What are the folk activities and eating customs in Guyu today?
Grain rain is the last solar term in spring, which represents the increase of precipitation and the growth of grains.In the folks, there are customs of worshiping ghosts and gods, appreciating flowers, sacrificing the sea, walking on the Grain Rain, and sticking the Grain Rain stickers every time the folks go to Grain Rain.
Introduction to Grain Rain
Grain Rain is the sixth solar term in the twenty-four solar terms and the last solar term in spring.Dou refers to Chen; the ecliptic longitude of the sun is 30°; the festival is held from April 19th to 21st in the Gregorian calendar every year.Grain rain means "rain produces hundreds of grains".At this time, the precipitation increases significantly.The first seedlings and new crops in the fields need the moisturizing of rain.As the so-called "spring rain is as precious as oil".With adequate and timely rainfall, cereal crops can thrive.Grain Rain, like the solar terms such as rain, small full, light snow, and heavy snow, is a solar term that reflects the phenomenon of precipitation, and it is the reflection of the ancient farming culture on the seasons.
Customs of Grain Rain
1.Sacrifice to Cangjie
The Qingming Festival sacrifices to the Yellow Emperor, and the Grain Rain sacrifices to Cangjie, which are folk traditions that have been passed down for thousands of years since the Han Dynasty.According to the "Huainanzi", the Yellow Emperor issued an edict in late spring and early summer, announcing that Cangjie had succeeded in creating Chinese characters, and there was a rain of millet that day.After Cangjie’s death, people buried him in his hometown, the north of Shiguan Town, Baishui County.A couplet was engraved on the door of the tomb:"Yusu felt the emperor in those days, and the bridge mausoleum with Wen Yongshi." The annual Gu Yu, "Cangjie Temple Fair" It will be held as scheduled in Baishui County, Shaanxi Province.
2.Appreciating peonies
"Seeing peonies in three dynasties during the Grain Rain".Qing Gu Lu’s "Qing Jialu" said:"The merchants who built the temple and the other halls will look at the flowers in a new way.If you don’t believe that there is no national color when you meet, Jin Peng only protects the spring of Yulou." So far, Heze in Shandong and Luoyang in Henan will be in the rain season.A peony festival is held for people to watch and play.
3.Sacrifice to the sea
The Grain Rain Festival is also called the "Zhuang Xing Festival" for fishermen to go out to sea.In the coastal areas of northern China, fishermen have been celebrating the Grain Rain Festival for more than 2,000 years.When the sea sacrifice time arrives, the fishermen will carry offerings to the Sea Temple and the Niangniang Temple to offer sacrifices.It is still popular in the Rongcheng area of Jiaodong today.
4.Walking in the Grain Rain
In ancient times, there was a custom of "walking the Grain Rain".On the day of Grain Rain, young women would go to the village to join their relatives, and some would return after a walk in the wild.The meaning is to integrate with nature and strengthen the body.
5.Grain Rain Sticker
Grain Rain Sticker, which prohibits and kills five poisons.After the Grain Rain, the temperature rises, and the pests and diseases enter a period of high reproduction.In order to reduce the damage of pests and diseases to crops and people, the farmers Entering the field to exterminate insects, while putting up Grain Rain stickers, praying for exorcism and Naji.Grain rain stickers are a kind of New Year pictures.They are engraved with images of divine chickens catching scorpions, celestial masters eliminating the five poisons, or Taoist talismans.In the middle of the three months of Grain Rain, Lao Jun went down to the sky, holding a seven-star sword, and slaughtering scorpion spirits alone, expressing the hope of people to investigate and kill insects and hope for a good harvest and peace.
Diet of Grain Rain
1.Eating Toona sinensis
Before and after Grain Rain, toona sinensis is mellow and refreshing and has high nutritional value, so there is a saying that "Toona sinensis is as tender as silk before the rain".People say that picking and eating Chinese toon in spring is "eating spring".Toona sinensis is generally divided into purple toon buds and green toon buds, especially the purple toon buds.Fresh toon sprouts are rich in protein, carotene and a lot of vitamin C.Its leaves, buds, roots, skins and fruits can be used as medicine, which has various effects such as invigorating the stomach and regulating qi, preventing diarrhea and moisturizing the skin.
2.Drinking tea before the rain
Fujian tea farmers say that the real Guyu tea is the tea made from the fresh tea leaves picked on the day of Guyu, and it must be picked in the morning.Guyu tea is green in color, soft in leaves, rich in vitamins and amino acids, and has a pleasant aroma.Legend has it that the tea of Guyu on this day will clear fire, ward off evil spirits, and improve eyesight.So no matter what the weather is on Guyu day, people will go to Chashan to pick some new tea and come back to drink it.
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