"A slight rain is new, a thunder sting begins", "the sting festival to smell the thunder, wake up the dormant overwintering insects", "spring thunder frightens the hundred insects", which refers to the sting season, the spring thunder begins to sound, the spring qi sprouts, and awakens the stinging insects that are lying on the ground for the winter. The "Explanation of the Seventy-Two Waiting Collections of the Moon Order" also says: "On the February Festival, everything is shocked, and the earthquake is thunder, so it is known as a sting." It was the stinging that flew away. ”
It feels like spring thunder is like an alarm clock, and the rumbling thunder sounds, so "the stinging worms are frightened and go away".
Was it really spring thunder that woke up the insects?
Not really. In fact, insects cannot hear thunder. During the sting season, the earth springs back, the weather warms, and what awakens the animals is actually a silent warmth, which is more powerful than thunder, and it is also the real reason why they end hibernation and "go away".
Source Beijing Daily Client | Reporter Luo Qianwen Edited Ju Li
Edited by Hu Decheng
Process Editor Yan Shengmiao