What does the solar term rain of 202 1 mean? What are the folk customs?

Rain is the second of the 24 solar terms. With the continuous development of time, rain has also formed many cultural customs. So what does rain mean in 202 1 solar terms? What are the folk customs of solar terms and rain?

What does the solar term rain of 202 1 mean? The snow and ice melted and the rainfall increased.

Rain means that it begins to rain, and the rainfall gradually increases. Rain has two meanings, one is that the weather gets warmer and the precipitation increases gradually, and the other is that there is less snow and more rain. With the arrival of rain and solar terms, snowflakes are flying, and the cold air is gradually disappearing, while the days of spring breeze, melting ice and snow, moist air, mild sunshine and drizzle are coming to us.

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

The custom of returning to one's mother's family during the rainy festival in western Sichuan. On the day of the Rain Festival, the married daughters went to visit their parents with gifts. Women with children must bring gifts, such as canned meat and chairs, to thank their parents for their kindness. Women who have been married for a long time and are not pregnant should also bring gifts back to their parents' homes. Her mother will sew a pair of red trousers for her and wear them next to her body to show good luck and pray for a child next year.

Jieshou

After the rain festival, the son-in-law is not allowed to be idle, and she has to send a festival to her parents-in-law. Holiday gifts are usually two rattan chairs with a 4-meter-long red ribbon wrapped around them, which means wishing your parents-in-law a long life. Another typical holiday gift is canned meat for men, which is for 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, which is intended to bless her son-in-law to go out smoothly and help him keep out the wind and rain, and also to wish her a safe life.

La baobao

On this rainy day, there is a very interesting activity in western Sichuan called pulling bags. Ancient medical conditions were not good, in order to make a son or daughter grow up smoothly and healthily. Parents will pray for their children to see if their fate is good and if they need to find a michel platini. The purpose of looking for michel platini is to bring up the children with the blessing of michel platini. This move has evolved into a custom for a long time year after year, and it has been renamed to pull bags since its inheritance.

Collision and send

Among the people in western Sichuan, this custom spreads in the wet rainy season. At dawn in the morning, there are some young women on the foggy roadside, holding their young sons or daughters hand in hand, waiting for the first passerby. Once someone passes by, no matter whether the other person is male or female, old or young, they should come forward to stop each other, hold their son or daughter on the ground, kowtow to each other and be adopted sons or daughters for each other. In western Sichuan, this is called bumping, that is, whoever bumps into it is whoever has no predetermined target in advance. The purpose of bumping into worship is to protect children's smooth and healthy growth.