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The significance of the rainy season How much do you know about this festival?

1. The arrival of the rainy season means that the snowy, bone-chilling weather is gradually disappearing, while the spring breeze, melting snow and ice, moist air, mild sunshine and drizzling rain are on their way to us.

2. Rain is the 2nd of the 24 solar terms. Every year on February 18-20 of the Gregorian calendar, when the sun's yellow longitude reaches 330 degrees, it is the rainy season. The rainy season period generally begins on February 18-20 and ends on March 4 or 5 of the Gregorian calendar. Like Guyu, Xiaoman, Xiaoyue and Daxue, Yushui is a festival that reflects the phenomenon of precipitation. After the rainy season, the sun's point of direct sunlight gradually approaches the equator from the southern hemisphere. In the northern hemisphere at this time, the number of hours of sunshine and the intensity of sunshine are increasing, the temperature rises faster, and the warm and humid air from the ocean begins to be active and gradually advances to the north. Rainfall gradually increases, but the rainfall level is mostly light rain or drizzle. As the saying goes, "Spring rain is as expensive as oil", and suitable precipitation is important for the growth of crops. Twenty-four seasons is the product of ancient farming civilization, "rain" is the farming culture for the seasonal reflection.