The meaning of rain solar terms

The meaning of rain solar terms is as follows:

In people's eyes, rain is a good solar term, which not only indicates the arrival of spring, but also represents a kind of auspiciousness and peace. After all, in ancient times, many people used beautiful words and poems to describe rain and thought it was a very auspicious day.

What does the rain solar term mean?

The annual rainfall is around February 18 in the Gregorian calendar, which is the second solar term among the 24 solar terms in the lunar calendar. Rain not only indicates the beginning of rainfall, but also indicates that rainfall begins to increase. "Calendar" said: "Fighting refers to rain, and the east wind melts ice and snow, which is dispersed into water and turned into rain, hence the name rain.

In ancient China, rainwater was divided into three periods: "First, fish sacrifice, second, geese coming, and third, vegetation sprouting." It shows that in the rain solar term, otters began to fish for five days, and geese began to fly back to the north from the south: in another five days, the grass quietly spit out buds in the continuous spring rain. Since then, the temperature has risen, and the earth has gradually begun to show a thriving scene.

Du Fu has a poem: "Good rain knows the season. When spring comes, you sneak into the night with the wind and moisten things silently."

Folk customs of rain and solar terms

1, pull the bag

Labaobao is an ancient Han folk culture in Sichuan. Pulling a baby means that parents recognize michel platini's godmother to their children. Nowadays, this unique Han folk custom in western Sichuan has established a festival "Hug Festival" in Guanghan.

2. Collision and sending (La Michel Platini)

I am looking for michel platini, so that my children can grow up smoothly and healthily. At present, the custom of "bumping into gifts" is generally only reserved in rural areas, while in cities, friends or colleagues usually "give gifts" to each other's children, and only when everyone gets together during the Spring Festival. Rain festival pulls michel platini, which means "rain and dew moisten and grow easily".

On this day, I will take michel platini's parents, bring scented wax paper, paper money and children through the crowd to find the right person in michel platini. The purpose of finding michel platini is to make children grow up healthily and safely.

3. Meet life

Accepting the custom of longevity is to hope that parents-in-law will live longer. Another typical gift is "canned meat": stew pig's trotters, snow-capped mountains, soybeans and kelp in a casserole, then seal the jar with red paper and red rope and give it to parents-in-law. This is to express gratitude and respect to the parents-in-law who have worked so hard to raise their daughters.

If the newly-married son-in-law gives a vacation, his parents-in-law will also give him an umbrella in return to let him go out for a run, which can shelter him from the wind and rain, and it also means wishing his son-in-law a smooth and safe life journey.

Step 4 go back to your mother's house

Going home in rainy days is another popular custom in western Sichuan. On rainy festivals, married daughters visit their parents with gifts. Women who have given birth to children must bring gifts such as canned meat and chairs to thank their parents for their kindness. For women who are not pregnant for a long time, their mother will sew a pair of red trousers for them to wear next to their bodies. It is said that this will enable them to get pregnant and have children as soon as possible.