Traditional Activities and Taboos of Terror Solar Terms

After the shocking solar terms, the climate in most areas gradually warmed up and everything began to recover; Although the weather is getting warmer, it is suggested that everyone should pay attention to prevent colds in late spring. The following are the traditional activities and taboos I have compiled for you, hoping to help you.

A thrilling traditional activity.

Sacrifice the white tiger to solve right and wrong

According to the folklore in China, the white tiger is the god of tongue and right and wrong. Every year it comes out to feed and eat people. If you commit a crime, you will often be made waves by evil villains this year, which will hinder your future development and lead to all kinds of troubles.

In order to protect themselves, everyone sacrificed the white tiger on the day of shock. The so-called white tiger sacrifice refers to the white tiger painted with paper for sacrifice. Paper tigers are usually yellow and black, with a pair of fangs painted on the corners.

When offering sacrifices, you need to feed it with the blood of the fat pig, so that it won't hurt people after eating it, and then put raw pork on the mouth of the paper tiger, so that it is covered with oil and water and can't open its mouth to tell people right and wrong.

You should eat pears when you are frightened.

Because the weather is obviously warmer after the sting, people are prone to dry mouth and cough due to exogenous factors. Pear is cold and sweet, and has the effects of moistening lung, relieving cough, nourishing yin and clearing heat. Eating pears at this time is very nourishing to the body.

You should put on a drum skin when you are afraid.

Fear is caused by thunder. The ancients imagined Thor as a bird's beak, a winged god, holding a hammer in one hand and knocking on many drums around his body in the other, making a rumbling thunder. On this shocking day, Raytheon played drums in the sky, and the world also took this opportunity to cover the drums.

"Beat the villain" to drive away the bad luck

The folk custom of "beating a villain" symbolizes that in early February, all hibernating snakes, insects, rats and ants will be awakened with a thunder, and reptiles and ants at home will also get up and look for food everywhere.

Therefore, in ancient times, people would smoke the four corners of their homes with incense and wormwood to drive away snakes, insects, mosquitoes, rats and musty smells. Over time, it gradually evolved into the habit of slapping unhappy people and driving away bad luck, which is the predecessor of "beating villains".

Many people deify "beating villains", but this is purely a folk custom. The purpose of beating villains is to drive away the villains around you and vent their inner dissatisfaction by patting the paper dolls representing their opponents.

The purpose of most people beating villains is to hope that everything will go well in the new year, and the targets of being "beaten" are mainly "villains" and so-called "mistresses" encountered in life and work.

What are the taboos of the shocking solar terms?

1, Sacrifice to the White Tiger

In ancient folklore, the white tiger is the tongue and the god of right and wrong. On this day every year, it will come out for food and bite. If you commit a crime, you will often be made waves by evil villains, which will hinder your future development and lead to all kinds of difficulties. In order to protect themselves, everyone sacrificed the white tiger on the day of shock. The so-called white tiger sacrifice refers to the white tiger painted with paper for sacrifice. Paper tigers are usually yellow and black, with a pair of fangs painted on the corners. When offering sacrifices, you need to feed it with the blood of the fat pig, so that it won't hurt people after eating it, and then put raw pork on the mouth of the paper tiger, so that it is covered with oil and water and can't open its mouth to tell people right and wrong.

2. "Beating Little People"

Generally, it is carried out in dark places such as fork in the road, bridge bottom, roadside and hillside. It is said that such a place is more lively, more likely to provoke ghosts and gods and restrain villains. Although beating villains can also be carried out in normal times, it has special significance. It is said that the effect is the best on this day of shock. Because when they are frightened, both pests and beneficial insects come out to move, but at this time their strength is still relatively weak, and there is no climate, so it is easier to fight. So is the villain. Giving a head-on attack before the villain becomes a climate can play a role in suppressing the villain, hitting the villain and keeping the villain away.

3. "No engagement, no marriage" before and after the shock.

Legend has it that Lei Gong often goes out on business, and thunder rumbles from time to time, so it is forbidden to hold marriages between people during this period. If there is an offender, he will be punished by Lei Gong, and his marriage will be improper and his family will be unhappy. Therefore, in order to avoid taboos, there is generally no blind date, engagement or marriage during this period.

The origin of eating pears in shock

There is not much precipitation in the thorn season, and the climate is still relatively dry. People get thirsty easily. Raw pears are cold and sweet, and have the effects of moistening the lungs and relieving cough, nourishing yin and clearing heat. Therefore, people have the custom of eating pears in shock.

But there is another legend about the origin of eating pears. Ancestor Qu Ji, a well-known Shanxi businessman in China, is from Shangdang's eldest son county. In the early years of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, he took his two sons, Xin and Yi, and traded the Party's pears for coarse cloth and red dates in Qixian for profit. Over time, he had savings and settled down in Qixian County. During the Yongzheng period, the 14th Qu Baichuan sailed to the Western Ocean, which was a day of shock. His father took out pears for him to eat, saying that his ancestors had gone through hardships and settled in Qixian County. Today, you are going to the west, eating pears is to make you not forget your ancestors, work hard to start a business, and honor your ancestors. Hundreds of rivers went west to get rich in business, so the name of the store was named "After Changyuan". Later, westerners followed suit and ate pears, mostly with the intention of "leaving home to start a business". Later, they also ate pears on the day of panic, and they also had the idea of "trying to worship their ancestors."