About folk stories

Every spring, there is a "Grain Rain" solar term. When this season comes, people are busy farming, saying that they are busy worshipping farmers. Speaking of Grain Rain, this fruit is still a myth.

Legend has it that a long time ago, people on the earth were ruled by the jade emperor in the sky. Every year, farmers work hard, and most of the collected millet is given to the Jade Emperor, but they have to leave a small part and eat a meal a day to maintain their lives. One year, just after planting the seedlings, there was a drought. People worked tirelessly to fight drought and protect seedlings day and night, but as a result, production was reduced and the harvest was very low, so they could not take millet to heaven to receive grain. At this time, the jade emperor was very dissatisfied. He sent his minister "Longicorn Beetle" to send a message urging grain to the world.

Longevity minister is kind-hearted, considerate of farmers, bullying the jade emperor and doing many evils, and has long been dissatisfied. He is down-to-earth, visits thousands of households, understands the disaster situation, and expresses deep sympathy for the affected people. So he changed the jade emperor's original intention: "stipulate that there is one meal a day, not three days" to: "stipulate that there are three meals a day." He didn't say a word about the grain harvest. People are very happy. You spread it to me, I spread it to you, and it soon spread all over the world. Since then, most parts of the world have changed to eat three meals a day.

Besides, the longicorn returned to the sky and told the Jade Emperor: "The emperor's will has been handed down, but the disaster on earth is serious and there is no food to harvest." Later, the jade emperor learned the fact that the purpose of the longicorn was not true. The Jade Emperor was furious and dismissed the minister of Cerambycidae. He was sent down to a worse grain depot as a janitor, and another minister was sent down to continue chasing grain and forcing debts. When this minister came to earth, he fought for power and profit, doing all kinds of evil, regardless of people's death, and drove the rations and seeds of the world to the sky.

The next spring, it was time to sow again, but there were no seeds on the earth, so it was impossible to sow and transplant rice. People cried to the sky, and the longicorn heard the crying and saw the pain of people on the ground, feeling deeply sad and anxious. One day, it rained in the spring rain, and it rained in Mao Mao. As soon as the longicorn saw it, it took care of itself and secretly opened the granary door of Nantianmen to sow millet with the rain. People tried to plant seeds in the sky. They were very happy and ran to tell each other: "It's Grain Rain in the world!" People rushed to the fields to farm. Later, in order to commemorate this day, people called it "Grain Rain", which has been passed down to this day.