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What are the customs of rain?

Good rain knows the season, when spring comes. Sneak into the night with the wind, moisten things silently. The wild path is dark, and the river is bright. Look at the red and wet place, the flowers in Jinguancheng are heavy. ? This is the poem "Delighting in Rain on a Spring Night" written by Du Fu, which is exactly what the spring rain looks like in rainy season. So do you know what the custom of rain is? The following is what Xiaobian wants to tell you.

The custom of rain 1, I want to go back to my parents' house.

The married daughter took her husband to send festivals to her parents-in-law. Holiday gifts are usually two rattan chairs and a foot or two red ribbon. It's called. Shoushou? I wish my parents a long life. And the other one? Canned meat? Stew pig's trotters, soybeans and kelp in casserole, seal the jar with red paper and red rope and give it to parents. This is to express gratitude and respect to the parents who have worked so hard to raise their daughters. If they are newlyweds, their parents-in-law will also give back an umbrella to let their son-in-law go out for a run, which will not only protect him from the wind and rain, but also mean wishing his son-in-law a smooth and safe life journey.

2. Pull the bag (looking for michel platini).

In the past, people had a habit of divining their children from God to see what their children's fate was and whether they needed to find a michel platini. The purpose of looking for michel platini is to make a son or daughter grow up smoothly and healthily. Rain festival pulls Michelle Platini, meaning? Rain and dew moisten and grow easily? Meaning. Especially in western Sichuan, there is a special place to pull michel platini on this day. On this day, whether it is sunny or rainy, we will drag michel platini's parents with paper money with tables, incense and waxing, and take the children through the crowd to find michel platini. Want to let children grow up with knowledge, and pull a scholar to be michel platini; If the child is weak, pull a tall and strong person like michel platini. Once someone is pulled? Michel platini? Some people can make money and run, some can't escape, and most of them will readily agree, indicating that others trust themselves, so their fate will be better.

3, rice color accounting

The color of rice is to predict the rice harvest in that year by frying glutinous rice flowers. ? Color? The quality depends on the number of blooming glutinous rice flowers. 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.

Step 4 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. Son-in-law's gift is usually a one-foot-two-foot-long red cotton belt. What is it called? Shoushou? Pray for parents-in-law to live long. 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.

5. Meet life

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 10 foot long red ribbon called. Shoushou? I hope my parents-in-law will? Shou Yuan? Long life.

The origin of rain solar terms Rain is the second solar term among the 24 solar terms. Every year around the 15th day of the first month (February 18-20 in Gregorian calendar), when the longitude of the sun reaches 330 degrees, it is the rain of 24 solar terms. At this time, the temperature rises, the snow melts and the precipitation increases, hence the name rain. Generally, the rainy and rainy solar term begins on February 18 or 19 of Gregorian calendar and ends on March 4 or 5. Rain, like Grain Rain, light snow and heavy snow, is a solar term reflecting precipitation.

Twenty-four solar terms: In the first month, water was produced every day. Spring belongs to wood, but there must be water for those who grow wood, so there is rain in beginning of spring. If the east wind melts, it will disperse into rain. ? It means that everything begins to sprout before and after the rain and solar terms, and spring is coming. If Yizhoushu has a rainy festival? Hongyan is here? The grass has sprouted? And other phenological records.

The custom of rain