Jingzhe is the third solar term among the 24 solar terms. This solar term represents the spring thunder. What customs are there in Jingzhe? What's the matter with playing villains on this day?
What is the custom of waking insects
1. Eat pancakes in Shandong Province
In some areas of Shandong Province, farmers burn pancakes in their courtyards on the day of waking up the insects.
2. Shaanxi Jingzhe eat fried beans
In Shaanxi, some areas have to eat fried beans. Soybeans are soaked in salt water and then stir fried in a pot, making a crackling sound, symbolizing the jumping sound of insects when they are heated in the pan.
3. Jingzhe eat 'fried insects' in Guangxi
In ethnic minority areas, Yao people in Jinxiu County of Guangxi Province want to eat "fried insects" on the Jingzhe day. After the "insects" are cooked, they are put in the hall. The whole family will sit around and eat and shout: "eat fried insects, eat fried insects!" there will be competitions in the fun places. The faster and louder the eating, everyone will congratulate him on his contribution to eliminating pests. In fact, insect is corn, which is symbolic.
4. How to turn the sting into a villain
There is a custom of beating villains to drive away bad luck on the day of waking up insects. Playing villains on this day has a special implication. As mentioned above, the day of waking up the insects is Xinsi day. In terms of the zodiac, Xinsi is a snake. People with the zodiac of pig and tiger have bad luck, especially those who are afraid of committing villains. If you feel that someone is always making trouble in your work and life, and there are signs of a third party invading your feelings, you might as well try cutting a small paper and burning it on the same day. People who belong to snakes and horses have poor financial fortune. Depending on their own situation, they can put Obsidian eight trigrams array on their desks to resolve villains' rights and wrongs and increase noble people's fortune.
5. Sacrifice white tiger to resolve right and wrong
In Chinese folklore, white tiger is the God of speech and right and wrong. Every year, it will come out to look for food and bite people. If it is committed, it will be attacked by evil villains, which will hinder your future development and lead to all kinds of difficulties. In order to protect themselves, they sacrificed the white tiger on the day of the sting. The so-called sacrifice to white tiger refers to the white tiger painted on paper for worship. The paper tiger is generally yellow and black with a pair of tusks painted at the corner of its mouth. When offering sacrifices, they should be fed with fat pig blood so that they will not hurt people when they are full. Then, the paper tiger's mouth is smeared with raw pork to make it full of oil and water.
6. Beat villains to get rid of bad luck
It is a symbol of the beginning of February in the lunar calendar. It can wake up all the hibernating snakes, insects, rats and ants with a sound of thunder. The reptiles and ants in the house will rise again and look for food everywhere. So in ancient times, people would smoke the four corners of the house with fragrance and wormwood to drive away snakes, insects, mosquitoes, mice and mildew with fragrance. Over time, it gradually evolved into the habit of beating enemies and driving out bad luck, which is the predecessor of "beating villains".