"Rumble --" Listen! Spring is coming!

A thunder awakening of insects, spring back to all things. March 5 this year marks the Awakening of Insects, one of the 24 solar terms. This season, the end of the ninth month, spring budding, all things to glory, peach blossom powder buds dyed branches, willow leaves spout green, the landscape is suddenly bright up, hibernating a winter of small animals have been out to enjoy the warm sun, the atmosphere of spring more and more strong.

Positive qi memory warding evil

Awakening of Insects is the third solar term in the 24 solar terms, marking the beginning of mid-spring. "Xia Xiaozheng" records: "The first month of the beginning of the insects, insects also. All things surprise, shock for thunder, so called Awakening of insects. I was frightened by insects and ran away." The original name of Awakening of Insects is "Qi Zhe", "Qi" means open, "Zhe" means hiding, in the winter, many animals hide and hibernate, known as Zhe Zhe, and wait until the earth returns to spring the next year, known as Zhe Zhe. In the Han Dynasty, people changed "Qi Zhe" to "Awakening of Insects" to avoid the name of Liu Qi, Emperor Jing of Han.

Awakening of Insects is the call of spring. Lu You, a Song Dynasty poet, intoned in "Hearing Thunder" : "Thunder is popular in awakening of insects, and the sky opens and the earth turns to Hongjun." Why is the Awakening of Insects closely related to thunder? At this time, the earth quickly warmed, cold and warm air collided to form strong convection weather, easy to thunder. However, due to the large span of China's north and south, the time of spring thunder beginning to sound is very different. The first thunder can be heard in southern Yunnan around the end of January;

In Jiangnan, most of South China and the southern part of Southwest China, the first thunder can be heard in February; In most parts of North China and the eastern part of Northwest China, most of the initial mines occurred in April. The places consistent with the initial thunder of Awakening of insects are concentrated in Jianghuai, Jianghan and most of Sichuan.

"Flat a spring thunder ring, startled all things wake up to sleep." It was previously thought that animals might wake up from hibernation because of thunder. But what really wakes up hibernating animals is the rumble of thunder? It is the so-called "Yang and awakening of insects, things are spring", in fact, it is the gradually rising temperature to wake up hibernating insects. Sometimes, the warmth of silence is more powerful than the sound of thunder.

Awakening of insects there are three waiting, a waiting peach beginning Hua; Two hou cang geng Ming; Three waiting eagle into a dove. "Hua" means flower, "Canggeng" refers to the oriole, the Awakening of Insects season, peach blossoms bloom in spring, pink peach blossoms like clouds like brocade, oriole birds in the tree singing a wonderful song. The ancients found that during the third season of Awakening of Insects, there were fewer eagles in the sky, but more cuckoo birds on the ground, so they thought that the eagle in the sky may have turned into a cuckoo on the ground, which is really a beautiful misunderstanding brought by the Awakening of Insects.

"The Awakening of insects is one to one hundred insects." With the arrival of Awakening of Insects, insects that have been dormant all winter begin to come out. Ancient people believed that insects carried germs, easy to cause infectious diseases, and some insects would be harmful to crops, so they summed up many ways to deal with the occurrence of insects. On the day of Awakening of Insects, people often sprinkle lime powder at the door to drive away insects, and hold mogwort to smoke the four corners of the house to drive away snakes, insects, mosquitoes, mice and musty smells. Over time, the custom of "beating villains" to drive away bad luck has gradually formed.

The rise in temperature after the Awakening of Insects is conducive to the breeding of microorganisms such as bacteria and viruses, and infectious diseases such as influenza, epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis, epidemic hemorrhagic fever, acute gastroenteritis, chickenpox, measles, hand, foot and mouth disease and conjunctivitis are also active. "Huangdi Neijing" believes that "healthy qi is stored in, evil cannot be done", "where evil is gathered, its qi will be deficient". In the view of traditional Chinese medicine, the prevention of spring infectious diseases, need to enhance the physique, maintain the body's healthy, to resist the invasion of germs or viruses, at this time should eat some heat detoxification "antibacterial" food, such as garlic, green Onions, dandelion, green tea, mushrooms, etc., most of them enjoy the reputation of "natural antibiotics".

Eat pears moisten dryness long spirit

"Light rain all the new, a thunder Jingzhe beginning. The Tian family was idle for a few days, and the farming began." Tang Dynasty poet Wei Yingwu, walking in the fields of his hometown, saw the growth of all things in the light rain, the farmers began to busy with farming, and the heart touched and wrote this song "Guan Tian Home". Folk saying "to the Awakening of Insects, hoe does not stop", Awakening of insects is regarded as the beginning of the spring farming season in China. This time of year, the thunder gradually frequency, each thunder can bring a lot of nitrogen fertilizer to the land, to help crops grow, so every family is busy packing the land, sowing crops, hoping to have a good harvest this year.

On the Awakening of Insects, there is a folk custom of eating pears. "Pear" homophonic "away", it is said that eating pears after Awakening of insects means the separation of crops from pests, and also hopes to keep diseases away from the body in the changeable spring climate. In Shaanxi, Shanxi, northern Anhui and northern Jiangsu, there is a popular saying that "eating a pear after Awakening of insects will keep the spirit of the year".

