What is the fall equinox bug?

? The so-called "autumn equinox bugs" simply refers to the bugs of the autumn equinox. Proverbs have "autumn equinox bugs, big concentration" said that in the autumn equinox, it is all kinds of bugs all the time, this time is also ready to hibernate season.

? "Autumn Equinox Bugs" in addition to the general reference to the "Autumn Equinox" time of the various types of insects, but also in folklore refers to those who appear at the autumnal equinox of its own value of the bugs. This is a special term for "autumn equinox bugs". The following are introduced.

I. "Autumn equinox bugs" refers to earwigs

? The Cang Ear Worm is a medicinal herb that can be used to cure diseases. In China's traditional medicine, there is a famous formula "sesame oil mixed with fall worm". Its practice is described in various traditional recipes, that is, in the autumn equinox collection of Cang Erzhao simmering cream, and Cang Erzhao on the "autumn equinox bugs" immersed in sesame oil standby. Folks call the bugs on Cang Er Grass "Autumn Equinox Bugs".

Autumn Equinox Worm

? Someone once wrote that there was a kind of grass in the village that had a thick stem, and inside the stem there was a kind of fleshworm about the length of a fingernail. On the day of the autumnal equinox, break the stem of the grass, catch the worm out, and put it into a jar of vegetable oil and soak it, and it never rotted. People say that the bug is very effective in curing boils.

? This folk prescription is recorded in ancient texts. Autumn equinox worm (Cang Er worm) its medicine was first seen in the Materia Medica Compendium, said it has the "treatment of boils, malignant poison" effect.

Second, the "autumn equinox bug" refers to the grass bug

? This bug mainly originates in the Pearl River Delta region. There, the harvest bugs are divided into several kinds of authentic harvest bugs, lychee bugs, harvest bugs, grass-head bugs, and autumn equinox bugs. The kind of worm called "Autumn Equinox Worm" is produced in the autumn equinox.

? Worms are also known as groundworms. Those that come out of the water in March and April of the lunar calendar are called "lychee worms". They are small in size and have a fishy odor when eaten. August and September of the lunar calendar out of the water insects, called "autumn equinox bugs", also known as "flower bugs".

? It is said that the worm is a high-protein food, known as the "feast in the unique dishes".

Three, the climate characteristics of the autumnal equinox

? Autumnal equinox bugs are said to be related to the climatic characteristics of the autumnal equinox.

? Whenever the autumn high season, it marks the arrival of the autumn equinox. Like the vernal equinox, the autumnal equinox is another equalization and balance of heaven and earth, sun and moon, day and night, yin and yang within a year.

? The so-called "autumnal equinox", the ancients called the "yin and yang half" "day and night are equal and cold and heat", which means that by the time of the autumnal equinox, the day and night are equally divided, but also the fall of the equalization.

? On this day, the sun shines almost directly on the equator, and the day and night times are equal, which is the same as the spring equinox. Starting from the autumnal equinox, the temperature begins to drop day by day, gradually stepping into the late fall season.

? The Three Weather Events of the Autumn Equinox express the climatic characteristics of the Autumn Equinox, which are:

? One Waiting for the thunder to begin to close its voice. The thunder and lightning finally come to an end, and only after next year's hibernation will the sound of thunder be heard again.

? The second wait for the stinging insects to billet. In a poem by Wang Anshi of the Song Dynasty, he wrote: "The distant branches are empty, and the cold insects want to billet their homes." The word "billet" refers to fine soil. The meaning of this poem is: the autumn equinox blew in, the leaves drifted down the tree branches empty; the weather gradually became cold, the hibernating insects began to hide in their burrows, sealing up the holes with fine soil to prevent the cold from invading. This poem describes the climatic characteristics of the autumn equinox.

? The water begins to dry up in the third equinox. After the autumnal equinox, rainfall decreases significantly, the weather becomes drier, and water vapor evaporates faster, so the water level of rivers and lakes becomes lower, and shallow water and marshes may still dry up. But this does not mean that there is no rainfall, Tang Dynasty poet Li Shangyin's poem "Bashan night rain rises in the autumn pool" is written in the autumn rain.

? The answer to the "autumn equinox bug" is largely as above. To summarize:Autumn bugs refers to the autumn equinox bugs in general, but also in different areas of the specific bugs. The first and second points introduce the two common specific references, one is the alewife and the other is the grasshopper. The third point is to explain why the "autumnal equinox" will produce autumn bugs, the answer is related to the climate characteristics, that is, at this time is the big concentration of insects and ready to hibernate.