Gyeongchip means the insects and frogs hibernating underground awaken. It is when life begins to move in earnest.
The "chip" in Gyeongchip refers to hidden insects, said to be startled awake by thunder. It falls around March 6.
As temperatures rise, frogs lay eggs and sap rises in the trees. It was seen as the term that announces the start of farming.
Folk belief held that eating frog or salamander eggs was good for health, and that working with earth—plastering walls, building fences—brought no harm. Drinking gorosoe (maple) sap was also customary now.
Replenish spring energy with maple sap
Ease spring fatigue with fresh greens
Keep regular sleep against spring drowsiness
Begin tilling garden beds
Adjacent terms:
Awakening of Insects is the 3th of the 24 solar terms, falling around around March 6. Hibernating frogs awaken. The true start of spring, as all life stretches awake.
Gyeongchip means the insects and frogs hibernating underground awaken. It is when life begins to move in earnest.
Replenish spring energy with maple sap Ease spring fatigue with fresh greens Keep regular sleep against spring drowsiness Begin tilling garden beds