The ancient grain rain season is too literary

March 20

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Let-out month

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Grain rain, as its name implies, sows grains, rains, and gives birth to grains. It is the last solar term of spring.

In ancient times, when each solar term came, different places had different customs to welcome the celebration. What did the ancients do when grain Rain came? It's so artistic. Let's take a look.

Picture: spring scenery since old, white red meng short wall

Grain rain is a good time to see flowers. Warm spring rain, smooth spring breeze, gorgeous spring flowers...... The ancient literati not only praised the beautiful scenery of spring, but also longed for poetic life in his poems and songs.

Picture tasting tea: before the spring rain, and hand picking fang smoke

Tasting fresh tea is also the custom of grain Rain season. In his book Tea Shu, Dai Xu Cishu talked about the tea-picking season, saying, "The Qingming Festival is too early, the start of summer is too late, and the time before and after grain rain is just right."

Legend guyu tea drinking on this day will clear fire, exorcise evil spirits, bright eyes, etc., so there is the custom of guyu tea picking in the south. No matter what the weather is on this day, people will go to tea mountain to pick some new tea and drink it back to pray for health.

Photo farming: A year's plan starts in spring

Grain rain spring, sowing seedlings, in the growth of hope of grain rain season, hardworking farmers and to the field.

Grain rain: spring outing, happy body and mind

In ancient times, on this day, young women would walk through villages and visit each other. Some go for a walk in the wild, that is, "step on the green", meaning integration with nature, physical fitness.

Picture wash "peach blossom water" : eliminate disaster and avoid disaster, big rich big expensive

In the old days, people called the river of grain rain "peach blossom water", legend to bathe in it, can eliminate disasters to avoid disaster, in the northwest, grain rain festival people will bathe in "peach blossom water", shooting, dancing and other activities to celebrate.