| T: | Chinese: 驚蟄 |
| S: | Chinese: 惊蛰 |
| L: | awakening of insects |
| P: | jīng zhé |
| Bpmf: | ㄐㄧㄥ ㄓㄜˊ |
| J: | ging1 zat6 |
| Y: | gīng jaht |
| Kanji: | Japanese: 啓蟄 |
| Hiragana: | けいちつ |
| Romaji: | keichitsu |
| Hanja: | Korean: 驚蟄 |
| Hangul: | 경칩 |
| Rr: | gyeongchip |
| Chuhan: | Vietnamese: 驚蟄 |
| Qn: | kinh trập |
Jīngzhé, 惊蛰, is the 3rd of the 24 solar terms (節氣) in the traditional Chinese calendars. It begins when the Sun reaches the celestial longitude of 345° and ends when it reaches the longitude of 360°. More often, it refers to the day when the Sun is exactly at a celestial longitude of 345°. In the Gregorian calendar, it usually begins around March 5 and ends around March 20.[1] [2]
The word 驚蟄 means the awakening of hibernating insects. 驚 is to startle and 蟄 means hibernating insects. Traditional Chinese folklore says that during Jingzhe, thunderstorms will wake up the hibernating insects, which implies that the weather is getting warmer.[3]
Each solar term can be divided into 3 pentads (候). They are the first pentad (初候), the second pentad (次候), and the third pentad (末候): Pentads in Jingzhe are
Lim Giong has an 2005 album titled Insects Awaken.
Jingzhe (film) is a 2004 Chinese film directed by Wang Quan'an.