On March 5, the twenty-fifth day of the first lunar month, the third of the 24 solar terms will be ushered in - the sting. In previous years, most of the stinging solar terms were in the second lunar month, but because this year's beginning of spring arrived before the first month, this year's stinging was earlier than in previous years.
It is a solar term closely related to agricultural production, and it is also an important reference for people's spring ploughing. In ancient times, the weather was not as developed as it is now, and people could only judge future climate change by the weather conditions of the 24 solar terms. When it comes to the stinging solar terms,Elderly people in rural areas often say, "If you don't freeze insects, it's cold until mid-May."Do you know what's behind it?
Below, let's take a look at the agricultural proverbs about the stinging solar terms and the specific meanings. Let's guess first, the twenty-fifth day of the first month is stinging, will it be cold this spring?
This agricultural proverb means that if there is a phenomenon of thunder before the solar term, it indicates that the next 45 days may be cloudy. In the eyes of the ancients, thunder before the sting was a bad omen, because the continuous rainy days would delay people's spring ploughing. In our country, there has always been a saying that "thunder begins with stinging", and if the thunder is heard after the start of the stinging solar term, it is a good omen.
This agricultural proverb echoes the first sentence, which is about the impact of the time of thunder on spring ploughing. The ancients believed that if the spring thunder sounded on the day of the solar term, accompanied by lightning, it indicated that this year was likely to be a bumper harvest year, and there would be a good harvest of grain. It was mentioned in the ancient book "Seventy-two Candidate Explanations of the Lunar Order" that "on the February Festival, everything was shocked, and the earthquake was thunder, so it was called a sting." It's the stinging worm that runs away." From this, we can see that a sting that does not thunder is not a "good sting".
This agricultural proverb is based on the direction of the wind on the day of the sting, to judge the future weather changes. If the sting is blowing from the north wind, it means that the weather in the future will be cold in winter, so it will give people the illusion of entering winter again. In other words, it is also a reminder to take measures to keep warm and avoid all kinds of discomfort caused by the cold.
On the other hand, if the south wind blows on the day of the sting, it means that the weather will be warmer, but this agricultural proverb reminds people not to rush to plant seedlings, but to wait until the weather really warms up before planting seedlings. The ancients believed that the warmth brought by the south wind was only short-lived, and the subsequent spring cold would appear, and the weather would turn cold, in order to avoid frostbite of the seedlings that had just been sown, try to observe for a period of time, and then plant seedlings in the ground when the temperature is stable.
The meaning of this agricultural proverb is that if the weather is so warm that even the insects can't freeze when the sting comes, then the weather may be colder until mid-May. From the point of view of natural laws, the sting is in the early spring, although the temperature warms up, but the temperature difference between morning and evening is larger, and it is not yet time to completely take off the winter clothes, if the temperature is high on the day of the sting, the warm and humid airflow in the south will collide with the cold airflow in the north, and it is easy to form the subsequent cold phenomenon of inverted spring.
The first 2 sentences of the first 2 sentences talk about the relationship between the time of thunder and the change of weather, and the last 3 sentences say how to use the wind and temperature changes on the day of the sting to ** the next weather. If according to the above, this year's sting is the twenty-fifth day of the first month, and it has not yet come out of the first month, the probability of cold will be relatively large, if according to the saying "stinging does not freeze insects, cold to mid-May", then this spring should not be very cold.
These agricultural proverbs are the experience and experience summed up by the ancients in their long farming life, which can be used as a reference, but there are too many factors that affect the weather, so we can't generalize. However, I think that these agricultural proverbs give us a very important reminder that the sting is an unstable season, and we should pay more attention to the changes in the weather to make adjustments to minimize the impact of the cold spring.