Customs at the time of hibernation

Customs at the time of hibernation include worshipping the White Tiger, beating the little man, eating pears, stir-frying soybeans, and frying corn.

1, sacrifice to the White Tiger

There is a legend among the people that the White Tiger is the god of right and wrong, in the hibernation of this day will come out to feed, whoever accidentally touched this monster, it can only be self-defeating, in order to avoid disaster, everyone will be in the hibernation of the day to sacrifice to the White Tiger.

2, hit the little man

Hibernation this day, a thunder, spring everything wakes up, rats and flies and so on all awakened, began to scurry around looking for food, so people will be in the hibernation of this day, smoked with wormwood to smoke every corner of the home in order to drive away these snakes, insects and ants, for a long time, snakes, insects and ants are not accustomed to the people or the little man instead of the natural. The custom of "hitting the little man".

3, eat pear

In some areas in the north of China, there are hibernation this day to eat the custom of pear.

4, fried soybeans

In some areas, there is a day of hibernation fried soybean custom, first soybeans soaked in salt water, and then fished out and drained, put in a pot of frying, soybeans in a pot of crackling sound, like pests in the pot of frying the sound of bouncing, implying the elimination of pests.

5, fried corn

In some areas of Guangxi, people have the habit of eating fried corn on the day of the hibernation, in fact, people take the corn as pests.