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What festival is fear?

Amazing, it was called "Qi Zhe" in ancient times, which is the third of the 24 solar terms. It begins at about March 6 when the sun reaches 345 degrees of the yellow meridian. At this time, the weather is getting warmer and there is gradually spring thunder. Animals hide in the soil in winter and don't drink or eat, which is called "sting". "Thunder" is the day when God wakes animals with thunder. At this time, most parts of China have entered the spring ploughing season.

Sting is a season of phenology. At this time, the spring is bright, everything is new and full of vitality: sting means hiding, and animals hibernate in the soil, which is called sting.

Beating villains in the day of fright originated from insect repellent. Spring thunder wakes up the pests. On this day, farmers will go to the field with brooms to hold a pest sweeping ceremony. At the same time, we should smoke every corner of the house with fragrance and wormwood, hoping to drive away snakes, insects, mosquitoes and rats.

Beating villains comes from deworming. People think that villains, like pests, start to move out after being frightened. If you hit a villain in the temple, you can drive away all the evil spirits of the villain, and you will not be entangled by the villain within one year and make a smooth profit.