There is also a story in Qixian county, Shanxi Province. Legend is famous in the Jin Shang Qu family, ancestor Qu Ji is Shangdang eldest county people (now Shanxi Changzhi). Ming Dynasty Hongwu early years, he took the letter, Yi two sons, using the party Lu hemp and pear for Qi county coarse cloth, red dates, and profit between the two places, gradually have savings, then settled down in Qi County city. During the Yongzheng years, the fourteenth canal hundred rivers walk west, it is the day of Awakening of Insects, his father took out pears to let him eat, and told him: "Ancestors sold pears business, after hardships, settle Qi County, today you have to walk west, eat pears is to let you do not forget ancestors, and strive to start a business." Later, Qubaichuan went to Xikou business and became rich. Since then, many people who went to Xikou also followed his example of eating pears, meaning "leaving home to start a business", and later people also ate pears on the Awakening of Insects, and also had the idea of "striving to honor the ancestors".

Eating pears after Awakening of insects is not only a good idea, but also contains the wisdom of traditional Chinese medicine. During the Awakening of Insects, the temperature rises quickly, which is easy to make people dry mouth and cough. "Compendium of Materia Medica" records, "pear, benefit also, its sex downward fluent." Pear cold taste sweet, has the effect of clearing heat and nourishing Yin, liyan Shengjin, moistening lung cough and phlegm, very suitable for eating at this time.

There are many ways to eat pears, such as raw, steamed, juiced, roasted or boiled. People with weak spleen and stomach can cook pears and eat them to avoid gastrointestinal discomfort. Pear is cold, do not eat too much at a time, otherwise the spleen and stomach, spleen and stomach deficiency cold and high blood sugar people should not eat raw pears. In addition, loquat, lily, tremella tremella, lotus root, yam, jujube and other foods also have the effect of moistening the lung and strengthening the spleen, suitable for consumption in this solar term.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that in spring, the human body needs to ease the liver, regulate qi, detoxify, dredge the blockage that has been caused, so that the liver Qi can rise, and vent out the pathogenic forces lurking in the body in winter. Therefore, spring should be appropriate to supplement the liver, nourish the liver, protect the liver, such as drinking chrysanthemum tea, white chrysanthemum is better. The ancient book records: "chamomile, take white, its light body, taste slightly bitter, peaceful nature, pure products." Brewing white chrysanthemum tea can play a role in calming liver Yang and clearing liver heat.

"Misty rain wet appendix dry, apricot flower awakening cold." Traditional Chinese medicine believes that during the Awakening of insects, the body's Yang is not sufficient, and eating cold food is easy to damage the body's Yang.

At this time, people should eat less cold food such as cold drinks, cold fruits, and raw and cold seafood. Due to the temperature changes during the Awakening of Insects, hot and cold stimulation can make the human immune function decline, easy to catch A cold, at this time you can eat more tomatoes, purse purse, citrus, lemon and other fresh fruits and vegetables rich in vitamin C, you can also eat more carrots, amaranth and other foods rich in vitamin A, can improve the human immune function, enhance the human body disease resistance.

Early to bed and early to rise

"Spring sleep is not aware of dawn, everywhere can hear birds singing." Like the Tang Dynasty poet Meng Haoran, many people are prone to drowsiness and sleepiness in spring, and there is a saying of "spring sleepiness" in ancient China.

In the view of traditional Chinese medicine, "spring sleepiness" is a natural reaction of the interaction between the human body and the natural environment, rather than a disease. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that spring is wood and is closely related to liver function. The liver is responsible for the relaxation of the body's qi and the balance of emotions.

Spring Yang rise, liver qi with vigorous, if the liver qi is smooth, the human spirit is happy, if the liver qi is not smooth, it is easy to cause "spring sleepy". The Huangdi Neijing states: "Liver Qi governs spring... If the liver is relaxed, the spirit is refreshed." This shows that "spring sleepiness" has a direct relationship with the liver qi drainage. Modern medicine believes that spring sleepiness may be related to spring temperature rise and brain hypoxia. Awakening of Insects is the season with the fastest temperature rise among the 24 solar terms, so spring sleepiness is more obvious.

How to overcome spring sleepiness? Will more sleep stop you from feeling sleepy? According to traditional Chinese medicine, the most important thing to overcome spring sleepiness is to obey the laws of natural change and live a regular life. Spring Yang is born, the human body should also comply with the laws of nature, adjust the rest time, go to bed early and get up early, avoid staying up late, and ensure sufficient sleep to help the growth of Yang. In addition, spring should carry out an appropriate amount of outdoor sports, such as walking, jogging, playing tai chi, etc., these sports help to relieve the liver qi and the circulation of qi and blood, can enhance physical fitness, reduce the feeling of spring sleepiness.

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Traditional Chinese medicine believes that spring is suitable to go out to the countryside to ask willow, climb high and look far, fly kites to relax, enjoy the beauty of nature at the same time, breathe fresh air, invisibly cultivate temperament, stretch Yang, and integrate body and mind with nature. This conforms to the natural law of spring Yang initiation, so that the body gets exercise, speeds up blood circulation, and can really relieve spring sleepiness.

Spring thunder sounds, all things grow. All the dormant good is waking up, let us live up to the good time of spring, energetic and then start.