Reporter Wang Meihua.
Rumble - "Listen! Spring is coming!
A thunderstorm starts, and spring returns to all things. March 5 this year is the "sting" of the 24 solar terms. At this time, the number nine will be exhausted, the spring is sprouting, all things are glorious, the peach blossom pollen buds dye the branches, the new leaves of the willow tree sprout and spit green, the landscape is suddenly bright, and the small animals that have been dormant for a winter have gone out to enjoy the warm wind and sun, and the breath of spring is getting stronger and stronger.
Righteousness is the memory of external evil.
It is the third of the 24 solar terms and marks the beginning of the mid-spring season. "Xia Xiaozheng" recorded: "The first month of the year is stinging, and the words are stinging." Everything is shocked, and the earthquake is thunder, so it is called stunning. It was the stinging insect that ran away in shock. The original name of the sting was "Qi Ding", "Qi" means to open, "Ding" means to hide, in winter, many animals hide and hibernate, called into the sting, and wait until the second year when the earth returns to spring and then drill out, called out of the sting. During the Han Dynasty, due to the avoidance of the name of Emperor Liu Qi of the Han Dynasty, people changed "Qi Ting" to "Shocking Sting".
The sting is the call of spring. The Song Dynasty poet Lu You chanted in "Hearing the Thunder": "The thunder is popular and shocks the households, and the heavens and the earth are opened." "Why is the sting so closely related to thunder? At this time, the earth warms up rapidly, and the cold and warm air collide to form strong convective weather, which is easy to become thunder. However, due to the large span of north and south in China, the time when the spring thunder begins to roar is very different in various places. In the southern part of Yunnan, the first thunder can be heard around the end of January; In the south of the Yangtze River, most of South China and the southern part of Southwest China, the first thunder can be heard in February; Most of the early thunderstorms in most of North China and the eastern part of Northwest China occurred in April; The places that are consistent with the initial thunder are concentrated in the Jianghuai and Jianghan regions and most of Sichuan.
A spring thunder sounded on the flat ground, which shocked everything to wake up and fall asleep." Previously, it was thought that animals may have been awakened by the sound of thunder when they woke up from their dormancy. But what really wakes up hibernating animals is the rumbling thunder? As the saying goes, "Yang and Qi sting, everything is spring", in fact, it is the gradually rising temperature that awakens the hibernating stinging insects. Sometimes, silent warmth is more powerful than sound thunder.
There are three waits for the sting, one for the peach Shihua; 2. Hou Cang Gengming; Three migratory eagles turned into doves. "Hua" means flower, "Canggeng" refers to the yellow bird, in the sting season, the peach blossoms bloom to welcome spring, a cluster of pink peach blossoms are like a brocade, and the yellow bird chirps out a beautiful song on the tree. The ancients found that when the sting was three times, there were fewer eagles cruising in the sky, but more cuckoos on the ground, so they thought that it might be that the eagles in the sky turned into cuckoos on the ground, which was really a beautiful misunderstanding brought by the sting.
Frightened by a hundred insects". With the arrival of the stinging solar term, the insects that have been dormant for a winter begin to move. The ancients believed that insects carry germs and are prone to infectious diseases, and some insects can also be harmful to crops, so they have summed up many ways to deal with the occurrence of insect plagues. On the day of the sting, people often sprinkle some lime powder at the door to drive away the insects, and will also smoke the four corners of the house with wormwood, and use the fragrance to drive away snakes, insects, mosquitoes, rats and musty smells.
The temperature rises after the sting, which is conducive to the breeding of bacteria, viruses and other microorganisms, and infectious diseases such as epidemics, meningococcal meningitis, epidemic hemorrhagic fever, acute gastroenteritis, chickenpox, measles, hand, foot and mouth disease, and conjunctivitis are also active. "The Yellow Emperor's Neijing" believes that "righteousness is stored in the body, and evil cannot be done", and "where evil is gathered, its qi must be empty". In the view of traditional Chinese medicine, to prevent infectious diseases in spring, it is necessary to enhance the physique and maintain the body's righteousness to resist the invasion of germs or viruses.
Eating pears moistens the dry and longs the spirit.
The light rain is new, and a thunderstorm begins. The Tian family has a few days of leisure, and farming has started from here. Wei Yingwu, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, walked in his hometown, saw everything growing in the light rain, and the farmer began to be busy with the crops, and his heart was touched to write this poem "Guantian Family". The folk say that "when it comes to the stinging festival, the hoe does not stop", and the sting is regarded as the festival for the beginning of spring ploughing in our country. At this time of year, the thunder is more frequent, and each thunder brings a lot of nitrogen fertilizer to the land, which helps the crops grow, so families are busy cleaning up the land and planting crops in the hope of a good harvest this year.
On the day of the sting, the folk have the custom of eating pears. "Pear" homonym "away", it is said that eating pears in surprise means that crops are separated from pests, and it is also hoped that in the spring when the climate is changeable, the disease will be far away from the body. Shaanxi, Shanxi, northern Anhui and northern Jiangsu have a folk proverb that "eat a pear in surprise, and be spiritual all year round".
