Qi Zhe means that all the animals that have been dormant in winter have run out at this time, and the animals have begun to become active, and the plants will naturally not be idle. At this time, the season of spring ploughing has slowly entered, and the long-term slack time has passed, and farmers will begin to be busy with spring ploughing. After all, a year's plan lies in spring.
There is a meaning of "everything is shocked, shocked as thunder, hence the name". Then in the Tang dynasty, there was no need to avoid it, so the name "Qizhi" was used again. However, hundreds of years have passed since the time of "respecting knowledge", and this habit has been changed, and it has been used ever since.
Detailed introduction of customs
According to the folklore in China, the white tiger is the god of tongue and right and wrong, and it will come out for food and eat people on this day every year. If you commit a crime, you will often be made waves by evil villains within one year, which will hinder your future development and lead to all kinds of difficulties. In order to protect themselves, everyone sacrificed the white tiger on the day of shock.
How to worship the white tiger: White tigers painted on paper are generally yellow and black with a pair of fangs painted on their corners. When offering sacrifices, you need to feed it with the blood of the fat pig, so that it won't hurt people after eating it, and then put raw pork on the mouth of the paper tiger, so that it is covered with oil and water and can't open its mouth to tell people right and wrong.
The wake-up call symbolizes the beginning of February. It will wake up all hibernating snakes, insects, mice and ants, and reptiles and ants at home will get up and look around for food. Therefore, in ancient times, people would smoke the four corners of their homes with incense and wormwood to drive away snakes, insects, mosquitoes, rats and musty smells.