惊蛰
Jīng Zhé · Awakening of Insects
Each year lands around 3/6 in the Gregorian calendar (the exact date shifts slightly year to year).
Three Hou — five days each
- Peach trees begin to blossom
- Orioles begin to sing
- Eagles transform into doves
The 'three hou' (三候) is the traditional five-day-each observation pattern within a single solar term — fifteen days in all.
What this term marks
Jing-Zhe (Awakening of Insects). The first spring thunder is said to wake the hibernating creatures from the soil. Where the thunder reaches, the underground stirs.
Folklore & farming
Cantonese custom 'da xiao ren' (打小人) — symbolically beating sole-prints of bad-mouthers with a shoe, to drive away petty conflict. Also eating pears (梨 'li' homophonous with 离 'leave') — to keep pests away.
What it means in a BaZi chart
Jing-Zhe opens the Mao (Rabbit) month. Wood Day Masters peak in vigour; Metal Day Masters should keep a lower profile. In annual charts, a Mao year often brings both peach blossom (relationships) and verbal entanglement.
Guidance, not prophecy. For reflection, not decision.