What does the rural saying "Thunder occurs in the first month and thieves are everywhere" mean? Does it make sense?

The saying "Thunder occurs in the first month and thieves appear everywhere" is quite reasonable. By the way, thunder in the first month of the year is very rare. Of course, being rare does not mean that it never happens. After all, thunder is a natural phenomenon. The weather is ever-changing and complex, and it might happen someday.

Coincidentally, cold weather has hit a large area across the country in the past two days. We had strong winds during the day yesterday, and leaves were flying everywhere. It was really hard work for the sanitation workers. However, thunder started last night, which woke me up from my dream. After I woke up, I couldn't sleep anyway, so I stood by the window and enjoyed the night view of the thunderstorm.

It thundered last night. Today is still the 21st of the first lunar month, and it is the first month of the year where thunder is common. "Thunder occurs in the first month, and thieves appear everywhere." What does this sentence mean? The superficial meaning of this sentence is: If there is thunder in the sky during the first month, thieves will be everywhere in the world.

In fact, the connotation of this sentence is that thunder in the first month will cause late-spring cold weather, which will have a great negative impact on agricultural production. Crop yields were reduced or failed, and the food grown by people was not enough to meet their rations. Without food or clothing, they fled one after another, and there were more thieves.

Located in Jiangxi, it had been raining from the day before yesterday to yesterday, and the thunder was very loud. I was awakened by the sound of thunder shaking the windows at five or six in the morning.

Grandma has been wandering from the living room to the balcony, mumbling from time to time, what the hell is going on in this God, there is thunder in the first month, and there is a severe drought of 180 days.

I also comforted my grandma, isn’t it normal for the weather to suddenly change? Spring is here, it rains and thunders, and as for those proverbs left by our ancestors, they are still there. Okay, don't take it too seriously, like "there's thunder in the first month and thieves are everywhere".

But grandma said, it’s not necessarily true. Especially this kind of agricultural proverb is a summary of hundreds of years of experience in our ancient farming period. Our ancestors based on the temperature and rainfall at that time, the feedback effect on agriculture, Summarized year after year, this kind of proverb is widely circulated in concise and concise phrases. Most of them truly reflect the practical life experience of working people. For example, it thunders and snows in the first month, and it rains continuously in February. Peach blossom water in March, dry and cracked in April.

Out of curiosity, I read a lot of books and looked up the merits of the sentence "Thunder strikes in the first month, and thieves are everywhere."

According to the Meteorological Bureau, thunder is rare in winter in both the south and the north. The temperature is lower in winter and the water vapor in the air will condense into lumps. However, as the temperature has increased in recent years, The weather continues to rise, and thunder and rain are frequent in winter, which is not a good sign for agriculture.

Because if there are thunder and rain in winter, it means that the warm winter will come early. The temperature will rise sharply in the coming spring, and there will be late spring cold in a short period of time. This series of changes will affect crops. As a result, bacteria are likely to breed on the land, and the surface temperature will rise, causing droughts when spring rains are scarce, seriously affecting crop harvests.

When the harvest is not good, there will be more idle people.

So there is a certain scientific truth to the topic of "Thunder in the first month and thieves everywhere", but there is no need to panic and believe it. As the saying goes, the devil is as high as the road. Yi Zhang, our country's science and technology is also developing accordingly, there must be a correct solution, scientific agriculture, there will be satisfactory harvests.

There is thunder in the first month, and thieves are everywhere. This sentence is quite rhyming. When talking about thunder, everyone will think that the weather is going to change, just like what Tang Monk in Journey to the West said, thunder is coming, It's raining. It's time to put away the clothes.

So why is there thunder in the first month and thieves everywhere? What is the connection between thunder and thieves? When it comes to thieves, it usually happens in the twelfth lunar month, when the New Year is approaching. Little thieves are particularly rampant at this time. It may also be that someone has no money to celebrate the New Year and wants to make some income, but does not follow the right path. When I was a child, there was a thief in the winter. He broke into the house next door at night and woke up the person next door, so he shouted loudly and the little thief escaped. Therefore, the door must be tightly guarded during the Chinese New Year in the countryside.

Of course, this sentence is no longer suitable for us now. We cannot think of thieves all over the place just because there is thunder in the first month. To explain this sentence, let us use the hand of God to go back 100 years in time and do it again. Traveling through time and space, there was no electricity or mobile phones at that time, and the yield of crops in the fields was very low. Agriculture was an era that depended on the weather. Therefore, the impact of weather on crops was particularly important, and thunder in the first month meant that the weather was going to be heavy. Changes, even if it doesn't rain or snow, the weather will turn cold quickly, which will reduce crop yields and cause damage. The weather used to be very cold, especially here. Although it is the first month, if there is no sun and the wind blows It's so cold. I remember that ice skates were very common when I was a kid, but now I almost never see them. This also shows that the weather is warmer than before. For example, there was no snow here this winter.

