How did the rain solar term come from? Brief introduction to the origin of rain solar terms.

Rain is the second of the 24 solar terms. Every February 19 or so, 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. The rain solar term generally starts from February 18 or 19 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 is born every day. Spring belongs to wood, but rain will come from wood. So, it began to 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. For example, Yizhoushu has phenological records such as "Hongyan coming" and "vegetation sprouting" after the rain.

On the rainy day, the married daughter went back to visit her parents with gifts. Women who have given birth to children must bring gifts such as canned meat and chairs to thank their parents for their kindness. For women who are not pregnant for a long time, their mother will sew a pair of red trousers for them to wear next to their bodies. It is said that this will enable them to get pregnant and have children as soon as possible. This custom is still popular in the countryside.

On rainy days, there is also an interesting folk activity called "pulling bags". (michel platini is the guarantor). Rain festival pulls michel platini, which means "rain and dew moisten and grow easily".

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. So there was the activity of rain festival pulling and protecting. This move has become a long-standing custom year after year.

After the solar term of rain, with the increase of rainfall, the evil of cold and dampness is most likely to trap the spleen. At the same time, it is difficult to get rid of the lingering dampness, and the spleen should be maintained before and after the rain. In the rainy solar terms, the humid atmosphere gradually rises, and dew and frost appear in the morning.

Therefore, in view of such climatic characteristics, diet recuperation should focus on regulating the spleen and stomach, expelling wind and removing dampness. Because the climate is cold at this time, it can be supplemented appropriately, such as honey, jujube, yam and tremella, which are all suitable for this solar term.

This changeable weather is easy to cause people's mood swings and even anxiety, which affects people's physical and mental health, especially those with hypertension, heart disease and asthma. In order to eliminate these unfavorable factors, besides continuing to cover them in spring, we should also adopt positive psychological exercise methods. Maintaining emotional stability plays a very important role in physical and mental health.

After the rain, the spring breeze warms up, and pathogenic bacteria and viruses are easy to spread with the wind, so infectious diseases tend to break out in spring. Everyone should protect themselves, pay attention to exercise, enhance their resistance and prevent diseases.