Sticking "Grain Rain Sticker" is a custom in Grain Rain. What is this custom?

About the origin of Grain Rain, the ancients once said, "Rain gives birth to hundreds of valleys". Meteorologists said that the arrival of the solar term in Grain Rain meant that the cold wave weather basically ended, the temperature began to rise and the rainfall increased. During this period, rainfall plays a very important role in the growth and development of cereal crops. Rainwater is extremely beneficial to the growth of cereal crops, so it is called "Grain Rain".

After Grain Rain, the temperature rose, and pests and diseases entered a high breeding period. When farming in Grain Rain, the threat of pests and diseases should not be underestimated. In order to reduce the harm of plant diseases and insect pests to crops and people, farmers put up grain rain stickers to pray for exorcism.

In the old days, Grain Rain, Linfen, Shanxi Province painted Zhang Tianshi in Japan and posted it on the door, named "Forbidden Scorpion"; Shaanxi Fengxiang's "Forbidden Scorpion" mantra is printed in woodcut, which shows that there is a great demand. Some places in Shandong also have the folk custom of "no scorpions". This reflects people's feelings of expelling pests and longing for harvest and peace.

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. As the saying goes, "Ride Grain Rain to surf the Internet". In order to go to sea safely and go home with full load, fishermen in Grain Rain will hold a sea sacrifice on this day to pray for Poseidon's blessing.

In the northern coastal areas of China, fishermen have celebrated Grain Rain Festival for more than 2,000 years, and it was renamed "Fisherman's Day" in Daoguang period of Qing Dynasty. Today, Shandong fishermen will still hold a grand "sea sacrifice" activity in the Grain Rain, propose a toast to Poseidon, and then set sail for fishing.

Therefore, the Grain Rain Festival is also called the "strong festival" for fishermen to go fishing. Every village has a sea temple or a mother temple. At the time of sacrifice, fishermen bring offerings to the temple of the sea and the mother temple, and some people bring offerings to the seaside, beating gongs and drums, setting off firecrackers and offering sacrifices to the sea. The scene is very grand.

In the northwest, there is little water and it is very cold. In the past, people didn't bathe much in winter. In Grain Rain season, the weather gets warmer, the snow melts and the rain increases, which is convenient for people to take a bath, wash away the dirt in the whole winter and spend the summer cleanly.

In the custom, the seasonal water in Grain Rain is given a special name "Peach Blossom Water". According to legend, the river in Grain Rain is called Peach Blossom Water, which can avoid disasters, so people have "Grain Rain Bath".