In other words, thunder in spring will cause the body temperature to drop rapidly. For example, there was thunder and rain in Wuhan today. Usually the highest temperature can reach 17 or 18 degrees, but after it rains, the lowest temperature can When it reaches subzero, the crops in the fields have begun to grow with the warming of the climate, but the temperature has returned to the previous cold. Naturally, it has done great harm to the farmers, and people may starve. At that time, there were no migrant workers. Say this.

When many people can’t find anything to eat, some people will think of stealing. In fact, everyone is hungry. Even if they steal, they can’t find someone to steal from, and their lives will fall into misery!

But now, with the development of agricultural modernization and the weather slowly getting warmer, although the weather will have a great impact on crops, the impact will definitely not be greater than in the past, and naturally does not exist It is said that there are thieves all over the place. Of course, you must be on guard against others. It is better to be careful when you go out!

Now the northwest wind blows loudly outside the house, and the blown things hit the glass of the window. I can only hear crackling on the glass, which is really scary. During dinner in the afternoon, there was thunder here, and it was a very loud thunder, with several crackles. Our children said it was like setting off firecrackers, and the sound was louder than firecrackers. At this time, my dad said, "There is thunder in the first month, and thieves are everywhere." He asked us to pay attention to our belongings when we go out, so as not to be stolen by others.

Then my wife asked one more question, why are there so many thunder thieves in the first month? Then my dad said that thundering in the first month is not necessarily a good sign, because "thunders in the first month are like piles of human bones, and thunders in February are like piles of cattle urns." It means that if there is thunder in the first month, then this year's harvest will be very bad. If the fruits are stored in the old In society, many people starve to death. If there is thunder in February, if there is a lot of grain, even the urns for cattle feed will be used to store grain, symbolizing a good harvest. After talking for a long time, my dad actually didn’t know the scientific meaning of “thunder occurs in the first month, and thieves are everywhere”, so I checked it online, and I’ll summarize what I found below.

Thunder in the first month actually refers to a climate phenomenon. To put it bluntly, it is the return of warm air. Because we know that most areas of our country are in the temperate zone, the climate is mainly affected by the Siberian cold current and the Pacific warm current. We all know that the intersection of cold and warm air currents will inevitably cause windy phenomena. The phenomenon of thunder is precisely due to the loud noise caused by different clouds in the sky being blown by the wind and striking together. At the same time, the phenomenon of thunder is accompanied by the discharge phenomenon that we know as lightning.

Thunder in the first month means that the warm air flow in the Pacific Ocean begins to move northward in the first month, and becomes stronger, and the confrontation with the cold air flow becomes more intense. But we know that the cold wave from Siberia has dominated our winter. How can we retreat so easily? Although the warm air flow is very strong, and the temperature will rise significantly after the arrival of the warm air flow, the crops grown in the fields will grow faster, and even rapeseed will bloom early, but this is just the beginning of the disaster.

However, as the Siberian cold current gathers more and more energy in the Mongolian high pressure, at a certain time the cold air will come again with force and repel the warm air. This will form the biggest problem for our farmers. I’m so afraid of the cold spring! I believe everyone still remembers the cold spring weather that has not happened in 50 years during the Qingming Festival in 2018? Therefore, the warmer it is in the first month, the greater the probability of late spring cold, and the more severe the frost damage to crops caused by late spring cold. In the past, almost everyone relied on farming to make a living. Once a severe late spring cold occurred and crop yields were reduced or failed, many people would naturally have no food to eat and would start to commit crimes.

"Thunder occurs in the first month, and thieves are everywhere." This statement is still open to question in today's society, at least the second half of it is no longer available.

Thunder is very common in nature. The four major weather conditions of wind, rain, thunder and lightning accompany our lives. It can be said that without the four of them, our farmers will not be able to produce normally.

As the saying goes, "Thunder in February and August will lead to grain harvest." What does thunder in the first month look like? What a coincidence. Last night, we heard the thunder of the first month. I was woken up by the thunder. I didn't believe it. Later, I pricked up my ears and heard the thunder again. There was thunder in the first month, but the thunder was heavy and the raindrops were light. It was also accompanied by light rain and wind. The wind made a whining sound on the cracks in the glass.

Can’t there be thunder in the first month? Why not? Of course it can thunder. Thunder in the first month of the year is regarded by our fathers as a sign of abnormal weather, indicating that this year there will be a cold spring and a drought in the summer. As the saying goes, "Thunder in the first month will bring a lot of people, and in February a thunder will bring a lot of wheat." That's the truth.

