1. Sacrificing the White Tiger to Resolve Right and Wrong
According to the folklore in China, the White Tiger is the god of words and right and wrong. Every year, it comes out to feed on this day and eats people. If you commit crimes, 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 the fright. The so-called white tiger sacrifice,
refers to the white tiger painted with paper, which is generally yellow and black with a pair of fangs painted at the corner. When offering sacrifices, you need to feed it with the blood of a fat pig, so that it won't hurt people after eating, and then put raw pork on the mouth of a paper tiger to make it full of oil and water, and you can't open your mouth to tell people right and wrong.
2. Eat pears in shock
There is a folk custom of "eat pears in shock". There is no trace of when the pear was eaten, but there is such a story passed down from generation to generation among the people in Qixian County. Legend has it that Qu Ji, a well-known Shanxi merchant in the sea, was the eldest son of Shangdang County. In the early years of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, he took two sons, Xin and Yi, and used Shangdang's Lu Ma and pears to switch coarse cloth and red dates in Qixian County, making profits from them.
After a long time, he had savings and settled down in Qixian County. During the reign of Yongzheng, the 14th canal traveled to the west, which was the day of the surprise. His father took out pears for him to eat, and said, "Our ancestors started their business by selling pears, and after going through hardships, they settled in Qixian County. Today, you are surprised to go to the west.
Eating pears is to make you not forget your ancestors and strive to start a business that glorifies your ancestors. Qu Baichuan went to the west to get rich by doing business, and named the font size "Changyuanhou". Later, westerners followed suit and ate pears, mostly with the intention of "leaving home to start a business". Later, they also ate pears when they were shocked, and they also had the idea of "trying to honor their ancestors".
3. Stunned skin
The fright was caused by thunder. The ancients imagined that Thor was a bird's beak, a winged god, holding a hammer in one hand and hitting many heavenly drums around his body with one hand, giving off rumbling thunder. On this day of fright, there was a thunder god beating the drum in heaven, and the world also used this opportunity to cover the drum. Zhou Li, Volume 4, "Waving People" said: "Anyone who blows drums will start to sting. "
Note:" Sting, even in Meng Chun, stinging insects start to smell thunder and move; Drum, the image is also taken; Take it, be ignorant of it. " It can be seen that not only the ecology of all kinds of insects is compatible with the operation of all seasons, but also the human beings, the spirit of all things, should adapt to the weather, so that everything can achieve twice the result with half the effort. ?
4. "Beat the villain" to drive away the mildew
The folk custom of "Beating the villain"
Stinking symbolizes the beginning of February, which will wake up all the hibernating snakes, insects, rats and ants, and the reptiles and ants at home will rise up and feed everywhere. Therefore, in ancient times, people would smoke the four corners of their homes with fragrance and wormwood to drive away snakes, insects, mosquitoes, rats and musty smells. Over time, it gradually evolved into the habit of slapping people who are unhappy and driving away bad luck, which is the predecessor of "beating villains".
Therefore, every year, there will be an interesting scene on the day of the fright: a woman beats a paper doll with wooden slippers, and at the same time, she mumbles, "Beat your little head until you are so angry that you will feel sick when you eat."
It is said in "A Thousand Daughters' Moon Order": "When you are scared, you can get rid of insects and ants when you take out the lime jar. "Lime originally had the effect of killing insects. On the day of being shocked, it was sprinkled outside the threshold, thinking that insect ants were afraid to come to the door within a year. This is the same as shaking clothes when they heard thunder. They all gave it a duel when the insects were stung, hoping that pests would not harass themselves.
5. Express one's inner resentment
Many people deify "beating villains", but this is purely a folk custom. The purpose of beating villains is to drive away the villains around them and vent their inner dissatisfaction by slapping the paper dolls representing their opponents. Most people beat villains, with the general purpose of seeking all the best in the new year, and they are "beaten" because of earthquakes. The purpose of beating villains is to hope that they will retreat and express their inner grievances.
Extended information
"Spring thunder rings, everything grows long", and it is a good sunny day in September when the temperature rises, the rain increases, and farmers have no leisure. It can be described as Heshui Zuo's "a thunderbolt awakens snakes and insects, and several showers are drizzling with purple. In 1999, the wind in the south of the Yangtze River warmed up, and the green fields began to spring ploughing. "
at this time, the average temperature in most areas of China has risen above ℃ except the northeast and northwest areas, the average daily temperature in North China is 3-6℃, the average daily temperature in the south of the Yangtze River is above 8℃, and the southwest and south China are still 1-15℃, which is already a harmonious spring.
"Spring thunder scares all insects", but the warm climate conditions are conducive to the occurrence and spread of many diseases and insect pests, and weeds in the field have sprouted one after another, so it is necessary to do a good job in pest control and intertillage weeding in time. "Peach blossoms bloom, swine fever comes", and the epidemic prevention of poultry and livestock should also be paid attention to. At this time, the temperature has risen rapidly, and spring thunder has gradually appeared in most areas of the Yangtze River Basin.
In most parts of southern China, the first sound of spring thunder can also be heard in perennial rain and fright; In the northwest of North China, except for a few years, there is usually no thunder until Qingming.
Sting and thunder attract the most attention. For example, "it thunders before the shock, and the clouds will not open for forty-nine days." The solar term of fright is in the middle of cold and warm, and the proverbs that predict the weather in the later period according to the cold and warm are: "Cold fright, warm spring equinox" and so on. The wind of the sting festival is also used as a basis for predicting the weather in the later period. Such as "the north wind blows when you are scared, and you will spend the winter from the beginning" and "the south wind blows when you are scared, and the seedlings are planted late".
Modern meteorological science shows that the occasional thunder before and after the "sting" is caused by the increasing humidity of the earth, which leads to the rise of hot air near the surface or the strong and frequent activities of hot and humid air northward. From the process of natural phenology in various parts of China, due to the large span between north and south, the time when spring thunder begins to sound is different sooner or later. Thunder can be heard in southern Yunnan around the end of January, while the first thunder day in Beijing is in late April. The statement that "the thunder begins when you are startled" is only consistent with the climate law along the Yangtze River basin.
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