The characteristics and customs of the rain solar terms are:

1. Rainwater is the rainwater of the twenty-four solar terms. At this time, the temperature rises, the ice and snow melt, and the precipitation increases, so it is named rainwater. The rain solar term generally starts on February 18th or 19th and ends on March 4th or 5th. Below are the customs and climate characteristics of the rain solar term that I have compiled for you. I hope it will be of interest to you.

2. During the rainy season, people will predict the color of the rice. It is a popular custom in the rice-growing areas of South China to predict the quality of this year's rice by frying the rice cakes. Sufficient color means high yield, while lack of color means lowest yield. The quality of the rice depends on how much glutinous rice flowers pop out. The more glutinous rice pops out with white flowers.

The better the rice harvest will be this year; and the fewer rice pops will pop out, it means the rice harvest will be poor this year and the price of rice will be high. "花" has the same pronunciation as "发". There are omens of getting rich. Hakka people in some places even use popcorn to worship the Heavenly Official and the Earthly Official, in order to pray for harmony between heaven and earth, good weather, and good harvests for every household.

3. During the rain festival, people will celebrate their birthdays. During the rain festival, the son-in-law must not be idle, but also has to send gifts to his father-in-law and mother-in-law. The gift given during the festival is usually two rattan chairs with a 4-meter-long red ribbon wrapped around them. This is called "Jie Shou", which means wishing the father-in-law and mother-in-law a long life. Another typical gift for the festival is a can of male meat, given to the father-in-law and mother-in-law.

This is an expression of gratitude and respect to the father-in-law and mother-in-law who worked hard to raise their daughter to adulthood. If it is a wedding day for a newlywed son-in-law, the father-in-law and mother-in-law will also give him an umbrella in return, which is intended to protect the son-in-law from going out smoothly and protect him from wind and rain. It also means to wish the son-in-law a safe life.

4. The custom of worshiping and sending gifts. Among the people in western Sichuan, the Rain Festival is a very imaginative and humane solar term. Whether it rains or not, this day is full of a poetic and poetic atmosphere: at dawn in the morning, there are some young women on the side of the foggy road, holding hands with their young sons or daughters, waiting for the first person to pass by. pedestrian. And once someone passes by, regardless of whether he is a man or a woman, old or young, and stops him or her, he will pin his son or daughter to the ground, kowtow and worship him, and make him his godson or goddaughter.

5. The custom of La Baobao. Baobao is a Sichuan dialect, which means that in order to protect the children from growing up, they find someone with good fortune to be their godfather and godmother. Therefore, they are called godfather (baoye, paobao) and godmother (baoiniang, if unmarried), and they are also called Baobao. In the past, people had the habit of praying to God and asking for divination for their children to see what their fortunes were and whether they needed to find a godfather. The purpose of finding a godfather is to help the son or daughter grow up smoothly and healthily.

(This may also be related to the previous medical conditions. Because the medical conditions are not good, many children are sick and cannot be treated at all. So they need to use the blessing of their godfather to bring up the children.) So the Rain Festival came into being. Baobao activities. This practice year after year has gradually become a custom.