"Thunder occurs in the first month, and thieves appear everywhere." In the past, farmers mainly relied on growing food. If the food production decreased or the harvest failed, farmers would have no food to eat. Human beings are extremely hungry and miserable. They rob and steal everywhere, which becomes a factor of social insecurity. Nowadays, people's food growing is more scientifically managed and less dependent on natural conditions. In our stable and harmonious society, thieves will not be everywhere.

It started to rain lightly here this afternoon, but we didn’t hear any thunder.

Regardless of whether the thunder in the first month is good or not, or whether the thunder in the first month is a thief or a thief, for our severely drought-ridden Jiaodong area, farmers are happy as long as it rains. No matter what happens, let’s talk about it first.

Last winter should be said to be a snowless winter. Since the beginning of winter, farmers have been looking forward to snow. There is no snow during the periods of light snow and heavy snow, and then comes the winter solstice, minor cold and big cold. In short, all the winter festivals have passed, but there are still no snowflakes in the northern sky. Throughout a warm winter and a dry winter, the soil in the ground dried up and turned into smoke, which was a serious disadvantage to the winter wheat in northern rural areas.

In the traditional consciousness of some people, they always feel that thunder should not occur in the first month, and that thunder in the first month goes against the rules of the season. In the words of some rural elders, there is thunder in the first month and thieves are everywhere. In fact, the meaning of this sentence is that thunder in the first month indicates a bad harvest this year. In the poor years of the past, as long as the harvest was not good, of course there would be some thieves stealing food. As our locals say, when a river opens in 3949, farmers sell their wives. They all describe a bad year, when the crops are not harvested, and the farmers have no food to eat. They only steal or sell their wives.

As the current situation changes, God does not play his cards according to common sense. How can there be any reason for thunder and rain in winter? It doesn't snow but it thunders and rains in winter, which itself goes against the rules of the season. But the opposite is also true. No matter what, it is already the beginning of spring, and it is spring. Although it's still the first month, what's wrong with spring thunder and spring rain? It is said that there is thunder in the first month and thieves are everywhere. It's past time. Now no matter when there is thunder, no one will steal food. No matter what, we farmers in rural Jiaodong hope that this rain will be heavier. Even if there is thunder, as long as it rains, the drought of wheat seedlings and fruit trees will be alleviated.

In fact, our ancestors have accumulated experience in this saying. It is winter in the first month. Whether it is the south or the north, thunder will not occur in winter, so thunder will occur. What are the signs? Rural elders say that if there is thunder in the first month, something unexpected will happen and something bad will happen.

There is also a saying in a legend that in the first month of the first month, the God of Thunder and the Mother of Thunder went to pay New Year greetings to the Jade Emperor. In order to perform a show for the Jade Emperor, she picked up a hammer and chiseled out thunder, but this thunder This frightened the Dragon King, so the Dragon King was very angry, and it started raining all over the sky, flooding all the farmers in the world. The farmers had no harvests, so they would naturally be short of food. In the past, they could not survive without food, so In order to survive, people will become thieves, you steal from me, I steal from you, and eventually the situation evolves into a situation where thieves are everywhere.

Although this legend is a bit funny, thunder in the first month is really not a good sign. Thunder means rain. There is no big winter. It rains in the first month. If it does, it means that the warm winter has come early. The harms of a warm winter include late spring cold, which makes the land easy to breed bacteria. Warm winter also accelerates the temperature rise and evaporates the ground surface temperature. It is prone to drought when there is a lack of spring rain. Therefore, thunder in the first month is really not a good natural phenomenon and must be prevented.

But now agricultural science and technology are very advanced and we have the ability to predict the weather, so we don’t have to worry too much about the problems caused by various natural anomalies. We can learn farming scientifically and cultivate the land scientifically. I believe there will be a bumper harvest in 2020. .

There are also many rural proverbs about the thunderous weather before the Wake of Insects, such as "Thunder in the first month, and thieves are everywhere." Many people may not know the meaning of this proverb. This rural proverb is actually very related to agriculture, because if thundery weather occurs in the first month, it means that this year will be unusual. In the past, when agricultural technology was relatively backward, farmers relied on the weather when farming. Farmers all know that if there is thunder before and after the Waking of Insects, the pests in the ground will wake up and destroy crops. However, this year, thunder weather has already occurred in the first month before the Waking of Insects, which will inevitably wake up the pests in the ground in advance and harm the crops. This has a great impact on agriculture. The losses will be very great.

For farmers in the past, food was their lifeblood, so if pests came out early to destroy farmers' crops, it would be equivalent to stealing their food. Of course, they would be considered thieves, so they It is not difficult to understand why farmers in the past said this.

The weather this year is also strange. It is only the first month, and there is thunder in the sky, rumbling, really scary. My grandfather, who is over 80 years old, said that in this day and age, there is nothing to fear from thunder in the first month. If he had been young, thunder in the first month would make him miserable, because there was a saying in the countryside at that time: "Thunder in the first month will lead to thieves everywhere." ". What does this sentence mean? Does it make sense?

