The traditional East Asian calendars divide a year into 24 solar terms . Jīngzhé (pīnyīn) is the 3rd solar term. It begins when the Sun reaches the celestial longitude of 345° and ends when it reaches the longitude of 360°. It more often refers in particular to the day when the Sun is exactly at the celestial longitude of 345°. In the Gregorian calendar, it usually begins around March 5 and ends around March 20.
The word 惊蛰 has the meaning of awakening of hibernated insects. 惊 is startling, and 蛰 is hibernated (insects). The traditional Chinese farming culture said that during Jingzhe, thunderstorms will wake up the hibernated insects, which also means the weather is getting warm.
It’s also referred to as Longtaitou Festival or Dragon-Head-Raising Festival. In the tradition of Chinese culture, the dragon is believed to be the king of all insects and at same time, it is also believed to be in charge of bringing rains, and both of these are important factors in ancient agricultural society.
Today, Longtaitou Festival is celebrated in various ways, most of which are still identical to those practiced in the ancient times, including eating Chinese pancakes and noodles. Perfume bags filled with the powder of ground fragrant herbs are made to be carried by women and children for good fortune, though they are no longer used as insect repellent as in ancient times.
According to traditional Chinese customs, on this day, you should eat three great foods.
l Dragon Ear
Because the shape of the dumplings is especially like the ear, it is called the dragon ear, and the dumplings look like ingots, which mean that we can harvest the treasures.
l Dragon Must
The dragon must refer to the noodles, the noodles are like dragon must, and the festival to eat noodles on the same day. Eat a bowl of dragon toe noodles, everything go on wheels.
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l Dragon Scale
What is Long Scale? In fact, it is spring roll. The surface of the spring roll is particularly like a dragon Scale.
Spring roll are generally eaten with vegetables, roast duck, braised pork head, shallots, potatoes, and served with a sauce, rolled together, delicious and delicious.
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