Eating pears, covering drum skins, beating villains, and sacrificing white tigers to resolve disputes.

1. Eating pears

There is a custom of eating pears in Jingzhe. During the Jingzhe solar term, the weather changes from warm to cold, and the climate is relatively dry, which can easily make people feel dry and uncomfortable. Therefore, there is a folk custom of eating pears during the awakening of insects. ?

2. The sound of thunder on the drum skin is an important feature of the Jingzhe solar term. The ancients imagined that the God of Thunder was a great god with a bird's beak and wings. He held a hammer in one hand and struck many celestial drums surrounding him with the other hand, making a rumble of thunder. On the day of Jingzhe, thunder gods beat the drums in heaven, and humans also use this opportunity to beat the drum skin.

The chapter "Waving People" in Volume 40 of "Zhou Li" says: "Every time a drum breaks out, it will be the day when the stinging insects begin." Note: "The awakening of stinging insects occurs during Meng Chun, when the stinging insects begin to hear the sound of thunder. "And move; drum, the image is taken; risk, Menggu to leather." It can be seen that not only the ecology of insects is consistent with the movement of the four seasons of the year, but also the human beings, the spirits of all things, must comply with the weather, so that everything can be done with twice the result with half the effort. ?

3. Beating the villain

Hong Kong and Macau have always had the custom of "beating the villain". According to legend, the white tiger is the god of talking and disputes. He will come out to forage on this day every year. If he does this, he will be troubled by evil villains during the year, which will hinder the future development and cause all kinds of troubles. Therefore, everyone has to buy some paper materials, including paper tigers, lucky papers, paper villains, etc. to "beat up villains".

4. Sacrifice the white tiger to resolve disputes

In Guangdong, there is a folk saying that "sacrifice the white tiger to resolve disputes" on Jingzhe. It is said that the white tiger is the god of speech and will come out every year on this day. Foraging for food and opening its mouth to hurt people, the so-called "White Tiger Sacrifice" refers to worshiping paper tigers with yellow and black stripes.

Reference for the above content? Baidu Encyclopedia - Jingzhe