Customs of the rainy season

Second, to hit the worship mail

Rain Festival, in the western Sichuan folk is a very imaginative and humane festival. This day whether it rains or not is full of a rainy poetry: morning dawn, foggy roadside there are some young women, hand in hand with young sons or daughters, waiting for the first from the front of the pedestrians passing by. And once someone passes by, regardless of whether it is a man or a woman, is old or young, stop the other side, the son or daughter pressed to the ground, kowtow to send, to the other side as a godson or goddaughter. This is known as the folk in western Sichuan hit worship send, that is, there is no predetermined goal in advance, hit who is who. The purpose of bumping to look for godfather is to let the son or daughter grow up smoothly and healthily. Of course, now generally only rural villages still retain this custom, city people generally or friends or classmates or coworkers to send their children to each other, but only for the New Year's festivals when we come together to get together.

Three, accounted for the rice color

Four, send rain

Chengdu, Sichuan Dongshan Hakka rain festival, there is a folklore is the daughter of the parents, son-in-law to the in-laws to send the festival. The son-in-law's gift to the festival is usually a two-foot-long red cotton belt, known as the life, praying for the parents-in-law to live a long life. Daughters are stewed pig's feet, chicken soup, with red paper, red rope sealed the mouth of the jar, by the son-in-law to the parents-in-law to send. This is the son-in-law's way of expressing gratitude to his parents-in-law for their hard work in bringing up his daughter. If the newlyweds son-in-law to send the festival, the parents-in-law will also return the umbrella, son-in-law can go out to protect the wind and rain, son-in-law blessed life journey smooth and safe.

Fifth, back to the mother's home

In the western part of the country, married daughters on this day to bring gifts back to visit their parents. Women who have not been pregnant for a long time will have their mothers sew a pair of red pants for them to wear, which is said to ensure that they can get pregnant as soon as possible and have a child. This custom is still popular in rural areas.

Six, pull Paul Paul

In the old days, people were superstitious about destiny, for their children to seek God's advice, to see their own children are not good with, especially the only child is more afraid of premature death, be sure to worship a godfather, according to the child's birth year, month, day and time with the same, gold, wood, water, fire and earth, looking for a fortune-teller to count the relationship between the fate on the compatibility of the relationship between the life of the lack of wood, to worship the godfather. Godfather to take the name with the word wood, in order to insure the son's longevity. This move year after year, long and blooming side of the custom, inherited so far renamed LaBaoBao.