There is also such a story in Qi County, Shanxi. Legend has it that the famous Jin Shang Qu family in the sea, the ancestor Qu Ji was the eldest son of Shangdang County (now Changzhi, Shanxi). In the early years of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, he took his two sons, Xin and Yi, to exchange the party's Luma and pears for coarse cloth and red dates in Qi County, and made profits between the two places, and gradually had savings, so he settled down in Qi County. During the Yongzheng period, the 14th Qu Baichuan went to the west exit, it was the day of the sting, his father took out the pears for him to eat, and told him: "The ancestors sold pears to start a business, went through hardships, settled in Qi County, today you want to go to the west exit, eat pears is to let you not forget the ancestors, and strive to start a business to glorify the ancestors." Later, Qu Baichuan went to the west exit to do business and get rich. Since then, many people who have gone to the west have also imitated him to eat pears, which means "leaving home to start a business", and then people also eat pears on the day of shock, and also have the idea of "working hard to honor the ancestors".
Eating pears is not only a good intention, but also contains the wisdom of traditional Chinese medicine for health preservation. The temperature rises quickly during the sting season, which can easily make the population dry and cough. The "Compendium of Materia Medica" records, "The pear is also profitable, and its sex is fluent." "Raw pear is cold and sweet, has the effect of clearing heat and nourishing yin, relieving pharynx, moistening the lungs, relieving cough and reducing phlegm, and is very suitable for eating at this time.
There are many ways to eat pears, such as raw, steamed, juiced, roasted, or boiled. People with a weak spleen and stomach can boil pears and eat them to avoid causing gastrointestinal discomfort. Pears are cold, do not eat too much at a time, otherwise it will hurt the spleen and stomach, and people with spleen and stomach deficiency and high blood sugar should not eat raw pears. In addition, loquat, lily, white fungus, lotus root, yam, jujube and other foods also have the effect of moistening the lungs and strengthening the spleen, which is suitable for consumption in this solar term.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that in spring, the human body needs to clear the liver, regulate qi, detoxify, dredge the blockages that have been caused, allow the liver qi to rise, and vent the diseases and evils that lurk in the body in winter. Therefore, in spring, it is advisable to properly nourish the liver, nourish the liver, and protect the liver, such as drinking chrysanthemum tea, and white chrysanthemum is the best. It is recorded in ancient books: "Chamomile, take white, its body is light, the taste is slightly bitter, the temperament is peaceful, and it is the most clear product." "Brewing white chrysanthemum tea can play a role in calming the liver and clearing the liver.
The smoke and rain are wet and dry, and the apricot blossoms are cold. "Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the yang energy of the whole body of the human body is not abundant when the sting is stung, and eating cold food is easy to damage the yang energy of the human body, so people should eat less cold drinks, cold fruits, raw and cold seafood and other cold foods. At this time, you can eat more tomatoes, camellia, citrus, lemons and other fresh fruits and vegetables rich in vitamin C, and you can also eat more carrots, amaranth and other foods rich in vitamin A, which can improve the body's immune function and enhance the body's ability to resist disease.
Go to bed early and get up early to get sleepy in spring.
I don't know when I sleep in spring, and I smell birds everywhere. 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 human body's interaction with the natural environment, rather than a disease. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that spring belongs to wood and is closely related to liver function. The liver is responsible for the smooth regulation of the body's qi and the balance of emotions. If the liver qi is smooth, the human body will be happy, and if the liver qi is not smooth, it is easy to cause "spring sleepiness". "The Yellow Emperor's Neijing" mentions: "Liver Qi is the main spring ......."If the liver is drained, the spirit is refreshed. This shows that "spring sleepiness" is directly related to the discharge of liver qi. Modern medicine believes that spring sleepiness may be related to the rising temperature and lack of oxygen to the brain in spring. The sting is the fastest warming season among the 24 solar terms, so spring sleepiness is more obvious.
How to overcome spring sleepiness? Sleep more and stop being sleepy? Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the most important thing to overcome spring hardship is to obey the laws of natural change and achieve a normal daily life. When yang energy is first born in spring, the human body should also conform to the laws of nature, adjust the work and rest time, go to bed early and get up early, avoid staying up late, and ensure sufficient sleep to help the growth of yang energy. In addition, it is advisable to carry out an appropriate amount of outdoor exercise in spring, such as walking, jogging, tai chi, etc., which can help the drainage of liver qi and the circulation of qi and blood, enhance physical fitness, and reduce the feeling of spring sleepiness.
In February, the willows are drunk with spring smoke, and the mountains and grasses are long in March, the most beautiful is the day of April in the world, and the spring water of a river is as green as a blue ......"This year's Spring Festival Gala, the song "Shangchun Mountain" wrote the beauty of spring, and sang the infinite beauty of spring to the hearts of the audience. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that spring is suitable for going to the countryside to ask the willows, climb high and look far, fly kites to relax, enjoy the beautiful scenery of nature, breathe fresh air, invisibly cultivate temperament, stretch yang energy, and integrate the body and mind with nature. In this way, it conforms to the natural law of spring sun germination, so that the body can be exercised, and the blood circulation can be accelerated, which can truly alleviate spring sleepiness.
Spring thunder sounds, and everything grows. All the dormant beauty is waking up, may we live up to the good times of spring, and set off again with vigor.