Are there any customs for hibernation?

Customs of hibernation are:

1, hibernation is caused by the sound of thunder. Ancient people imagined that the god of thunder is a person with a bird's beak and wings, a hammer in one hand, one hand even hit around the body of the many drums in the sky, making a rumbling sound of thunder. On the day of hibernation, the God of Thunder struck the heavenly drums in the heavenly court, and the earthly world also utilized this time to mask the drum skins.

2, hibernation symbolizes the beginning of February, will be a sound of thunder, wake up all the hibernation of snakes, insects, rodents and ants, the home of the creeping insects and ants will be answering the sound of the rise, foraging around. Therefore, in ancient times, people will hold the day of hibernation, incense, mugwort, smoked four corners of the home to scent to drive away snakes, insects, mosquitoes, rats and mildew.

3, the hibernation of this festival everything recovered. Hibernation season, the first warm and cold, in addition to pay attention to cold and warm, but also because the climate is relatively dry, it is easy to make people dry mouth, external cough. So folk have been eating pears in hibernation custom, pears can be eaten raw, steamed, juiced, baked or boiled water.

Expanded:

Hibernation has a fairly important significance in the agricultural work. China's working people from ancient times attach great importance to the hibernation season, as the beginning of spring plowing days. North China winter wheat began to grow, the soil is still alternating between freezing and thawing, timely harrowing is an important measure to reduce water evaporation.

"The hibernation is not harrowing, like a steamed bun gone gas", which is the local people's valuable experience in drought protection. Along the south of the river, wheat has been plucked, rape also began to see flowers, water, fertilizer requirements are very high, should be timely fertilizer, drought and little rain should be appropriate watering irrigation.

With the rise in temperature, the tea tree also gradually began to sprout, should be pruned, and timely application of "sprouting fertilizer" to promote its more branches, more leaves, improve tea production. Peach, pear, apple and other fruit trees should be good pre-flowering fertilizer.