The origin of the rainy season and folklore

The origin and folklore of the rainy season

The origin and folklore of the rainy season, the rainy season, the weather is uncertain, is one of the most frequent cold wave process throughout the year, cold and hot, warm and cold. As one of the twenty-four solar terms in China, rain has a long history. Here's a look at the origins and folklore of the rainy season.

The Origin and Folklore of the Rainy Season1

The Origin of Rain:

Rain is the 2nd of the 24 solar terms. Every year around February 18th, when the sun's yellow meridian reaches 330 degrees, it is the rainy season. At this time, the temperature begins to rise, snow and ice melt, precipitation increases, so named rain. Generally from February 18th or 19th, to March 4th or 5th end.

Monthly 72 wait collection: "the first month of the middle of the day, the sky a life of water. Spring is the beginning of the wood, but the wood of the rain must be water, so after the spring following the rain. And the east wind is thawed, then scattered for rain." Means that before and after the rainy season, everything is budding, spring is coming. In ancient times, the rain was divided into three seasons: "The first season otter sacrifices fish; the second season wild geese come; the third season grasses and trees sprout persuasion." After this festival, the earth is thriving.

Rain Folklore:

1, back to the mother's home: the married daughter with the groom, go to the in-laws to send the festival. The gift of the festival is usually two rattan chairs, wrapped with a two-foot-long red belt, which is called "receiving life", meaning that the parents wish a long life.

2, to receive life: son-in-law to the in-laws to send the festival, gifts are usually one zhang two feet long red cotton belt, which is known as "to receive life", meaning that the in-laws to wish a hundred years of life.

3, accounted for the color of rice: by frying glutinous rice flowers, to divine the year's rice harvest. "Color" of the good or bad, depending on the number of popping out of the glutinous rice flowers, popping out of the white flowers of glutinous rice, the more, the better the harvest; and popping out of the rice flowers, the less, it means that the harvest is not good, the price of rice will be expensive.

4, pull the Paul Paul: in folklore, there is a special interesting activities called "pull the Paul Paul" (Paul that is the godfather). Rain Festival pull godfather, take "rain and dew moist easy to grow" meaning. In the past, people have for their children to ask God's fortune * habit, to see how their children's fate, the need to find a godfather. The purpose of finding a godfather is to make the children grow up smoothly and healthily, and become a party of the custom for a long time.

Daily health:

1, spleen and dampness: with the arrival of the rainy season, the amount of rainfall will gradually increase, but if the rain is too much will also lead to excessive moisture, the most direct harm to the human body is the dampness trapped in the spleen and stomach, loss of appetite, dyspepsia, diarrhea and other symptoms. The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine said "dampness through the spleen", so this period to strengthen the maintenance of the spleen and stomach, spleen and dampness. The simplest way to strengthen the spleen and eliminate dampness is dietary therapy, such as cornstarch, lotus seed and coix seed soup.

2, rain porridge to nourish the spleen and stomach: rainy season air humidity, liver and spleen weak, so there should be less acid and more sweet, in order to nourish the spleen and stomach. Dietary choices can be tootsie, lily, pea shoots, red bamboo shoots, yam, etc., and porridge has always had the effect of strengthening the spleen and moisturizing, in the rainy season before, during and after three days of taking health congee, on the moisturizing and the spleen and stomach is very beneficial.

Remember: Don't reduce your coat too early, and blow dry your hair in time to prevent cold and dampness.

Tangled rain is happy manna, moisturizing the spring infinite, soft rain is the happiness of the spring, irrigated by the infinite vitality, rainy season, I wish infinite spring to bring you happy light constantly, infinite vitality to bring you cozy endless, I wish you all "rain" happy! Similarly, today is the annual Lantern Festival, and I would like to make the dough with "Happy" and "Happiness", make the filling with "Happiness", cook it in "Healthy" water, and use "Happiness" water to cook it with "Happiness". The "happy" bowl will be served in front of you.

The Origin of the Rainy Season

The rainy season is the second of the 24 solar terms. Every year around February 19th, when the sun's yellow meridian reaches 330 degrees, it is the rain of the 24 solar terms. At this time, the temperature rises, snow and ice melt, and precipitation increases, so it is called rain. The rainy season usually starts on February 18th or 19th and ends on March 4th or 5th. Rain and rain, snow, snow, are the same, are reflecting the phenomenon of precipitation.

"The seventy-two lunar months": "in the first month, the sky is a life of water. Spring is the beginning of the wood, but the wood of the rain must be water, so after the spring following the rain. And the east wind is thawed, then scattered for rain." Means that, before and after the rainy season, everything began to sprout, spring is coming. For example, in the "Yi Zhou Book" there is after the rainy season, "Hong Yan", "grass and trees sprouting" and other weather records.

