The symbolism of life in hibernation is the first stirring of spring thunder and the vibrancy of everything, referring to one's awakening, having been asleep and now awakening.

The symbolism represented by hibernation is that the weather warms up and spring thunder begins to sound, awakening hibernating animals that lie dormant underground. By the time of hibernation, the temperature will rise rapidly, and farmers often start spring plowing at this time of the year, and it is also the time when hibernating insects start to revive again.

Hibernation reflects the emergence of natural organisms that are affected by rhythmic changes. At the time of hibernation, Yang Qi rises, the temperature warms up, the spring thunder moves, the rain increases, and everything is full of vitality. Farming production and nature's rhythms are closely related to the hibernation festival in farming has considerable significance, since ancient times, our people attach great importance to the hibernation of this festival, it is regarded as the beginning of the spring plowing season.

Customs of hibernation

The custom of eating pears in hibernation in folklore, hibernation and eating pears from when there is no trace, but the folk of Qixian County has such a story that has been passed down from generation to generation. Legend has it that the famous Jin merchants ditch family, ancestral ditch Ji is the Shangdang long son with people, the early years of the Ming Dynasty Hongwu, with the letter, righteousness of the two sons. With the party's Lu Ma and pear in exchange for Qixian cloth, red dates, round trip between the two places from the profits, days and days have savings, settled down in Qixian City.

Fourteenth drainage Baichuan go west, it is the day of the hibernation, his father took out the pear to let him eat, said the ancestors of the pear business, through hardship, settled in Qixian. Today's hibernation you want to go west, eat pear is so that you do not forget your ancestors, and strive to entrepreneurship to honor their ancestors. Drainage Baichuan go west to get rich in business, will open the name of the shop long source thick. Later, go west of the mouth also follow the example of eating pears, more than the intention of leaving home to start a business, and then later hibernation day to eat pears, but also the idea of working hard to honor their ancestors.