Surprise the meaning of Liu Changqing's ancient poems
Willow has just sprouted, with few branches and leaves, and has not yet become a shade.
The crucian carp and shad in the pond have been playing and swimming in spring, like the reflection of willows entering the water.
Suddenly, the first thunder of spring awakened all things in the dormant world and competed for the growth of spring!
After the fright, it means the real arrival of spring, and the fright is one of the 24 solar terms.
Sting is the third of the 24 solar terms. On March 5th and 6th, every year, when the sun reaches 345 degrees, it is "in a daze". Sting means that when the weather gets warmer, spring thunder begins to sound, awakening hibernating animals that are dormant underground. Sting means hiding.
"Twenty-four solar terms" said: "February Festival, everything vibrates, and when it vibrates, it thunders, so it is called thunder. It's an escaped cockroach. "
Tao Yuanming, a poet in the Jin Dynasty, said in a poem: "In the spring rain, the east corner began to thunder, and everyone was lurking, and the vegetation was comfortable."
In fact, insects can't hear thunder. Spring is back, and the warmer weather is the reason why they end their hibernation and "run away in surprise". In China, the time when the spring thunder begins to ring is different from morning till night. On the average for many years, thunder can be heard in southern Yunnan around the end of 1, while the first thunder day in Beijing is in late April. The saying that "thunder begins with you" is consistent with the climate law in Jiangnan.
I was shocked that "spring thunder rings and everything grows." At this time, the temperature rises rapidly and the spring is getting stronger, especially in many areas of Guangxi. At this time, there is still cold air going south from time to time, and there may be "cold spring". Therefore, at this time, people should pay more attention to keep warm, change clothes at any time according to the weather changes, and put on shawls in the morning and evening to avoid the invasion of cold and dampness and prevent colds.
Changqing said in the poem "Surprise": "Spring comes when the willow is on, and the carp and carp in the pool are shaded early. Suddenly I heard the sound of thunder, animals and insects withered. " Sting like thunder on the ground, hibernating insects woke up. Reptiles and ants at home jumped up and began to stumble out of the cave and forage everywhere. After winter, eggs will begin to hatch, and pests in the fields will increase.
Therefore, in ancient times, people would hold wormwood and smoke the four corners of the house to drive away snakes, insects, mosquitoes, rats and molds with fragrance. Sun Simiao was a famous physician in the Tang Dynasty, and was honored as the "King of Medicine" by later generations. The classic ancient secret recipe "Thousand Women's Moon Order" says: "When you are afraid, you can drive out insects and ants outside the threshold of the lime jar." Lime has the effect of disinfection and disinfestation. On the day of the fright, I scattered it outside the threshold and in the yard, hoping that insects and ants would not dare to come to the door for a year and would not harass themselves.
In some areas of Shandong province, farmers burn pancakes in the yard on the day of fright, which means that smoke kills pests.
In some areas of Shaanxi, frightened people want to eat fried beans. People soak soybeans in salt water and stir-fry them in a pot, making a crackling sound, which symbolizes the jumping sound of insects when they are tortured by heat in the pot.
In Yanbei, Shanxi, farmers want to eat pears on the day of fright, which means to leave pests behind. Yao people in Jinxiu county, Guangxi, want to eat "fried insects" on the day of fright. After the "fried insects" were done, they were placed in the hall, and the whole family sat around to eat, shouting, "Eat fried insects, eat fried insects!" There will be a game in the fun place. Whoever eats fast and chews loudly will be congratulated for his contribution to eliminating pests.
After the shock, it is the real busy time of spring ploughing. In North China, winter wheat begins to turn green and needs to be loosened. But the wheat in Jiangnan has been jointing. In the south of the Yangtze River, we see more pieces of rape flowers to meet bees and tourists, which need to be watered and fertilized in time. Early rice will be sown in South China, and mountain tea trees in South China will begin to sprout. Green tea may have been watered before tomorrow.