The meaning of Jingzhe in the twenty-four solar terms is the third solar term in the twenty-four solar terms.
On March 5 or 6 every year, when the sun reaches 345 degrees of ecliptic longitude, it is called "Jingzhe". Jingzhe means that the weather is getting warmer and spring thunder begins to roar, awakening hibernating animals hibernating underground. Hiding means hiding.
The "Collection of the Seventy-Two Hours of the Moon Order" says: "On the February Festival, everything is shaken, and the earthquake is thunder, so it is called Jingzhe. It is the stinging insects that are frightened and run away."
Tao Yuanming, a poet of the Jin Dynasty, wrote in a poem: "The spring rains are prompting the beginning of thunder in the east. All the hives are hiding in fear, and the grass and trees are growing vertically and horizontally."
In fact, insects cannot listen. At the sound of thunder, spring returns to the earth and warming weather is what causes them to end hibernation and "flee in shock". The timing of the beginning of spring thunder varies across China. On average over many years, thunder can be heard in southern Yunnan around the end of January, while the first thunder day in Beijing is in late April. The saying "the start of thunder" is consistent with the climate pattern in the Jiangnan area along the Yangtze River.
The custom of Waking of Insects:
Sacrifice the white tiger to change right and wrong.
In Chinese folklore, the white tiger is the god of tongues, disputes, and disputes. It comes out every year to look for food on this day and bite people with its mouth. If you do this, during this year, you will often be troubled by evil villains, hinder your future development, and cause all kinds of troubles. In order to protect themselves, everyone sacrificed the white tiger on the day of the Waking of Insect.
The so-called white tiger sacrifice refers to a white tiger drawn on paper for worship. The paper tiger is usually yellow with black markings, and has a pair of fangs painted on the corner of the mouth. When worshiping, it is necessary to feed it with fat pig blood so that it will no longer hurt others with its mouth. Then, raw pork is smeared on the mouth of the paper tiger to make it full of oil and water, so that it cannot open its mouth to talk about people's right and wrong.