When does the rainy season begin?

Meiyu refers to a period of continuous rainy weather from mid-June to mid-July and early summer. The middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River in China refer to the range of 28-34 N east of Yichang, or the narrow area from Jianghuai Valley to southern Japan.

How did the name "Meiyu" come from? Initially, it originated from a meteorological term in China. In ancient times, Meiyu was usually called Huang Meiyu. As early as the Han Dynasty, there were many proverbs about Huang Meiyu. In the Jin Dynasty, there was already a record of "summer rain to the sun, named Huang Meiyu"; Since the Tang and Song Dynasties, there have been many interesting descriptions about Meiyu. Liu Zongyuan, a writer in the Tang Dynasty, once wrote a poem about Meiyu: "Shi Mei welcomes Meiyu, and it is already late spring. I am deeply worried about the night of the ape, and my dream has run out in the morning. The sea fog connects the South Pole, Jiang Yun dark Beijin, plain clothes today, not for the dust of the imperial city ". Among them, "Shi Mei welcomes the rain" means that when plums are ripe, they welcome the rain from summer to three o'clock in the future. At present, the meteorological plum rain refers to a rainy weather that transits from early summer to midsummer.