Phenology of the Twenty-four Solar Terms: Three Phenomena of Mang Species and Their Legends

Yuan Zhen, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, once wrote: "When you look at the present, the stinging insects should tighten their belts. Clouds rise and fall, birds come and go. Lotus blooms in the swamp, and it is windy and rainy in summer. I met silkworms and wheat, but I was lucky enough to be called a man. " Draw a picture of the countryside in the awning season. The ancients in China divided the fifteen days before and after mango seeds into three periods. Today's Old Yellow Calendar will sort out the explanation of the third phase of mango seeds and related legends and stories for everyone.

The three stages of the awning refer to dividing the fifteen days before and after the awning into three equal parts. Wait every five days: "Wait for the mantis to be born; Second, wait for Peng to start singing; The third-class tongue is silent. " It means that in this solar term, the eggs laid by mantis broke their shells and gave birth to nymphs last autumn, and then Shrike began to sing in the branches, but the mockingbirds (it is said that this kind of birds can imitate other birds) stopped singing.

When mango grows up, mantis will be born.

The life span of mantis is generally one generation per year, and the life span of a mantis is about six to eight months. Waiting for the awn to grow, that is to say, from June 6 to June 10 every year, the eggs laid by mantis in late autumn last year broke into little mantis because they felt the birth of Yin Qi. Of course, the hatching of mantis eggs will be slightly different according to the different climate and environment.

When the awn is planted, it will begin to sing.

The second season of awn seed usually lasts from June 1 1 to June 15 every year. Shrike is a small carnivorous bird, also known as "white snail bird" and "shrike head". It is an important insect-eating bird with fierce nature. Their main feature is that their mouths are large and powerful, with hooks and notches at the top of their mouths, which are slightly like eagle's mouths. Shrike used to call it "anchovies". Shrike, an ancient bird, has a long history among ancient people. The allusions of the idiom "Old Swallow Walks" and "Qi Bo Laohu" all come from Shrike.

Legend has it that in Zhou Xuanwang, a clever minister, Yin Jifu, listened to his second wife's greedy words and killed his beloved son, Birch, by mistake. Bai Hua's younger brother Bo Feng mourned his brother's misfortune and wrote a sad poem. Yin Jifu regretted it after hearing this.

One day, in the suburbs, Yin Jifu saw a bird he had never seen before, and stopped on a mulberry tree to chirp at it. The voice is very sad and sad. Yin Jifu suddenly thought that the bird was the incarnation of his son, Birch, so he said, "Birch, if you were my son, Birch would fly and stop in my carriage." As soon as the words were finished, the bird really flew over and stopped in the carriage, so Yin Jifu took the bird home.

When he got home, the bird stopped at the well and whined at the house. Yin Jifu pretended to shoot birds, picked up a bow and arrow and shot into the second room to comfort birch. Although the story is close to myth, the name of shrike comes from the word "Burch's works". It can be seen that the well-known shrike is the characteristic of recording solar terms.

Third, third, silent tongue.

There are three seasons, usually from June 16 to June 20th every year. At this time, the Dragon Boat Festival, which has the strongest yang in a year, has passed, and the yin is slightly healthy. The ear of the ear waited for three days and then became silent. It is said that mockingbirds who can imitate all kinds of birds began to stop singing during this period, indicating that villains appeared. The simulated bird is a little bigger, and its song is sweet, but not as sweet as that of European subspecies. The beep in early warning is similar, and dzeeb sounds when flying.

Another view is that the mockingbird is a blackbird. The blackbird is a common resident bird in southern China. Although its feathers are simple, its appearance is not surprising. But it is indeed a skilled ventriloquist among birds. The blackbird's singing is loud and clear, and its voice is like "Ji Ji Ji", so it is also called blackbird.

During the breeding season in spring, the songs of blackbirds are melodious and changeable, and they are especially good at imitating the songs of other birds, such as thrush, oriole, leaf warbler and even chicks, and their songs are vivid and constant, such as being covered by their tongues. The ancients thought that blackbirds could "repeat the sound of birds" and called it "hundred tongues" or "anti-tongues"

Wen Tong, a poet in the Song Dynasty, once wrote a poem praising him: "Birds kiss their throats in spring, and the forest is full of sunshine. One hundred languages are the most meaningless, and you can learn all the songs of birds. " In the Tang Dynasty, Liu Yuxi also praised it as: "There are many voices in spring, and the oriole swallows nothing."

"Yi Wei Tong Guayan" also has "midsummer moon, silent tongue; There is a saying that the tongue is sounding and people are on the side. People believe that the voice of blackbirds can prove people's loyalty and betrayal. Therefore, Du Fu has a poem saying: "Where does the family debate come from? Only spring is reported. A bosom friend speaks many languages, and there are many bodies in the whole process. It is difficult to see flowers in dense storage, and the branches are high and new, which is out of date. There are people over there. "Of course, these last two sentences have no scientific basis.