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The custom of fear is as follows

1, eat pancakes: As soon as the shocking solar term arrives, farmers' annual preparation for spring ploughing begins here. This is a custom in some areas in the north. For example, in the area where the author lives, when people are frightened, they are used to baking all kinds of rice cakes with wheat flour to wish a bumper harvest.

2, shaving: people will shave their heads in the shock season, grow new hair, and welcome the New Year.

3. Drinking tea: Drinking tea in shock season is also a custom. Traditionally, drinking a cup of tea indicates the fragrance of tea in the new year.

4. Hanging peach blossoms: In the terrible season, people will hang peach blossoms, which means happiness and beauty.

5, cooking soup: On this day, people usually cook soup to enhance the body's immunity.

6. Insect control and sterilization: During the period of fright, the temperature rises and insects and bacteria are active frequently, so people will carry out insect control and sterilization to keep the environment clean and hygienic.

7. Cover the drum: Thunder is an important feature of solar terms. On this shocking day, Raytheon beat drums in the sky, and the world also took this opportunity to cover the drums to adapt to the weather and make everything get twice the result with half the effort.

8, eat pears: solar terms are relatively dry, making people feel thirsty, eating pears helps to ease. Eat pears in shock, and pears are homophonic "away", which means to be isolated from pests and away from diseases. Therefore, people have the custom of eating pears in shock.

9, eat fried beans: "Spring thunder surprises hundreds of insects", you can use the crackling sound of fried beans to scare away pests, protect crops and save a good harvest for a year.

10, white tiger sacrifice: The so-called white tiger sacrifice refers to the white tiger painted with paper for sacrifice. Paper tigers are usually yellow and black, with a pair of fangs painted on the corners.