What are the folk customs in the rainy season?

Jieshou

In some areas of our country, sons-in-law and daughters send festivals to their parents-in-law on rainy days. Gifts are usually a cotton belt 10 feet long, which is called "Shoushou", which means wishing parents-in-law a long life.

Gifts are usually a cotton belt 10 feet long, which is called "Shoushou", which means wishing parents-in-law a long life. Another typical gift is "canned meat": stew pig's trotters, snowflake beans and kelp in a casserole, seal the jar with red paper and red rope, and respectfully 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 it is wedding date, the newly-married son-in-law, her parents-in-law will also give her an umbrella in return, so that she can go out for a run, which can not only provide him with shelter from the wind and rain, but also mean wishing her a smooth and safe life journey.

Collision and send

Rain Festival is an imaginative and human solar term among the people in western Sichuan. This is called "bump into worship" among the people in western Sichuan, that is, whoever bumps into someone is who, and there is no predetermined goal in advance. The purpose of "seeing michel platini off" is to make a son or daughter grow up smoothly and healthily.

Rain Festival is an imaginative and human solar term among the people in western Sichuan. Whether it rains or not, this day is full of a feeling of rain and poetry: at the first light of the morning, some young women are holding their young sons or daughters on the foggy roadside, waiting for the first passerby. And once someone passes by, no matter men, women and children, stop each other, hold their son or daughter on the ground, kowtow and send them to be adopted sons or daughters.

This is called "bump into worship" among the people in western Sichuan, that is, whoever bumps into someone is who, and there is no predetermined goal in advance. The purpose of "seeing michel platini off" is to make a son or daughter grow up smoothly and healthily. Of course, the custom of "bumping into people to celebrate the New Year" still exists in rural areas. People in cities usually "pay homage" to their children, but they only get together during the Spring Festival holiday. ...

Zhandao color

The color of rice is to predict the rice harvest in that year by frying glutinous rice flowers. The quality of "color" depends on the number of glutinous rice flowers that bloom. The more glutinous rice that bursts with glistening, the better the harvest; Moreover, the less rice blooms, it means that the harvest is not good and the rice price will be expensive.

Send rain water

At the Dongshan Hakka Rain Festival in Chengdu, Sichuan, a daughter sent festivals to her parents, and her son-in-law sent festivals to her parents-in-law. The gift given by the son-in-law on holidays is usually a one-foot-two-foot-long red cotton belt, which is called "Shoushou" to pray for the parents-in-law to get along for a hundred years. The daughter stewed pig's trotters and chicken soup, sealed the jar with red paper and red rope, and the son-in-law sent it to her parents-in-law. This is the son-in-law's gratitude to her parents-in-law who have worked so hard to raise her daughter. If it is wedding date, the newly-married son-in-law, her parents-in-law will also give her an umbrella in return, so that her son-in-law can go out to shelter from the wind and rain, and wish her a smooth and safe life journey.

(of a person) return to one's place of origin or unit.

In western Sichuan, married daughters go back to visit their parents with gifts. For women who are not pregnant for a long time, their mothers will sew a pair of red trousers for them and put them on. It is said that this will ensure that they can get pregnant and have children as soon as possible. This custom is still popular in the countryside.