The meaning and customs of Grain Rain.

Grain Rain solar term means that the cold wave weather basically ends and the temperature rises rapidly. The customs of solar terms in Grain Rain include Grain Rain, Grain Rain tea, banning the killing of five poisons, offering sacrifices to the sea in Grain Rain, eating Toona sinensis and enjoying flowers in Grain Rain.

I. Meaning

Grain Rain means "Rain gives birth to hundreds of valleys", and it is Grain Rain when the sun reaches 30 on April 20th or 2 1 day every year. "Twenty-four solar terms" said, "In mid-March, after the rain, the soil paste pulsates, and now it rains, and its valley is in the water ... At this time, the valley is planted from bottom to top", hence the name.

In Grain Rain season, in the south of China, "a hundred flowers blossom", willows fall, cuckoos cry at night, peonies bloom and cherries are ripe. The natural scenery tells people that it is late spring. At this time, the temperature in the south rises rapidly. Generally, in late April, except for parts of northern and western South China, the average temperature has reached 20℃ to 22℃, which is more than 2℃ higher than that in mid-April. In the eastern part of South China, there is often a high temperature above 30 for a day or two, which makes people feel very hot. Low-altitude valley areas are used to enter summer.

Second, the customs.

1, take Grain Rain

There was a custom of "going to Grain Rain" in ancient times. On this day, young women in Grain Rain visited relatives in the village, and some people came back after walking in the wild. Moral and nature are integrated.

2. Taste grain rain tea.

There is a custom of drinking tea in Grain Rain. Grain Rain tea, that is, tea before rain, is spring tea picked in Grain Rain season, also called spring catechu. Grain Rain tea is made of new tea picked in Grain Rain on this day, and it should be picked in the morning. Grain Rain tea has green color, soft leaves, rich vitamins and amino acids, and pleasant aroma.

3. Dedicated to Cang Xie

Tomb-Sweeping Day in the Yellow Emperor and Grain Rain in Cang Xie are folk traditions that have spread for thousands of years since the Han Dynasty. According to Huainanzi, in late spring and early summer, the Yellow Emperor issued a letter to announce the success of Cangjie's word-making, and millet began to appear in the world. After Cang Xie's death, people buried him in his hometown-north of Shiguan Town, Baishui County. There is a couplet engraved on the door of the tomb: "Su Yu felt the emperor of heaven in those days, and the same text was forever matched with the tomb of the bridge." Every year in Grain Rain, Baishui County, Shaanxi Province will hold the "Cangjie Temple Fair" as scheduled.

4. Grain Rain worships the sea.

Grain Rain Festival is also known as the "strong festival" for fishermen to go fishing. In the northern coastal areas of China, fishermen have celebrated Grain Rain Festival for more than two thousand years. As soon as the sea festival arrives, fishermen will go to the Sea Temple and Niangniang Temple with offerings, and others will go to the seaside with offerings, beating gongs and drums, setting off firecrackers and offering sacrifices to the sea. The scene is very grand, and this custom is still popular in Rongcheng, Jiaodong.

5. Grain Rain eats Toona sinensis

Before and after Grain Rain, Toona sinensis was mellow and refreshing with high nutritional value, so it was said that Toona sinensis was tender as silk before the rain. People say that picking and eating Toona sinensis in spring is "eating spring". Toona sinensis is generally divided into purple Toona sinensis buds and green Toona sinensis buds, especially purple Toona sinensis buds. Fresh Toona sinensis buds are rich in protein, carotene and vitamin C.

Step 6 enjoy peony

"Grain Rain visited the peony in the Middle Three Dynasties". Peony flowers are called Grain Rain flowers and rich flowers, and Grain Rain has enjoyed peony for thousands of years. Lu Gu's "Jia Qinglu" in Qing Dynasty said: "The temple was built with the merchants, and the Grain Rain Flower Bureau was brand-new. If you don't believe that there is no national color when you meet, the brocade shed only protects Yulouchun. "