What is the meaning of hibernation, hibernation why divided into three

1, the meaning of hibernation three wait

China's ancient will be divided into three wait for hibernation: "a wait for the peach began to Hua; two wait for Canggeng (oriole) song; three wait for the eagle into a turtledove." The hibernation of the flower letter represented by the three waiting for: "one waiting for peach, two waiting for apricot, three waiting for roses."

The so-called peach began to Hua, refers to the day of hibernation, peach blossom is the beginning of the month, peach, burning its Hua, is the beginning of spring, red into the peach blossom tender, the green return to the willow leaves new, flowing peach blossom, then seduced thousands of charming hundred forms.

Geng is the oriole, the so-called "Cang Geng Ming", refers to the hibernation after five days, the oriole earliest sense of the spring sun, calling its song, seeking its friends. Cang is green, green is clear, geng is renewed, "I used to cloud parting, cang geng loads of song", the literati also called it "away from the yellow", "away from the yellow through the tree language intermittent" has become the sound of sadness.

Over five days, the eagle turned into a dove. Eagle, birds of prey, turtledove, that is, today's Bugu, the so-called "eagle into turtledove", referring to the "Chapter Turtle Scripture" said: in mid-spring, the forest is lush, the mouth pecking is still soft, can not capture the bird, staring at the hunger, such as the demented and the transformation, so the name is turtledove. This said the eagle into turtledove, spring time.

2, the significance of the hibernation of the three waiting

The hibernation is an important season of farming, in ancient times prompted the farmers to cultivate the law and time.

The three signs of hibernation describe the flowering period of different plants and some other natural phenomena. It describes that it is already the time when peach blossoms are red and plum blossoms are white, yellow warblers are whimpering and swallows are flying, and spring plowing has already begun in most areas. People can plan their labor and daily travel arrangements according to the three signs of hibernation.

When the various insects hibernating in the soil are awakened, the eggs of the wintering insects will also begin to oviposit, so it can be seen that the hibernation is a festival reflecting the phenomenon of natural phenomena.

The thunder of hibernation is most noticeable. Such as "before the hibernation first thunder, forty-nine days of clouds can not be". The hibernation season is at the time of the first cold and first warm, according to the cold and warm weather prediction of the later proverbs: "cold hibernation, warm equinox" and so on.

The winds of the hibernation season are also used as a basis for predicting the weather in the later part of the year. Such as "hibernation scrape the north wind, from the beginning of another winter", "hibernation blowing the south wind, seedling late planting". Modern meteorological science shows that the "hibernation" before and after, the reason why occasional thunder, is the earth humidity gradually high and prompted the near-ground heat rise or north of the hot and humid air force is stronger and frequent activities.