Different solar terms have their own festival taboos. So, let’s take a look at the taboos of Grain Rain. These things must not be touched during the Grain Rain solar term! "Fireworks in March in Yangzhou", with the arrival of the third month of the lunar calendar, a riot of colours competes for splendor. Shuimoxiansheng.com will interpret every day of the third month of the lunar calendar in 2020 for you!Introduction to Grain Rain taboos: these things must not be touched during the Grain Rain solar term!Taboo 1 of Grain Rain: Do not light a fire outdoors There is also a taboo against living outdoors during Grain Rain, because local elders believe that Grain Rain is a good time for rain, and setting a fire outdoors on this day will anger the God of Thunder and the Goddess of Lightning, who will take revenge on the human world and not let it rain. This will cause continuous drought among the people, affecting agricultural production. Therefore, even if people go to visit graves and tombs on this day, no one will set off firecrackers, burn incense, or burn paper money in the wild.The second taboo during Grain Rain: Don’t visit neighbors. There is also a taboo during Grain Rain. Before and after Grain Rain, no one is allowed to visit neighbors to avoid offending the Silkworm God. If you offend the Silkworm God, your luck will be bad for the whole year, so you have to wait until the silkworms go up the mountain and offer sacrifices to the Silkworm God Leizu before you can go out to visit others. The third taboo of Guyu: "ban scorpions" Nationwide, the most common taboo during Grain Rain is "banning scorpions." Scorpions are poisonous creatures and are considered one of the "Five Poisonous Creatures" and are to be expelled and banned. What does it mean to forbid killing the five poisonous creatures during Grain Rain?After Grain Rain, the temperature rises and pests and diseases enter a high-multiplication period. In order to reduce the damage caused by pests and diseases to crops and people, farmers go into the fields to kill insects while posting Grain Rain stickers and praying for good luck and to drive away evil. This custom is very popular in Shandong, Shanxi and Shaanxi.Grain Rain stickers are a kind of New Year pictures, which are engraved with images of a divine chicken catching a scorpion, a heavenly master eliminating the five poisonous creatures, or Taoist talismans. Some are also accompanied by captions such as "As the Jade Emperor has ordered, in the middle of the third month of Grain Rain, snakes and scorpions will never be born again", "In the middle of the third month of Grain Rain, the Lord Laojun will come down from the sky, holding the Seven-Star Sword, and kill the scorpion demon alone", expressing people's desire to kill pests and hope for a good harvest and peace. The destiny of each of us is different. Not everyone has good luck. Do you want to know what your destiny is? Then click on the exquisite calculation below. |
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