In the season of the Waking of Insects, spring thunder begins to roar, awakening the stinging insects that have been hibernating underground over the winter. The iconic feature of the Jingzhe solar term is the sudden movement of spring thunder and the vitality of all things. The peaches are red and the plums are white, the warblers are singing and the swallows are coming, and the cuckoos are urging the plowing.
The Awakening of Insects is divided into three periods: "The first period is when peach blossoms begin; the second period is when Cang Geng (orioles) sing; the third period is when eagles turn into doves." The description is that it is mid-spring, with red peach blossoms, white pear blossoms, and orioles. It is the time when swallows cry and fly. According to the general climate rules, the weather in various places has begun to get warmer around the time of the Waking of Insects, with more rain and most areas have entered spring plowing. When various insects hibernating in the soil are awakened, the eggs that have spent the winter will also begin to hatch. It can be seen that the Waking of Insects is a solar term that reflects natural phenological phenomena.
The flower trade winds during the Jingzhe period are peach blossoms in the first season, Ditang in the second season, and roses in the third season. The peach blossoms touched by the rain, dripping with water, all restrained their frivolous wildness and became calm and graceful. A light pink spreads faintly from the very end of the petals. When it spreads to the deepest part, it becomes an infinitely gentle trace of red. Or maybe it's the rouge on the beauty's cheeks that turns into the most beautiful cup of wine in spring, making people drunk.
Customs:
Eat pears, cover drum skins, beat villains, sacrifice white tigers, etc.
Proverb:
A spring thunder shakes everything.
The thunder of spring makes all things grow.
Nine-nine plus one-nine, cattle are plowing everywhere.
When spring thunder rings, farmers turn from idle to busy.