a few years, it usually doesn't thunder until Qingming.

The arrival of Jing Zhe coincides with the 99 season, and it is time for people to welcome the long-lost spring girl. The shocking tone of the solar terms is warm and cheerful.

Speaking of fright, a common saying is that the rumbling thunder woke up the dormant and hibernating animals. However, the "initial heart" of this solar term has nothing to do with thunder. Ray's "alarm clock" function, like the cuckoo's "ploughing" function, comes from people's too rich associations.

solar term

Solar term is a special festival in the trunk and branch calendar that expresses the change of natural rhythm and establishes "December construction" (monthly order). The 24 solar terms are: beginning of spring, Rain, Sting, Equinox, Qingming, Grain Rain, Changxia, Xiaoman, Mangzhong, Summer Solstice, Xiaoxia, Daxia, beginning of autumn, Early Summer, Bailu, Autumn Equinox, Cold Dew, Early Frost, beginning of winter, Light Snow, Heavy Snow, Winter Solstice, Slight Cold and Severe Cold.

The twenty-four solar terms are related to cadres and gossip and have a long history. In the historical development, the 24 solar terms have been incorporated into the lunar calendar and become an important part of the lunar calendar.