Is it taboo to have rain on the Summer Solstice? Is it unlucky to have rain on the Summer Solstice?

Is it taboo to have rain on the Summer Solstice? Is it unlucky to have rain on the Summer Solstice?
Introduction: The Summer Solstice is one of the 24 solar terms, and the weather on the Summer Solstice will also change. So is it taboo to rain on the Summer Solstice? Is it unlucky to rain on the Summer Solstice? Chinese people believe that the fifth month of the lunar calendar is a poisonous month, and the Dragon Boat Festival is the first of the nine poisonous days. For more relevant information about the fifth month of the lunar calendar in 2019, please visit Mr. Shui Mo's website!

Is it taboo to rain on the summer solstice? Is it unlucky to rain on the summer solstice?

Among the people, especially farmers, the most feared thing is thunderstorm on the summer solstice.
A folk proverb says: "If there is thunder at the Summer Solstice, there will be drought in June; if there is rain at the Summer Solstice, there will be heat in the dog days."
For farmers who depend on the weather for their livelihood, whether it is drought or hot weather, it will affect the harvest of crops.
Therefore, in the old days, people hoped that there would be no thunder or rain during the summer solstice.
The custom of "avoiding rain" during the summer solstice is actually a kind of expectation for the weather.
In ancient times, farmers divided the half month of the summer solstice into the first time (the first three days), the second time (the middle five days) and the last time (the last seven days). What farmers feared most was "rain in the middle of the time" and "thunder and rain at the end of the time", so they "be careful in their daily life, refrain from cursing, and avoid shaving their heads, and have many taboos" (Qing Jia Lu).
These customs reflect the helpless situation of ancient farmers who had to rely on the weather for their livelihood, because thunder and rain within half a month of the summer solstice were mostly characterized by heavy rain, which did more harm than good to the growth of crops.

Climate characteristics of the summer solstice

Summer Solstice Weather Characteristics: Convective Weather
After the summer solstice, the ground is heated strongly and the air convection is vigorous, so thunderstorms are often formed in the afternoon and evening.
This type of hot thunderstorm comes and goes suddenly, and the rainfall range is small, so people call it "summer rain across the fields."
Liu Yuxi, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, once cleverly used this kind of weather as a metaphor to write the famous lines "The sun rises in the east and it rains in the west, it says there is no sunshine but there is sunshine." The heavy rainfall brought by convective weather is not always as beautiful as described in poems, and often brings local disasters.
The poet Xu Shuxin also gave an apt description of summer thunderstorm weather in his poem "In Summer Rain": "I sit on the stage in the hot summer breeze, frogs croak and cicadas chirp in the dust. Thunderbolts in the blue sky and golden gongs sound, and cold rain falls on my face like money."
Summer Solstice Weather Characteristics: Heavy Rain
In most cases, the "Summer Solstice" coincides with the plum rain season in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the Jianghuai River basins, with frequent heavy rains, which can easily lead to flood disasters and even threaten people's lives and property. We should pay attention to strengthening flood prevention work.
Summer Solstice Weather Characteristics: Jianghuai Plum Rains
The summer solstice is the "plum rain" season in the Jianghuai area. This is the time when the plums in the south of the Yangtze River are ripe and the air is very humid. The cold and warm air masses meet here to form a low-pressure trough, resulting in continuous rainy weather. In such weather, objects will become moldy, people will feel uncomfortable, some mosquitoes will reproduce very quickly, and some intestinal pathogens will easily breed. At this time, you should pay attention to the hygiene of drinking water, try not to eat raw or cold food, and prevent the occurrence and spread of infectious diseases.

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