Customs of the festival

Returning to the mother's house

Returning to the mother's house on the rainy day is another custom popular in the western part of Sichuan. During the rainy season, married daughters bring gifts to their parents' homes to visit them. Women who have given birth to children bring gifts such as meat and chairs to thank their parents for raising them. Women who have not been pregnant for a long time have their mothers sew a pair of red pants for them and wear them close to their bodies, which is said to help them get pregnant and have a child as soon as possible. This custom is still popular in rural areas.

Bumping the mail

In the western Sichuan folk, the rainy season is a very imaginative and humane festival. This day is full of a kind of rainy poetry whether it rains or not: in the morning at dawn, there are some young women, holding their young sons or daughters by the side of the foggy road, waiting for the first pedestrians to pass by in front of them. And once someone passes by, it does not matter 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 worship send, to the other side to do godson or goddaughter.

This is known in Western Sichuan folk "bumping by mail", that is, there is no predetermined goal in advance, bumping into who is who. The purpose of "bumping" is to make the children grow up smoothly and healthily.

Traditional Foods

1, garlic: spring onions and garlic is not only conducive to the need for hair, but also help the body to resist more external aggression. Spring more colds and viruses, garlic contains antibacterial components - allicin and garlic enzyme these two effective substances. Allicin and alliinase are found in the cells of fresh garlic, and once the garlic is crushed, they come into contact with each other to form allicin, a colorless, oily liquid. Allicin has a strong bactericidal effect, can help the body immune to external "flora" invasion.

2, millet: the ancients thought: "millet soup race ginseng soup", visible millet nutritional value of the high, for the old and weak patients and women in labor, millet can be said to be the most ideal but nourishing goods. The same weight of millet in the amount of iron than rice is twice as high as vitamin B1 than rice 1,5-3,5 times higher than 1,5,5 times higher than vitamin B2 1 times higher than the fiber than rice 2 - 7 times higher.

3, jujube: Chinese medicine believes that spring is the time of the liver, more acidic food will make the liver too much damage to the spleen and stomach, so you should eat less acidic food. People in the spring outdoor activities than in winter, physical exertion is greater, the need for heat increased. However, at this time, the spleen and stomach are weak, gastrointestinal digestion is poor, not suitable for eating greasy meat, therefore, calories can be appropriate by the supply of sweets.

The origin of the rainy season and folklore3

Characteristics of climatic phenomena

The rainy season has three seasons, the first otter sacrifices fish, the second wild geese, and the third grasses and trees are sprouting. It is said that when the rainy season comes, the ice on the surface of the water melts and the otters start to catch fish. The otters like to bite the fish to death and then put them on the shore in order, like a sacrifice, so there is the otter sacrificing fish. After five days of rain, geese began to fly back to the north from the south. After another five days, the grass and trees began to sprout as the yang energy in the earth rose. From then on, the earth gradually begins to show a flourishing scene.

Folk Customs of the Rain Festival

On the day of the Rain Festival, married daughters brought gifts to visit their parents. The women who already have children must bring gifts of meat and chairs to thank their parents for raising them. Women who have been married for a long time but are not pregnant also bring gifts to their parents' home. Her mother will sew a pair of red pants for her and wear them to her body as a sign of good luck and to pray for a child in the coming year. Rice coloring is a popular custom in the rice growing regions of southern China, where the color of the rice is determined by frying the rice flowers of the rice paddies to determine the color of the rice paddies for the year. A good color means a high yield, while an insufficient color means a low yield. The color of the good or bad, depending on how much popped out of the glutinous rice flowers. The more white flowers popped out of the glutinous rice. This year's rice harvest is the better.

Characteristics of the time of rain

As our country is generally monsoon climate, all the seasonal changes in precipitation, concentrated in the summer and fall seasons, mainly in the summer and fall, winter and spring less. The type of precipitation in China's monsoon area is mainly frontal rain, with the seasonal movement of the rain belt, in mid-May, the summer winds began to land on the southern coast, and the formation of frontal rain bands here, the southern coastal areas of the earliest rainy season. In mid-June, the summer winds northward, the rain band then moved to the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, forming a month-long rainy weather, known as the "rainy season": in mid-July, the summer winds northward to the north of the Huaihe River, the rain band also moved northward to north China, northeastern region. Starting in September, the winter winds strengthened southward, the summer winds began to retreat southward, and the rain belt moved southward; in October, the summer winds disappeared on the continent, and the rainy season ended.