According to the Guangdong legend, one of the evil spirits, the White Tiger (commonly known as Hu Ye), comes out to find food during Jingzhe. In ancient agricultural societies, tigers were a common threat. To seek safety, people worshipped the White Tiger on the day of Jingzhe, which is the origin of the worship of the White Tiger during Jingzhe. Perhaps due to this Guangdong legend, it is said that in the past, the believers who worshipped the White Tiger in Singapore during Jingzhe were mostly from Guangdong. Now, this tradition has been widely followed by people of different backgrounds, including some Indian compatriots. Due to the widespread nature of the Jingzhe worship, many temples have set up altars for worshipping the White Tiger to facilitate believers. These white tiger statues used for worship usually have sharp teeth and open mouths. Believers believe that by applying lard to its mouth during the worship, it will not open its mouth to harm people; by feeding it an egg, it will not harm people after being full. Traditionally, the egg must be a duck egg. Now, duck eggs are hard to find, so people have to make do with chicken eggs.

According to folk legends, the White Tiger is the god of quarrels and disputes. Every year, it comes out on this day to find food, opening its mouth to bite people. If you encounter it, you may face trouble from evil people throughout the year, hindering your career development and causing various misfortunes. To protect themselves, people would worship the White Tiger on the day of Jingzhe. The term "worshiping the White Tiger" refers to worshiping a paper-made white tiger. The paper tiger is usually yellow with black spots, and has a pair of fangs drawn at the corners of its mouth. During the worship, people feed it with pork blood to make it full so it won't speak ill of people anymore, then apply raw pork meat to its mouth to make it full of oil, preventing it from speaking ill of others.
Jingzhe symbolizes the beginning of the second month. A sudden thunderclap will awaken all the animals that hibernate, and snakes, insects, rats, and ants will come out again to search for food. Therefore, in ancient times, on the day of Jingzhe, people would hold incense and moxa to burn around the four corners of their homes, using the fragrance to drive away snakes, insects, mosquitoes, rats, and bad smells. Over time, this gradually evolved into the habit of beating enemies and driving away bad luck for those who had misfortune, which is the precursor to the "beating small people" tradition.

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