The Meaning, Characteristics and Customs of Frightening Solar Terms

1 The meaning of solar terms is also called "starting to sting", which means that when the weather gets warmer, the spring thunder starts to sound, awakening snakes, insects, rats and ants that are dormant underground for the winter. "Sting" means hiding. In fact, insects can't hear thunder. Spring came back, and the rhythm of nature made all kinds of mantis feel it, so they began to stir.

2 the characteristics of the shocking solar terms The symbolic feature of the shocking solar terms is that the spring thunder suddenly moves and everything is full of vitality. After the solar term, the warm and humid air mass in the south became active and the temperature rose rapidly. Spring thunder gradually appeared in most areas south of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, while thunder did not appear in northwest North China until Qingming except in a few years. Because of China's vast territory and long climate span, "Thunder" only coincides with the natural rhythm of parts of southern China.

The custom of shocking solar terms is to sacrifice to the white tiger. According to folklore, the white tiger is the god of tongue and right and wrong. Every year, it will come out to feed and bite in the terrible season. If it is offensive, you will often encounter villains during this year, causing all kinds of troubles. In order to protect themselves, everyone sacrificed a white tiger, that is, a white tiger painted with paper, on the day of shock, so that people would no longer be hurt and said that people were right and wrong.

Beating villains has the custom of beating villains to get rid of bad luck, which makes everything sprout and the world shake. The purpose of beating villains is to drive away the bad luck of villains around them, and to vent their inner dissatisfaction by shooting paper dolls representing just people. This is the custom of "beating a villain".

What traditional food do you eat when you are shocked? There is a folk custom of "eating pears in surprise", which means to say goodbye to pests. In addition, when the temperature rises after the solar term, people are often thirsty and cough due to exogenous factors, while pears are cold and sweet, and have the effects of moistening the lungs and relieving cough, nourishing yin and clearing heat. Eating pears at this time is very nourishing to the body.

In some areas of Shaanxi, eat beans and eat fried beans. People soak soybeans in salt water and stir-fry them in a pot. Fried beans crackle, symbolizing the sound of insects jumping when they are tortured by heating in the pot.