The last solar term "Grain Rain" in spring has arrived. Do you know the customs in Grain Rain?

The last solar term in spring? Grain Rain? Here we are. Do you know the customs in Grain Rain?

Grain Rain has some customs such as drinking Grain Rain tea, offering sacrifices to the sea, eating Toona sinensis and enjoying flowers.

Sacrifice to Cang Xie, Wen Zu: Since the Han Dynasty, there has been a custom of offering sacrifices to Cang Xie, Wen Zu in Grain Rain and Baishui County, Shaanxi Province. According to legend, Cang Xie created characters and made great contributions to the world. The Yellow Emperor was moved. It rains with Xiaomi? As a reward for his coinage, it has been there ever since? Grain Rain? Festival.

Drink grain rain tea.

It is said that drinking tea on this day in Grain Rain will clear fire and ward off evil spirits, so there is a custom of picking tea in Grain Rain in the south. No matter what the weather is in Grain Rain, people will pick some new tea to drink in order to pray for health.

Sacrifice to the sea

Grain Rain season is the time when the sea is warm in spring, and it is a good day for hundreds of fish to go to the shallow sea. Therefore, in some coastal areas, a sea sacrifice ceremony will be held on this day in Grain Rain to pray that fishermen can go home safely when they go out to sea.

Eat Toona sinensis

In the north, Grain Rain is a good time to eat Toona sinensis. At this time, Toona sinensis is rich in nutritional value and is very popular with people.

enjoy flowers

Grain Rain is also an important time for peony flowers to bloom, so peony flowers are also called? Grain Rain flower? . In some areas of Shandong, some peony flowers will appear in Grain Rain, attracting many people to enjoy the beautiful scenery of peony.

Besides, there are many other customs in Grain Rain, such as offering sacrifices to Cang Xie, going to Grain Rain and banning the killing of five poisons.

In folk proverbs, there is a sad legend: It is said that during the period of Tang Gaozong, there was a young man named Grain Rain who was very good at swimming. Once, there was a flood in his hometown of Cao Zhou. He used this skill to save the villagers, risked his life to save a peony flower and asked a gardener to plant it well. A few years later, Grain Rain's mother was seriously ill, and Grain Rain had to take care of her while doing things. At this time, a beautiful woman appeared in his family, taking care of his mother every day. Grain Rain and this woman have been in love for a long time. Just when Grain Rain wanted to marry this girl, she learned that this beautiful girl was the fairy peony, and it was the peony he saved several years ago. ?

Peony fairy agreement? Until April 8th next year, I will go to Gu Men to settle down. ? Later, the vulture, the enemy of Peony Flower Fairy, became seriously ill, forcing Peony sisters to treat her illness and brew Huaruidan wine. The peony sisters refused to take their own blood and brewed Dan wine for the evil thief to drink, but they were taken away and detained by vultures. Grain Rain has experienced many difficulties and obstacles. On his birthday, he finally broke into the magic cave, defeated the vultures and rescued Hua Xian. When everyone was ready to go home, the vulture that was not dead stabbed Grain Rain with a dark sword. Sister Peony was so angry that she picked up Grain Rain's axe and chopped the dying vulture into a paste! Turned to help Grain Rain's body, sobbing. Grain Rain saved the lives of these flowers with his own life. From then on, on the day Grain Rain died, it would rain in the sky and all the peonies would bloom in memory of Grain Rain.