Second, the origin of Guyu Festival

Guyu, the sixth of the twenty-four solar terms, originates from the ancient saying that "rain produces hundreds of grains". It is the last solar term of spring, and also the best time to plant seeds and dibble beans. During the Grain Rain Festival, "rain will fall". The so-called seasonal rain has two meanings: one refers to the rain that comes at the right time, and the other refers to the rain that flutters and rushes.

More rain, rain is also urgent. "Qingming breaks the snow, Guyu breaks the frost". The arrival of the Grain Rain Festival means that the cold weather is basically over, and the temperature picks up faster, which is greatly conducive to the growth of cereal crops.

The above is a compilation of the characteristics and customs of the rainy season, the origin of the rainy season all content, the rainy season has its own customs.

Characteristics of the rainy season

In ancient China, the rainy season is divided into three seasons: "the first seasons of the ping ping began to be born; the second seasons of the song dove whisked its feathers; the third seasons of the Dai Sheng descending in the mulberry." It is said that after the rainfall increased, floating ping pong began to grow, then the cuckoo bird began to remind people to sow, and then the mulberry tree began to see Dai Sheng bird.

After the rainfall increased after the Grain Rain Festival, the humidity in the air gradually increased, at this time we should follow the natural changes in health, for its climatic characteristics to adjust. At the same time as the weather turns warm, people's outdoor activities increase, the northern region of the peach blossom, apricot blossom, etc. open; poplar floss, willow floss around.

Grain rain season, the southern region, "poplar flowers fall out of the Zigui cries", willow wadding, azalea night cries, peonies spit stamens, cherry red ripe, the natural scenery notice people: the time to the twilight of spring. At this time, the south of the temperature rises faster, the average temperature in late April, in addition to parts of northern and western South China, has reached 20 ℃ ~ 22 ℃, higher than the middle of 2 ℃ or more. Eastern South China will often have one or two days of high temperatures above 30, so that people begin to feel the heat. Low altitude valley areas have also entered the summer.

Grain Rain Festival, the East Asian high-altitude westerly rapids will once again occur significantly weakened and northward, South China's warm and humid air masses are more active, the westerly belt from west to east circulation fluctuations are more frequent, low-pressure and cyclonic activity in the Yangtze River and Huaihe River gradually increased. Under its influence, the Jianghuai region will appear continuous rain or gusty rain.

Grain rain is the last of the spring season, when the field of seedlings first inserted, new crops, the most in need of rain to moisturize, so it is said that "spring rain is as expensive as oil".

Grainrain Rain Festival Introduction

Grain Rain is the sixth of the twenty-four seasons, April 19 ~ 21 every year is the sun reaches 30 ° of the yellow longitude for the rain, from the ancients, "the rain is born of a hundred grains," said. At the same time, it is also the best time for dibbling and dibbling, sowing and moving seedlings. The rainy season is characterized by high temperatures and frequent rainy days. "Qingming break snow, grain rain break frost", meteorologists said, grain rain is the last of the spring festival, the arrival of the rain festival means that the cold weather is basically the end of the temperature rebound to speed up, greatly conducive to the growth of cereal crops.

Grain rain is the last of the spring season, when the field of seedlings first inserted, new crops, the most in need of rain to moisturize, so it is said that "spring rain is as expensive as oil". At this time, most of the eastern part of southern China at this time the rain is more abundant, perennial rainfall in late April about 30 to 50 millimeters, the first big rain every year generally appeared in this period, on rice planting and corn, cotton seedling growth is favorable.

But most of the rest of South China receives less than 30 millimeters of rain, requiring irrigation measures to mitigate the effects of drought. In the mountainous Northwest Plateau, still in the dry season, precipitation is generally only 5 to 20 millimeters. South China before and after the rain, often "with the wind into the night, moist and silent", this is because the "Bashan night rain" in April and May to appear the most opportunities. "Shu day often night rain, the threshold has been clear", this night rain day clear weather, the spring crop growth and small spring crop harvest is quite suitable.

Calculation of the date of the rainy season

[Y_D+C]-L

Formula interpretation: Y = the last two digits of the number of years, D = 0.2422, L = the number of leap years, the 21st century, C = 20.1, the 20th century = 20.888. Example: the date of the rainy season of the valley in the year 2088 = [88 x 0.2422+20.1]-[88/4]=41-22=19, April 19 is the Valley Rain.

