Today's valley rain.
Each solar term,
Both have their most iconic and characteristic weather.
During the rainy season in the valley, the wind is warm and the wind is cold.
The Book of Verses has clouds: "Practice the wind of the valley, and use the clouds to rain." ”
The valley wind, that is, the gentle east wind, can sympathetically send timely rain. "The valley is born of rain", so it is called valley rain.
From April 19 to 21 of each year, when the sun reaches 30° of ecliptic longitude, it is a valley rain, which originates from the ancient saying that "rain is born of a hundred valleys".
Gu Yu is the sixth of the twenty-four solar terms and the last of spring. As the last touch of spring color in spring, it is worth cherishing.
Gu Yu is divided into three seasons: "The first waiting for Ping to be born; the second waiting for the singing dove to whisk its feathers; and the third for Dai Sheng to descend to Sang." "It means that after the rain in the valley, the rainfall increases, the duckweed begins to grow, then the cuckoo begins to remind people to sow, and then the mulberry tree begins to see the daisheng bird.
As the saying goes, "Clear snow breaks, valley rain breaks frost".
The valley rain festival means that the cold wave weather is basically over, which is the best time to sow seedlings and move seedlings and dot beans. At this time, the temperature rise is accelerated, which is greatly conducive to the growth of cereal crops.
The rain in the Qingming Valley is in the late spring season, which can be described as a very important time of the year. Spring is bright and bright, and everything is revived, which is not only suitable for people to walk on the green and find the fragrance, but also the key time for everyone to focus on health, that is, to collect the qi of heaven and earth and borrow the power of herbs to awaken the skin and body that have been sleeping for a winter.
"Before the valley rains, it is good to plant cotton", and yun: "The valley rain does not plant flowers, and the heart is like a crab crawling". Since ancient times, cotton farmers have used the valley rain festival as an indicator of cotton sowing, compiled into proverbs, and passed down from generation to generation.
There are also colorful customs of the Valley Rain Festival, showing the rich spiritual and cultural life of the ancient working people: offering sacrifices to the sea, banning scorpions, picking tea and drinking Valley Rain Tea, eating toon, sacrificing Wenzu Cangjie, peach blossom water bathing, peony viewing and other customs.
Rainy Hundred Valleys Spring is full of spring
According to the "Interpretation of the Seventy-two Waiting Collections of the Moon Order", "Gu Yu, mid-March." Since the rain, the earth has pulsated, and now it rains its valley in the water. "Gu Yu associates "valley" and "rain", which means "rain is born of a hundred valleys". As the agricultural proverb says, "planting cotton in the rain of the valley can grow good knots", at this time, the precipitation increases and the sunshine is sufficient, which is conducive to the planting and growth of rice, corn, cotton and other crops.
Taking five days as a waiting, the ancients divided the valley rain into three seasons: "One waits for Ping to be born; the second waits for the dove to whisk its feathers; and the third waits for Dai Sheng to descend on Sang." During the rainy season of the valley, a little duckweed began to spread on the surface of the water to open a piece of spring green; the field echoed with the cry of cuckoos "Family planting grain, don't miss the time of farming"; the mulberry branches and towering feathers of the Daisheng bird could not wait to start building new nests and incubating chicks.
Sneaking around picking tea and tasting tea
Although the rainy season in the valley is the time when the farmers are busy, people will also "sneak around" and carry out various spring activities to retain the last touch of spring color.
As the saying goes, "the valley rain three dynasties to see the peony", at this time, when the peony is in full bloom, the peony appreciation has become a great pleasure for people to appreciate the good spring light during the valley rainy season. To this day, this activity is still preserved. Every April, Shandong, Henan and other places will hold large-scale peony flower fairs.
"Just in the qingming valley rain, a cup of fragrant tea sits in the middle", in the southern region, people also have the custom of picking tea and tasting tea during the valley rainy season. At this time, the tea leaves are emerald green in color and soft in leaf quality, that is, tea before the rain, also known as erchun tea.
In the northern region, because the temperature is slightly lower than in the south, it is the season when the toon is freshly listed, and the folk have the custom of "March 8, eat Tsubaki buds". As the saying goes, "before the rain Tsubaki buds are tender as silk, after the rain Tsubaki buds are like wood", the valley rain to eat toon is not only rich in nutritional value, but also can transform the beauty of spring into the memory of taste buds.
During the rainy season in the valley, spring is over, but spring is not endless.
Experience is precious, and unsealing is not unblocking.
Nowadays, Shenyang is full of greenery and full of vitality.
Orderly resumption of work and production, long-lost traffic,
The hustle and bustle of the city, the hard-won achievements in the fight against the epidemic,
Wear a mask, protect yourself, and guard the green code.
Everyone should cherish this last touch of spring.
We who have been tempered by the epidemic,
Understand better that life is an experience.
Let us look forward to the blossoming of the flowers together,
Also enjoy the indifference of the flowers falling.
Heaven and earth are still bright and lovely,
The upcoming summer time is even more worth looking forward to.
Valley rain is the last festival of spring,
The next solar term is Lixia.
Are you ready to embrace summer?