What are the customs of Jingzhe?

The traditional Chinese calendar divides the whole year into four seasons and twenty-four solar terms. The four seasons are spring, summer, autumn and winter, and the solar terms are Beginning of Spring, Qingming, Beginning of Autumn, Winter Solstice, etc. Jingzhe is one of the spring solar terms.

According to the literal interpretation, "Insect" means hibernation, and "Jingzhe" means: spring is here, the spring thunder first sounds, and everything on the earth begins to sprout and grow.

Those animals that hid in the soil or hibernated in stone caves during the cold winter also began to wake up and move to welcome the coming of spring after being awakened by the spring thunder.

The fifteenth day of the second lunar month every year is the day of "The Waking of Insects". On this day, folk customs include rituals of offering sacrifices to white tigers and beating villains.

The hibernating animals wake up and start looking for food.

According to Guangdong folklore, the white tiger, one of the fierce gods, also looks for food at this time.

For the sake of safety, the white tiger must be sacrificed on the day of Jingzhe.

When worshiping the goddess, first prepare paper tigers in front of the altar. These paper tigers are usually yellow with black markings on their bodies and a pair of fangs painted on the corners of their mouths.

When worshiping, you need to feed it with pig blood so that it will no longer hurt people after it is full. Fatty raw pork should be used as a "little gift" and smeared on the paper tiger's mouth to make it full of oil and water, so that it cannot open its mouth and hurt.

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Beating villains can be done all year round, but it is particularly common on the day of the Waking of Insects, because the villains also hurt others on the day of the Waking of Insects.

Supplies for making a villain: A piece of paper for the villain includes a pair of male and female paper figures, a white tiger, gold and silver, incense candles and sacrifices.

Sacrificial offerings include pork (used to sacrifice white tigers), peanuts, fruits, wine, eggs and five-color beans.

There are also some villains who will use red paper to cut some paper chains, paper scissors, paper-pointed knives, etc. to punish the villain.

The ritual of making a villain: first place the supplies on the roadside, light the incense and candles; take out the clothing paper of the male and female villains, cut these paper villains into the shape of the villain in your mind, and write the villain's name, time and date.

Eight characters; fold the paper tiger into a three-dimensional shape and offer it as a sacrifice; then take off your shoes and slap the villain with the soles of your shoes; after beating it, put paper scissors on the villain's mouth and tongue, which means to cut the villain

The tongue is cut to stop him from gossiping; then a paper knife is placed on the villain's belly, which means that the villain's abdomen is cut open and his black heart is dug out; and then paper chains are used to lock the villain's feet.

, meaning that the villain is not allowed to walk around; then he is beaten with a shoe, and some words to defuse the villain are uttered in his mouth, such as "Hit your little head, wait until you are still angry and can't shake, then beat you"

Just a little human hand, waiting for you to have hands but nothing to do. Beat your little human foot. Waiting for you to have feet to be unable to walk..." and so on. After completing the above ritual, use the paper tiger to press the little paper man, along with the little man.

The human clothes paper is burned with fire, and the five-colored beans are thrown towards the burning clothes paper, and the whole ceremony is completed.

In addition, some villains will prepare noble paper and paste the villain paper and the noble paper on the wall together. The noble paper has its head and feet, while the villain paper is pasted head down and feet up under the noble paper, symbolizing

The noble man will step on the villain under his feet and control him.

The traditional Chinese calendar divides the whole year into four seasons and twenty-four solar terms. The four seasons are spring, summer, autumn and winter, and the solar terms are Beginning of Spring, Qingming, Beginning of Autumn, Winter Solstice, etc. Jingzhe is one of the spring solar terms.

According to the literal interpretation, "Insect" means hibernation, and "Jingzhe" means: spring is here, the spring thunder first sounds, and everything on the earth begins to sprout and grow.

Those animals that hid in the soil or hibernated in stone caves during the cold winter also began to wake up and move to welcome the coming of spring after being awakened by the spring thunder.

The fifteenth day of the second lunar month every year is the day of "The Waking of Insects". On this day, folk customs include rituals of offering sacrifices to white tigers and beating villains.

The hibernating animals wake up and start looking for food.

According to Guangdong folklore, the white tiger, one of the fierce gods, also looks for food at this time.

For the sake of safety, the white tiger must be sacrificed on the day of Jingzhe.

When worshiping the goddess, first prepare paper tigers in front of the altar. These paper tigers are usually yellow with black markings on their bodies and a pair of fangs painted on the corners of their mouths.

When worshiping, you need to feed it with pig blood so that it will no longer hurt people after it is full. Fatty raw pork should be used as a "little gift" and smeared on the paper tiger's mouth to make it full of oil and water, so that it cannot open its mouth and hurt.

people.

Beating up villains can be done all year round, but beating up villains is especially common on the day of Waking of Insects, because villains also hurt others on that day.

Supplies for making a villain: A piece of paper for the villain includes a pair of male and female paper figures, a white tiger, gold and silver, incense candles and sacrifices.

Sacrificial offerings include pork (used to sacrifice white tigers), peanuts, fruits, wine, eggs, and five-color beans.

There are also some villains who will use red paper to cut some paper chains, paper scissors, paper-pointed knives, etc. to punish the villain.

The ritual of making a villain: first place the supplies on the roadside, light the incense and candles; take out the clothing paper of the male and female villains, cut these paper villains into the shape of the villain in your mind, and write the villain's name, time and date.

Eight characters; fold the paper tiger into a three-dimensional shape and offer it as a sacrifice; then take off your shoes and use the soles of your shoes to cut the little... >> Today is the Jingzhe, and there is a folk tradition of beating the villain. "Hit the villain"

It is also one of the customs that still exists in the south on the day of the Waking of Insects.

People draw something similar to a human figure on paper to replace the person they hate, and at the same time hit it with a small stick or other objects, which means that if the villain is driven away, there will be no more bad luck throughout the year.

Why does Jingzhe "beat villains"? "Villains" refer to those who like to sow discord and cause trouble. They can also symbolize troubles or bad luck caused for no reason. Through the ritual of beating villains, we can pray for disaster relief and turn danger into safety.

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Supplies for beating villains mainly include a pair of paper figurines, a male and female paper figurine, a white tiger, gold and silver, incense and candles, and sacrifices. The sacrifices include: pork (used to sacrifice the white tiger), peanuts, and fruits.

, wine, eggs and five-color beans, etc.