Category: Chinese customs

Anybody who has spent an extended amount of time in China will tell you that the celebration of Chinese Lunar New Year(中国农历新年Zhōngguó nónglì xīnnián) is rife with tradition, symbolism(you can refer to the symbolism of an event or action when it seems to show something important about a situation) and family. There are fireworks to watch (and light), money to be gambled, and all manners of good eating to be consumed.

The "Awakening of Insects" is one of the cycle in 24 solor term(二十四节气èrshísì Jiéqì). In China, it is believed that awaking the insects means the coming of the spring. "Awakening of Insects" (惊蛰Jīngzhé) means the drilling mud in the winter the small animals are waking up out of Lei activity. "Awakening of Insects" day cycle, the Earth has already reached 345 degrees by the yellow sun, the general in the annual March 4 to 7 day. As an old saying goes, "In February Festival, creatures are shocked by the storm and thus the insects are awakened." According to the poem of Tao Yuan-ming in Jin Dynasty (晋朝Jìn-Cháo), "Promoting meet unexpectedly when the spring rain, only mine hair East corner, are the latent astonish hibernation, vertical and horizontal vegetation Shu". In fact, insects did not hear the sound of thunder. It is the warm weather that wakes them up.