Tanabata is the third of the 24 solar terms in the lunar calendar, marking the beginning of the mid-spring season. Xia Zheng Xiao, the earliest traditional agricultural almanac in China during the Warring States Period, said: "The first month begins with stabbing, and the words begin with stabbing." Animals hibernate in winter and come back in spring, so they are called "starters".
In the seventh year of the last year of the Yuan Dynasty (BC 157), China Emperor Liu Heng died in June, and Qi of Liu Yuxin succeeded to the throne. He was the emperor of the Han Dynasty and the sixth emperor of the Western Han Dynasty. Because of the name, he changed the word "qi" to "Jing" with similar meaning in order to avoid taboo. Animals that hide in the soil in winter and don't eat or drink are called "stings"
; On the day of "Sting Festival", the spring thunder in the sky awakens the secluded animals, which is called "shock". "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. "Wang Yinglin, an official of the Southern Song Dynasty and a scholar of classics and history, said in" A Record of Sleepy Learning ":"Turn enlightenment into surprise, and cover it to avoid the taboo of Emperor Jing. "Before Emperor Han Jing, the' Qi' in the 24 solar terms came before the' Rain'. After the change of "the still", people used "rain" to change its position. Similarly, the order of "Grain Rain" and "Qingming" was also replaced, forming today's order.
After entering the Tang dynasty, you don't have to avoid the word "qi" and use the name "qi". Liu Zongyuan, a writer in the Tang Dynasty, wrote in "Unofficial Words, Don't Borrow": "When you wake up, you should cultivate and sow when it rains." However, due to unaccustomed reasons, Dayanli once again used the word "elite", which is still in use today.
There are three phenological characteristics of peaches in ancient China, which are called "three phases": "When peaches bloom; Second, wait for the sound of Cang Geng (Huang Li); Three waiting eagles turned into pigeons. " This describes the natural phenomena of peach blossom red, plum blossom white, orioles singing and swallows coming during the period of fright. At this time, most areas have entered spring ploughing.
Wu Outing, a modern poet, said in the poem "Surprise": "The wine shop in Xinghua Village is a thousand miles away, so don't ask for a name before the good fruit is full. I was shocked to hear that the thunder came out of the ground and the harvest saw spring ploughing. " The agricultural proverb says, "When it comes to the sting festival, the hoe will not stop." ……
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