After Lichun is the rainy season. Rain, is the 2nd of the 24 solar terms.

The meaning of the rainy season is the beginning of rainfall, and the amount of rainfall is mostly in the form of light rain or drizzle. As the saying goes, "spring rain is as expensive as oil", suitable precipitation is very important to the growth of crops, it is the farming culture of the seasonal reflection. Into the rainy season, China's northern regions have not yet spring weather, most places in the south is full of spring, a picture of early spring.

The three seasons of rain

There are three seasons of rain: the first one is for otters to sacrifice fish, the second one is for geese to come, and the third one is for grasses and trees to sprout. It is said that when the rainy season comes, the ice on the water surface melts and otters start to catch fish.

The otter likes to bite the fish to death and put them on the shore in order, like a sacrifice, so there is a "otter sacrifice fish" said. 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 began to show a thriving scene.