In normal years, thunder rarely occurs in the first month of the year, usually until February or June.

Because most areas are still under the control of cold air in the first month and are relatively cold and dry, thunder will not occur in this climate environment.

The weather is getting warmer and damper in February, but the cold air has not completely receded. In order to drive away the cold air as quickly as possible, the warm and humid air blowing from the sea will fight at this time. When the two collide, thunder will form. .

The weather in June is changeable, and this is what "the weather in June, and the faces of children, change at any time." At this time, the weather is hot, and the warm and humid air currents near the ground cannot stand it. In order to cool down, they will climb to higher places, because it is very windy and cool at high places. But high places are the territory of cold air. When warm and humid air flows up, isn’t that taking over my territory? Why don't you just do it directly? As soon as the two collided, the thunder started again.

So, this thunder is actually caused by the collision of warm and humid air currents and cold air currents. In the first month of the year, the weather is still cold and dry in most places. Suddenly there is thunder. Do you think it is normal or not?

Later, people discovered that as long as there was thunder in the first month, the world would not be peaceful that year, life would be very difficult, and thieves would appear everywhere. So then there was the saying "Thunder occurs in the first month and thieves appear everywhere".

The reason behind this is actually thunder in the first month, which means that warm and humid air arrives early. Before the cold weather in the first month could kill the pests hiding in the ground, the climate became warmer, and the bugs in the ground woke up early and multiplied in large numbers. There were many pests in the fields. At that time, we did not have the current pest control methods. We could only let the pests grow and eat the crops. In the end, the crops in the fields failed to harvest, and our family could no longer feed them. As the saying goes: poverty leads to stealing. With no food to eat and no other means of livelihood, we had no choice but to steal. This is the origin of the saying "Thunder occurs in the first month and thieves appear everywhere".

Nowadays, professional growers are cultivating the land. They have technology and strength, and they have their own methods of dealing with pests. Therefore, even if there is thunder in the first month, they can eliminate the impact of early warming and not affect the harvest of crops. Moreover, most people in rural areas now do not make a living by farming, so everyone no longer has to worry about the saying "thunders occur in the first month and thieves are everywhere".

2020 is destined to be an uneasy year. This year’s Spring Festival will be an unforgettable Spring Festival for us. Starting from the first day of the first lunar month, we have been sealed in the village, and the lockdown has not been lifted yet. , this year’s weather is not normal either. Does it really follow the saying: thunder in the first month means thieves are everywhere?

I am born in the 1970s, and I have never encountered weather like last winter or the first month of this year since I can remember. The old saying that old dogs froze to death on March 9th and 49th in winter has been overturned. In 2020 The temperature in 3949 is above zero, and it is no longer the previous ten degrees below zero. In the first month of the year, when the epidemic occurred, the weather was getting warm. It even started raining here from the night before yesterday, and it continued to rain yesterday. It rained all day, but last night there was a sudden change. The rain secretly turned into snow at some point in the night. When I woke up this morning, there was a vast expanse of white everywhere, and there was so much snow.

Yesterday evening we heard thunder while we were having dinner. My mother-in-law didn’t hear clearly and asked us in a suspicious tone: Was it thundering just now? Her son had the most sensitive ears and told her in a positive tone: Yes, it was thundering, it was raining and it was thundering.

The mother-in-law frowned: There was thunder in the first month and thieves were everywhere. If it had been in the past, this year would have been a very bad year. There might not be enough food and clothing, and there would be panic among the people and theft.

It turns out that there was a saying in the past that when the first month was supposed to be cold, when crops were about to recover from dormancy, rain and thunder meant that the climate had warmed to a certain level, and such temperatures would lead to dormancy. If crops recover early, they may germinate, but this temperature will not last forever. There will definitely be a late spring cold, a sudden late spring cold. They are just killing it, freezing the crops that they thought were warm and should work hard to grow. , so the crops that revive prematurely will be damaged, and in severe cases, they can lead to the loss of production.

In the past, farmers had nothing but farming to make a living. When crops were destroyed by the late spring cold, farmers who had no food to eat this year would have to beg for food when food and clothing could not be solved. , and theft, robbery and other behaviors occurred.

Thunder in the first month does not emphasize that there are thieves everywhere, but tells everyone that this year is a bad year. There may be crop failure or other natural disasters. Thunder is to tell everyone that the temperature is abnormal. , this year will also be abnormal.

Such proverbs were used by farmers in the past to analyze the future. We don’t need to worry about this now, because we live in a new society with a developed economy. No matter what difficulties we have, everyone dares to face them. Even if it is a natural disaster, the whole country can work together to tide over the difficulties and be invincible.