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What's the best thing to eat in shocking weather?

Eat pears in horror.

There is a folk custom of "eating pears in surprise". There is no trace of when pears were eaten, but there is such a story circulating among the people in Qixian County. According to legend, Qu Ji, a well-known Shanxi merchant at sea, is the eldest son of Shangdang County. In the early years of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, he took his two sons, Xin and Yi, and traded the Party's pears for coarse cloth and red dates in Qixian for profit. Over time, he had savings and settled down in Qixian County. During the Yongzheng period, the Fourteenth Canal reached the west exit, which was the day of surprise attack. His father took out pears for him to eat. He said that his ancestors sold pears to start a business and settled in Qixian after hardships. Today, you went to the west exit in surprise. Eating pears is to make you not forget your ancestors, work hard to start a business and honor your ancestors. Qu Baichuan went west to become rich in business and named the shop name "Changyuan Hou". Later, westerners followed suit and ate pears, mostly with the intention of "leaving home to start a business". Later, they were shocked and ate pears, and they also had the idea of "trying to honor their ancestors."

Mongolian skin

Fear is caused by thunder. The ancients imagined Thor as a bird's beak, a winged god, holding a hammer in one hand and knocking on many drums around his body in the other, making a rumbling thunder. On this shocking day, Raytheon played drums in the sky, and the world also took this opportunity to cover the drums. Li Zhoujuan's 40 "Swing Man" said: "Whoever beats the drum begins to stab it." Note: "Stings, even in Meng Chun, sting insects move at the sound of thunder;" Drum, like also beat; Take it, I don't know it. " It can be seen that not only the ecology of various insects adapts to the operation of the four seasons, but also human beings, as the spirit of all things, should adapt to the weather, so that everything can get twice the result with half the effort.

"Beating villains" to drive away bad luck

The wake-up call symbolizes the beginning of February. It will wake up all the hibernating snakes, insects, rats and ants, and the' crawling ants' at home will get up again and look for food everywhere. Therefore, in ancient times, people would smoke the four corners of their homes with incense and wormwood to drive away snakes, insects, mosquitoes, rats and musty smells. Over time, it gradually evolved into the habit of slapping unhappy people and driving away bad luck, which is the predecessor of "beating villains".

Therefore, every year, there will be an interesting scene on the day of panic: while beating the paper doll with wooden slippers, the woman mumbles, "Hit your little head until you are so angry that you want to vomit."

"A Thousand Women's Moon Order" said: "When you are frightened, take a lime bowl outside the threshold to get rid of insects and ants." Lime has the function of killing insects. On the day of being shocked, it was scattered outside the threshold, thinking that insects and ants would not dare to come to the door within one year. It's the same as they shake their clothes when they hear thunder. They all give insects a scare when they are stung, hoping that pests will not bother themselves.

Amazing folk food customs and habits

In Shandong, people who eat pancakes are shocked.

In some areas of Shandong province, farmers burn pancakes in the yard on the day of fright, which means that smoke kills pests.

Shaanxi startled to eat fried beans

In Shaanxi, some areas want to eat fried beans after being electrocuted. People soak soybeans in salt water and stir-fry them in a pot, making a crackling sound, which symbolizes the jumping sound of insects when they are tortured by heat in the pot.

Stunned and eaten Guangxi "fried insects".

In ethnic minority areas, Yao people in Jinxiu county, Guangxi eat "fried insects" on the day of fright. After the "fried insects" were done, they were placed in the hall, and the family sat around and ate, shouting "Eat fried insects, eat fried insects!" There will be a game in the fun place. Whoever eats fast and chews loudly will be congratulated for his contribution to eliminating pests. In fact, the "worm" is corn, which is symbolic.