Weather Characteristics of Grain Rain

The most important characteristic of the weather of Grain Rain is rainy, rainfall increases after the Grain Rain Festival, and rain produces hundreds of grains. Rainfall is sufficient and timely, and cereal crops thrive.

In ancient China, the valley rain is divided into three waiting: "The first waiting for the Ping began to grow; the second waiting for the singing turtles to brush their feathers; the third waiting for Dai Sheng descending in the mulberry." It means that after the rainfall increases, the floating ping pong begins to grow, then the cuckoo bird begins to remind people to sow, and then the mulberry tree begins to see the Dai Sheng bird.

After the rainfall increased after the Grain Rain Festival, the humidity in the air gradually increased, at this time we should follow the natural changes in health, for its climatic characteristics to adjust. At the same time as the weather turns warm, people's outdoor activities increase, the peach blossom, apricot blossom and other openings in the northern region; poplar floss, willow flakes flying around. Rain produces all kinds of grains. With sufficient and timely rain, cereal crops can thrive.

In the southern region during the rainy season, "the poplar flowers are falling," the willow wadding flies down, the cuckoo cries at night, the peony spits out stamens, the cherry red ripe, the natural scenery tells people: it is time for the late spring.

At this time, the south of the temperature rise faster, the average temperature in late April, in addition to parts of northern and western South China, has reached 20 ℃ to 22 ℃, higher than the middle of the 2 ℃ or more. South China's eastern part will often have one or two days of high temperatures of more than 30, so that people began to feel the heat. Low altitude valley area industry to enter the summer.

South China's spring temperatures higher climate characteristics, in favor of the spring crop cultivation measures to grasp early. Suitable for red camas planting temperature of 18 ℃ to 22 ℃, this time has been able to meet. The experience of the old dry areas of South China proved that the red camas in the rain early planting, can make the vine leaves in the drought before the box, enhance the drought-resistant ability to obtain high-yield and stable yield to 20 millimeters. So there is "spring rain is as expensive as oil" said.

Grain rain when the temperature is high, rainy and frequent, will make three wheat pests and diseases occur and popular. The majority of rural areas should be based on the weather changes, to improve the three wheat pest control.

Grain Rain Festival customs

Shanxi Grain Rain Festival customs 1: forbidden scorpion spell charm

In the old days, Shanxi Linfen area on the day of the rain to draw a celestial teacher talisman pasted on the door, the name of the "forbidden scorpion". Prohibit scorpion spells, to woodcut printed, visible demand is great. Printed on it: "rain in March, scorpions show off. Chicken with a mouth, poisonous insects into water ......" The picture in the center of the cock with a worm, there is a large scorpion under the paw. There is a big scorpion under the claw.

The saying that the rooster cure scorpion early in the folklore. Magic novel "Journey to the West" fifty-five, the Monkey King piggyback can not defeat the scorpion spirit, Guanyin also know that he can not be close. So she asked the Monkey King to ask the Pleiadian Stargazer, and the result was a success. The Pleiadian Stargazer is a large rooster with two crowns. The book describes that the Pleiadian Stargazer appeared as a big rooster, and the rooster called out to the scorpion spirit, and the scorpion spirit instantly appeared as a lute-sized `scorpion'. The great rooster called out again, and the scorpion spirit went limp and died on the hillside.

Shandong Guyu Festival Customs 2: Sacrifice to the Sea

Every year on April 20, is the fishermen's festival in Rongcheng City, Shandong Province. The festival originated from the Guyu Festival. For fishermen's families, the Grain Rain Festival is popular for sea sacrifice customs. The rainy season is the time when the spring sea water warms up, a hundred fish line to the shallow sea area, is a good day to go to sea fishing. As the saying goes, "Ride the rainy season to the sea". In order to be able to go out to sea safe, full return, Gu Yu this day fishermen to hold a sea festival, praying for the sea god blessing. Therefore, Gu Yu Festival is also called the fishermen to go out to sea fishing "strong festival".

