Good rain knows when spring will come. Which solar term is it?

It is raining. Rain is the second of 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.

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The custom of rain in solar terms: people will hold social fires, Lantern Festival and lanterns.

These activities are all in the hope that people can fully move, reflect the vitality of solar terms changes, live in harmony with nature, and inject strength into life. Farming culture is combined with weather. To some extent, rain, as a change of solar terms, still reminds agricultural production and people's lives how to adapt to the changes in nature.

After the solar term in beginning of spring, rain is also a time point, which means that it is full of vitality. "Just as there is light snow, slight cold and severe cold in winter,' rain' is also a sign of spring. It is believed that the harmonious result of Yang rising and Yin falling at this time is a vibrant spring.