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Stinging is the second half of January to the first half of February in the lunar calendar, "shock" means "awakening", and "sting" refers to "insects hiding in the soil". Therefore, "sting" means that spring thunder wakes up insects that hibernate underground, and is often used as a spring season.
The Tang Dynasty poet Wei Yingwu also believed that the sting was a manifestation of the gradual arrival of spring, and wrote the Chinese poem "Guantian Family".
Although the "beginning of spring", which is two solar terms earlier than the sting, marks the beginning of spring, the shock of awakening insects and the recovery of all things allows us to feel the beginning of spring. In addition to thunder and insects, in China, there are three characteristics of the first waiting peach first flow, the second waiting for the cangming, and the third waiting eagle turning into a dove.
First of all, "peach first hua" refers to the period when peach blossoms bloom, after a winter of silence, the spring breeze blows to the earth again, peach trees are bathed in spring rain, bulging buds, and gradually blooming after stinging. Speaking of flowers, in fact, Shanghai's city flower magnolia is also open during the sting season.
Then there is the "Erhou Cang Gengming", which refers to the oriole starting to chirp and look for a mate. The chirping of orioles was also written into the poem of the Tang dynasty poet Du Fu: two orioles chirping green willows, a line of egrets on the blue sky. The oriole's habit is that male birds and female birds live and fly together, so it is also regarded as a symbol of "happy husband and wife".
Finally, let's look at the "three-waiting eagle dove", which means "eagle" becomes "cuckoo". The ancients thought that the fierce eagle transformed into a cuckoo because of the bright spring. In addition, in China, there is also a saying of "cuckoo urging plowing", and the cuckoo seems to urge farmers to hurry up and cultivate in the fields.
In Japan, the third stage of the sting changes slightly, called "vegetable worm butterfly", which means larvae feathering into butterflies. In China and Japan, the unifying feature of the stinging period is that there is more rain. In fact, there is such a legend about thunder and rain during the stinging season:
A long, long time ago, there was a severe drought in the Guanzhong region of Shaanxi Province, and the dry fields were dry and cracked, and it did not rain for many years. The local people prayed to the gods every day for rain, so the Jade Emperor ordered the grandson of the East Sea Dragon King to go and sow the rain. As a result, Xiaolong jumped into the river and completely forgot about sowing rain. At this time, after hearing this, a young man named Shuisheng in the village found a dragon lowering stick to stir the river, and the moment the dragon was fished out of the river, the sky was immediately covered with dark clouds and thunder. Finally, there was a thunderstorm.
This thunder is also called "Thunder Out of the Worm", which usually refers to the first thunder after the beginning of spring. However, the "thunder of insects" will also awaken pests, so there is a traditional custom of pest control in some parts of China during the sting season, in addition, Chinese folk also have the custom of eating pears in shock.
In China, "pear" is pronounced the same as "away", which has a different meaning, and has the beautiful meaning of staying away from pests and avoiding diseases in the spring when the weather is changeable. Therefore, the most recommended dish for everyone to make is stewed snow pear with rock sugar.
Ingredients required:
A pear, rock sugar to taste
First, peel the washed pear and cut the pear in half, removing the pits inside. Then cut the pear into slices about 1 cm thick, and then put the cut pear and rock sugar into the pot, usually 30 grams of rock sugar is enough. Next, simmer over low heat for about 15 minutes, waiting for the pears to soften and become transparent.
This dish has the effect of moisturizing the lungs and clearing heat, so you may wish to try it yourself.
From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, the temperature difference is large, and "nourishing yin and replenishing blood" is the focus of health preservation in this period. During the sting season, replenish the body with enough water through food and revitalize the blood.