Why do we worship Cangjie during the rainy season?

? "Cangjie worship is a custom in Baishui, Shaanxi Province, where Cangjie is worshipped every year on the arrival of the Grain Rain Festival.

I. Why do we need to worship Cangjie in the rainy season

? Grain rain is the sixth of the 24 solar terms and the last of the spring. So, why should we sacrifice Cangjie on the day of Grain Rain? And who is Cangjie?

According to legend, Cangjie was the historian of the Yellow Emperor and the inventor of Chinese characters. Since Cangjie was credited with creating characters for three years, thus ending the history of no writing in the world, the Jade Emperor was y moved and sent his men to ask Cangjie what he wanted.

? At that time, Cangjie was sleeping, and in his dream, he only heard someone shouting to him, "Cangjie, you have been meritorious in making words, what reward do you want?" Then Cangjie said in his dream, "I want a good harvest of all grains, so that all the people of the world will have food to eat." "Good, I will report to the Jade Emperor." After saying that the man left.

? The next day, Cangjie was about to go out, but he saw that it suddenly rained grains in the sky, and the mountains were filled with grain particles.

? At this time, Cangjie suddenly remembered the scene in the dream, which realized that it was the Jade Emperor's reward for himself, so he hurriedly reported to the Yellow Emperor. The Yellow Emperor honored Cangjie by giving him the surname "Cang".

? The character "仓" means "one above the ruler", indicating that Cangjie's achievements were already above the ruler's. Cangjie did not want to accept the honor. However, Cang Jie did not want to accept the honorary title, so he added a cursive character on "Cang", which became "Cang", indicating that he was only a member of the grass people. "Cangjie".

Secondly, the significance of the "Cangjie Festival" is that the rainy season is the most important time of the year for the Cangjie Festival to be held.

? Nowadays, in the area of Baishui in Shaanxi Province, people still take the day of Grain Rain as the day to worship Cangjie. Every year, Chinese people from all over the world gather at the Cangjie Temple in Baishui to worship this great man of the Chinese nation.

? As can be seen from the above legend story, people worship Cangjie mainly because he brought Chinese characters to mankind and made significant contributions to mankind. It also tells people the truth that whoever has done something good for the people, the people will not forget him.

Three, "Gu Yu" season of other customs

? The "Cangjie Festival" is a custom popular in the area of Baishui, Shaanxi Province. Besides, what other customs are there in other parts of the country? Here are some introductions-

? One is to drink Guyu tea. In the south, there is the custom of picking tea in the valley rain, and the local people believe that drinking tea in the valley rain can clear the fire and ward off evil spirits. Therefore, every Guyu day, no matter what the weather, people will go to the mountain to pick tea.

? The second is to eat toon. In the north there is the custom of eating toon in the valley rain. Before and after the rain, the toon has just sprouted, this time the toon is particularly delicious, in the folk have "before the rain toon tender as silk" said.

? ? The third is to enjoy peonies. Peonies bloom during the rainy season, and they are also called "rainy flower" and "rich flower". There is a long history of enjoying peonies during the rainy season. In ancient times, people came out to enjoy peonies on the day of Grain Rain, and some of them hung lanterns at night and held flower-appreciation ceremonies.

? Fourth is the Sea Sacrifice. According to records, in the northern coastal areas of China, fishermen have the custom of Guyu Festival, and in the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, Guyu was formally designated as the Fishermen's Festival. Every year on this day, the fishermen have to hold a grand "sea" activities, to the goddess of the sea to toast to the goddess of the sea, and then set sail to catch fish.

Five is "go Guyu". The so-called "go Guyu", is in the Guyu this day, young women or go to visit friends and relatives, or field trekking, in order to celebrate the Guyu festival, feel the way the beautiful scenery and bright spring color.

? The main customs of the rainy season are the six listed above, including the "rainy season sacrifice Cangjie". It should be noted that these customs in some areas, mainly popular in ancient times, modern even if some places still retain some of the customs, but no longer like the ancient times of the scenery.