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What festival is the shockproof mat?

Sting is one of the 24 solar terms.

Insects used to hide in the soil in winter without drinking or eating, which was called "sting"; On the day of "Sting Festival", the spring thunder in the sky awakens the secluded animals, which is called "shock". Therefore, insects wake up when they are startled, the weather turns warmer, and there are spring thunder gradually, and most areas of China enter the spring ploughing season.

In most areas, the average temperature of scary solar terms is generally 12℃ to 14℃, which is more than 3℃ higher than rainy solar terms, and it is the solar term with the fastest annual warming. The sunshine time has also increased significantly. However, due to the alternation of cold and warm air, the weather is unstable and the temperature fluctuates greatly.

Frightening solar terms are of great significance in busy farming. Since ancient times, the working people in our country have attached great importance to the solar term of fright and regarded it as the day when spring ploughing began. An agricultural proverb says, "Spring ploughing can't be stopped, and the Frightening Festival is over", and "Let a hundred flowers blossom and farm work come together."

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The weather is obviously getting warmer, and the diet should be cool and light. Eat more fresh vegetables and rich foods in protein, such as bamboo shoots, spinach, celery, chicken, eggs, milk, etc., to enhance physical fitness and resist the invasion of germs.

The season of fright is warm and cold, and the climate is relatively dry, which makes people thirsty and cough due to exogenous factors. Raw pears are cold and sweet, and have the effects of moistening the lungs and relieving cough, nourishing yin and clearing heat. There is a folk custom of eating pears to win by surprise.

Pears can be eaten raw, steamed, squeezed, baked or boiled. Especially the steamed pear with rock sugar has a good effect on cough, and it is simple and convenient to make, so it might as well be eaten as a dessert.

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