202 1 The Origin and Folklore of Rainwater Solar Term

1, rain, which means that the precipitation begins 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. "Twenty-four solar terms" said: "In the first month, water is in the sky. Spring belongs to wood, but those who grow wood will have water, so rain will follow. If the east wind melts, it will disperse into rain. "

2. The rainy solar term means that it begins to rain and the rainfall gradually increases. In the Yellow River valley, the birthplace of the 24 solar terms, the weather was cold before it rained, but it was snowing and raining hard. After the rain, the temperature can generally rise above 0℃, with less snow and more rain. However, in the warm southern region, even in the dead of winter, rainfall is not uncommon. The average temperature in most parts of southern China in this period is above 10℃, peaches and plums are in bud, and cherries are in full bloom. It is indeed a climatic spring. In addition to a few years, the frost period has come to an end. It is timely to graft fruit trees and plant trees. After a dry winter, there are many droughts in spring all year round in South China, especially in the western part of South China, where "spring rain is as expensive as oil". In agriculture, attention should be paid to moisture conservation and timely irrigation to meet the water supply at the jointing and booting stage of wheat and the critical period of bolting and flowering of rape. The mountainous area of the northwest plateau is still in the dry season, with low temperature and high wind speed, which is prone to forest fires.

3, accounting for beige. In rice-growing areas in southern China, it is a popular custom to occupy the color of rice, that is, to predict the color of rice this year by frying glutinous rice flowers. Sufficient color means high yield, and insufficient color means the lowest yield. The color depends on the number of blooming glutinous rice flowers. The more glistening glutinous rice emerges. The better the rice harvest this year.

4. Go back to your family. 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.

5. Accept life. 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. Festival gifts are usually two rattan chairs wrapped in a 4-meter-long red ribbon, which is called "Shoushou", meaning to wish 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.