In the past, fishermen's houses were managed by the fishermen's houses, and the sea festival was generally organized by the fishermen's houses. Offerings for the hair branded skin of a fat pig, with the cavity blood smear red, white meat and potatoes ten, in addition, also prepared firecrackers, joss paper and so on. Fishermen organized in partnership sea festival without a whole pig, then use the pig's head or steamed pig-shaped meat and potatoes instead.

In the old days, the village had a temple of the sea god or the temple of the Queen Mother, the moment of sacrifice, the fishermen will carry offerings to the temple of the god of the sea, the temple of the Queen Mother set up for the sacrifice, and some of them will be carried to the sea, banging gongs and drums, firecrackers, the face of the sea rituals, the scene is very grand.

Shaanxi rainy season customs 3: sacrifice Cangjie

rainy festival sacrifice Cangjie from when no one to prove that the sacrifice has been thousands of years, and the convention has become customary. In Shaanxi Bayshui Shiguan Township every year in the rain to organize the Cangjie temple fair, and the rain this day public or civil sacrifice Cangjie.

Mr. Yu Youren, a famous modern Chinese calligrapher and a patriarch of the Nationalist Party, attended the Cangjie Festival in the ninth year of the Republic of China and inscribed a plaque entitled "Ancestor of Culture"; Zhu Qinglan, a general of the Nationalist Party, attended the Cangjie Festival in the 22nd year of the Republic of China and inspected the reclamation of the Huanglong Mountain and made a donation to repair the Cangjie Tomb and wrote in person "Drawing Gua and then open the text of the ancestors, the knot rope newly created birds and insects book" of the famous couplet.

Folklore, Cangjie is the Yellow Emperor's historian, with the Yellow Emperor's southern patrol came to Luo Nan security Yangxu mountain. Cangjie "climbed the mountain of Yangxu, facing the water of the Xuanhu Luo汭"，承神仙托梦，得灵龟负书，"so poor heaven and earth changes, look up to see Kuixing round and curved potential, down to see the turtle, bird tracks, mountains and rivers, fingers and palms and create the text."

After creating the twenty-eight characters, Kurajie ordered craftsmen to carve them into the cliffs of Xuanhu Mountain, which is across the river from Yangxu Mountain. Since then, all the dignitaries and literati who traveled to Luo territory would visit the holy relics and print the characters. At this time, the local people regardless of agricultural work to be assigned to serve. The local people can not afford to labor, take the thunderstorm day arson burned the engraved stone wall.

Henan Grain Rain Festival Custom 4: Peony Flower Festival

Peonies bloomed before and after the Grain Rain, so peonies are also called "Grain Rain Flower". It is still a popular custom in Henan to see peonies during the three dynasties of the Grain Rain: during the Grain Rain, "Peony Flower Festival" was held in different places, and people wandered in the flower sea to feel the breath of spring and the beauty of life.

Wang Zhenbai, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, wrote two poems titled "White Peony" and "Paeonia", which are also related to "Grain Rain". The first one says: "The rain washes away the delicate vegetation and cuts it into white peonies. The fragrance of the white peony is different from that of the jade, and the powder is light enough to be put on a silver plate." The latter says, "The peony is favored by spring, but I have never envied the peony. The rainy season is only slightly cold."

Only at the time of rain, peony and peony look extraordinarily spiritual and beautiful. In the Qing Dynasty Gu Lu's "Qing Jia Lu", there is a saying that "the merchants who build shrines and pavilions, and watch the flowers in the rainy season are new. I don't believe that there is no national color, but only to protect the jade building spring" record.

North and South rain festival customs 5: walk the rain

Some areas in the north and south are still popular a "walk the rain" custom. That is, on the day of the rain, young women go to the village relatives, visit each other, talk about the old new. After lunch, people also meet to the field to "step on the green", in the "step on the green" process to enjoy the spirit, broaden the horizons, taste of affection.

Northern rainy season customs 6: eat toon

folk proverb says: "before the rain toon tender as silk", so some areas in the north have "rain food toon" custom. Before and after the rain, toon new buds bloom, mellow and refreshing, nutritious, people pick the toon, or fried or mixed or blanched or soup, eat a lot of flavor. Nutritionists believe that the toon has to improve immunity, stomach, gas, diarrhea, emollient, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, insecticidal effect. Eat toon during the rainy season, there is a "spring supplement" effect.