Fifteen days after the rain, bucket handle of Beidou pointed to armour. At this time, the sun runs to 345 degrees of the Yellow Meridian, the spring thunder thunders, and the stinging insects are awakened and climb out of the crypt, hence the name "Sting".

Fried sesame cake

Sesame oil is sesame oil, which is a fatty oil extracted from sesame seeds. It is sweet and slightly cold, and it is light yellow or golden yellow oily liquid. It is not easy to evaporate when exposed to air. It is mainly used to treat dull and dumb, dredge the small intestine, and can also be used to treat various malignant sores, insects and baldness. The Compendium of Materia Medica says that sesame oil can relieve heat and poison. Deep-fried food with fragrant oil, full of fragrance, can make the insects on the stove extinct. On this day, there is a custom of frying cakes everywhere. Commonly known as smoked insects.

Eat leek pie

On this day, leeks are used to make pies because they are pungent and slightly sour, contain volatile oil, can dispel fatigue and promote blood circulation, warm the middle warmer and lower the qi, tonify deficiency and strengthen yang, and play a disinfection role in the intestine. Leek juice can be used externally to remove the poison of all kinds of snakes, scorpions and evil insects. If there are insects crawling in people's ears, you can drive them out by filling people with leek juice.

Stir-fried sting

In Dapu, Guangdong and other places, every year, every household will fry soybeans or wheat grains day and night, and then fry them after the spring, repeatedly saying, "Stir fry, stir fry the yellow ant claws;" Spring, spring, spring, yellow ant male. " This is because there is a local yellow ant. As long as someone hides something like candy, it will attract a lot of yellow ants to eat, which is extremely disgusting to the local people. Therefore, the custom of frying and shocking has spread. People think that doing so can reduce the harm of yellow ants, and there will be no ants in the home that year.

Eat fried beans

In some places in Shandong, farmers burn pancakes in the middle of the courtyard on the day of fright, which means to smoke and kill pests. In Shaanxi, there is a custom of eating fried beans in some areas. People soak soybeans in salt water and then stir-fry them in the pot, making a loud noise, which means the sound of insects jumping when they are heated and tortured in the pot. In Yanbei, Shanxi, farmers eat pears on the day of fright, which means parting from pests.

Eat pears in fright.

There is a folk custom of "eating pears in shock". There is no trace of when the pear was eaten, but there is such a story passed down from generation to generation among the people in Qixian County. Legend has it that Qu Ji, a well-known Shanxi merchant in the sea, was the eldest son of Shangdang County. In the early years of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, he took his two sons, Xin and Yi, and used Shangdang's Lu Ma and pears to switch coarse cloth and red dates in Qixian County, making profits from them. Over time, he had savings and settled down in Qixian County. During the reign of Yongzheng, the 14th Canal went to the west exit, which was the day of surprise. His father took out pears and let him eat them. He said that the ancestors sold pears to start a business and settled in Qixian after hardships. Today, you are surprised to go to the west exit. Eating pears is to make you not forget your ancestors and strive to start a business that glorifies your ancestors. Qu Baichuan went to the west to get rich by doing business, and named the font size "Changyuanhou". Later, westerners followed suit and ate pears, mostly with the intention of "leaving home to start a business". Later, they also ate pears when they were shocked, and they also had the idea of "trying to honor their ancestors".

Curse finch

The purpose of scaring and cursing birds is to curse birds on this day, and birds are afraid to peck at the grain until it is ripe. Although it is nonsense, it is also a manifestation of farmers' love for rice. In Yiwei, Yunnan, children curse finches when they are startled. They must go through all the ridges in their home before they can go home. There is a mantra: "Golden-billed finch, silver-billed finch, I have come to curse and eat my rotten millet shell."

Sprinkle lime

When the time comes, there are many ways to repel insects among the people. Nanchang, Jiangxi fried beans on this day, which is called fried insects; Lime will be removed near the foundation stone of the hall column in the area of b# stream, and it is said that there are no insects and ants. Every family in Dapu, Guangdong Province repeatedly fried soybeans or wheat in spring to drive away insects and ants. In Tianmen, Hubei province, children beat drums and wooden sticks and sang and marched, which is called catching frogs; Enshi, Hubei, scattered the ground with lime and drew a bow and arrow shape, which was called shooting insects. Jiangsu Duining fried chestnuts on this day, which is called a bug explosion; Residents in Changshu wrote the words "February 2, insects and ants go straight to the ground" in red on white paper, and stuck them at the foot of the table and bed to repel insects and ants; Zhenjiang and other places use the remaining candles to illuminate insects; Songjiang has the practice of burning snake king incense.

In the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the southeast coastal provinces in China, the temperature exceeds 17 degrees Celsius for more than six months every year, and it is often above 3 degrees Celsius in winter, with a warm climate and more rainfall. The air in each season is also extremely humid, which is most suitable for the reproduction of various parasites. Among them, the most harmful ones are malaria mosquitoes, lice, fleas, hookworms, bloodshot worms and so on. The constitution of southerners is far worse than that of northerners, which is also a big reason. Therefore, pest control in South China is more important and urgent than in North China. There is a proverb in Fujian: "If you are scared, you will not kill insects, and you will be poor until May."

Lime is pungent and warm, slightly toxic, and can absorb moisture, making objects dry, solid and not corrupt, which is its characteristic. In medicine, it is mainly used for treating malignant sores, epilepsy and so on. When used together with salt, it can also heal wounds, coagulate blood and stop bleeding. Storing lime in a earthen jar and collecting food can avoid dampness, decay and insects. "A Thousand Daughters' Moon Order" said that on this day of fright, removing lime from the threshold can completely drive out insects and ants.