Custom activities of rain and solar terms
1, people will occupy beige.
In rice-growing areas in southern China, it is a popular custom to occupy the color of rice, that is, to predict the color of rice this year by frying glutinous rice flowers. Sufficient color means high yield, while insufficient color means the lowest yield. The quality of color depends on the number of blooming glutinous rice flowers. The more glutinous rice there is in glistening. The better the rice harvest this year; The less the rice fragrance breaks out, it means that the rice harvest is not good this year and the rice price will be very expensive. "Flowers" and "hair" are the same. There are omens of getting rich. In some places, Hakkas even use popcorn to worship celestial officials and local officials, in order to pray for the beauty of the world, the good weather and the abundant crops of every household.
People will live a long life.
In addition, during the rainy festival, the son-in-law is not allowed to be idle, but also to send a festival to her parents-in-law. Holiday gifts are usually two rattan chairs with a 4-meter-long red belt wrapped around them. This is called "Shoushou", which means wishing parents-in-law a long life. Another typical holiday gift is canned meat for men, which is for parents-in-law. This is to express gratitude and respect to the parents-in-law who have worked hard to raise their daughters. If it is the wedding day of the newly-married son-in-law, the father-in-law and mother-in-law will also give back an umbrella, which is intended to bless the son-in-law to go out smoothly, help him shelter from the wind and rain, and also wish him a safe life.
3. Some areas need to go back to their parents' home.
The custom of returning to one's mother's family during the rainy festival in western Sichuan. On the rainy day, the married daughters went to visit their parents with gifts. Women with children must bring gifts, such as canned meat and chairs, to thank their parents for their kindness. Women who have been married for a long time but are not pregnant should also bring gifts back to their parents' homes. Her mother will sew a pair of red trousers for her, wear them to show good luck and pray for the children in the coming year.
There is a tradition that married daughters should bring gifts to visit their parents during the rainy season. Women who have given birth need to bring several cans of meat (stewed pig's trotters, snow-capped mountains, soybeans and kelp in a casserole, and then sealed the cans with red paper and red rope), chairs and other gifts to thank their parents for their parenting. For women who have not been pregnant for a long time, their mother will sew a pair of red trousers for them and wear them next to their bodies. It is said that this will help them get pregnant as soon as possible.
4. Individual areas will be insured.
On this rainy day, there is a very interesting activity in western Sichuan called "pulling bags". In ancient times, medical conditions were not good, in order to make a son or daughter grow up smoothly and healthily. Parents will pray for their children to see if their children's fate is good and if they need to find a michel platini. The purpose of finding michel platini is to raise children with the blessing of michel platini. This move has evolved into a long-term custom year after year, and it has been renamed as "pulling the baby" since its inheritance. Dad held the Rain Festival, which means "rain and dew moisten and grow easily": among the people in western Sichuan, there is a special place to pull michel platini. Whether it's sunny or rainy, we should take Dad's parents with money wrapped in scented wax paper to the mm on the dining table, and take their children through the crowd to find the right person in michel platini. If you want your children to be literate when they grow up, then pull a scholar to be michel platini; If the child is weak, pull a tall and strong person to be michel platini. Once someone is dragged into "michel platini", some people can escape, others can't get away, and most of them will readily agree, thinking that this is because others trust themselves, so their fate will become better. Generally, after pulling the rickshaw, the rickshaw puller repeatedly said "to be a dry in-law", so he arranged the snacks and snacks he brought, burned incense and lit some wax, and told the children to "worship michel platini and kowtow quickly"; "Invite michel platini to drink and eat vegetables", "Ask your in-laws to give the doll a name", and the baby will be pulled successfully. Even if they break up, they will walk around all the year round, which is called "perennial in-laws", and some people who haven't seen each other since breaking up are called "passing by in-laws".
Step 5 send rain water
At the Dongshan Hakka Rain Festival in Chengdu, Sichuan, a daughter sent festivals to her parents and a son-in-law sent festivals to her parents-in-law. The holiday gift given by the son-in-law is usually a one-foot-two-foot-long red cotton belt, which is called "Shoushou" to pray for the centenary birthday of her parents-in-law.
The daughter stewed pig's trotters and chicken soup, sealed the jar with red paper and red rope, and the son-in-law sent it to her parents-in-law. This is the son-in-law's gratitude to her parents-in-law who have worked hard to raise her daughter. If it is the wedding day of the newly-married son-in-law, the parents-in-law will also give back an umbrella to let the son-in-law go out to shelter from the wind and rain, and wish the son-in-law a smooth and safe life journey.
What traditional food do you eat in the rainy season?
1. Jujube porridge
In rainy season, China people's traditional eating habit is to drink jujube porridge. Because red dates can replenish qi and blood, and drinking red date porridge in rainy season can supplement nutrition and regulate the body, this eating custom has continued to this day. In the rainy season, many old people will cook red jujube porridge for their children.
2. barley, red beans and poria cocos tea
During the rainy season, the air humidity is relatively high, so the humidity in the human body is relatively heavy. Therefore, during the rainy season, every household will also prepare Coicis Semen, Semen Phaseoli and Poria, fry them in a pot, and then boil them together in water to make Coicis Semen, Semen Phaseoli and Poria for tea. It tastes good to drink this tea every day to get rid of dampness. It is also the tea that everyone will drink in rainy season to drive away the moisture in the body.
3. Radish cake
In the rainy season, radish cake is also a traditional food that everyone likes to eat. Cut radish into shreds, marinate it with various seasonings, and then mix it with flour to make delicious radish cake. Fry in the oil pan until golden on both sides. It tastes crisp outside and tender inside, revealing the salty taste of shredded radish, which tastes particularly good. Therefore, when rain and solar terms come, every household will make radish cakes for their families to taste.
4. Fresh bamboo shoots
A large number of fresh bamboo shoots are on the market in rainy season, so fresh bamboo shoots are naturally indispensable food in this season. In the rainy season, everyone will make all kinds of delicious food with fresh bamboo shoots, such as stewed chicken with fresh bamboo shoots, salty soup with fresh bamboo shoots, braised fresh bamboo shoots in oil and so on. , or directly cut fresh bamboo shoots into slices or dried fresh bamboo shoots, crisp and tender, is one of the rare delicacies in this season.
The meaning of rain solar terms
Rain indicates the beginning of rainfall, and it also indicates that rainfall begins to increase. As soon as the rainy season arrives, the northwest wind begins to converge and the southeast wind begins to blow. The southeast wind brought a warm and humid airflow, and the ice and snow melted, so it began to rain, so we called this solar term "rain".
"Twenty-four solar terms": "On the first lunar month, water comes from the sky, and beginning of spring belongs to wood. However, people who make wood will also have water. Therefore, beginning of spring's successor is also water. "
As soon as the rain solar term arrives, it is the "seven nine" in the "nine nine". "In 7963, a fur coat will be worn by a dog. "At this time, the temperature is gradually rising, and there are fewer days of snow, but there are more times when it rains.