What are the taboos during Grain Rain? Why do we offer sacrifices to Cangjie during Grain Rain?
Introduction: Grain Rain is the last solar term in spring, and its arrival indicates that spring is coming to an end. So what are the taboos about Guyu, and why do we have to offer sacrifices to Cangjie on Guyu? The third month of the lunar calendar is the last month of spring and a time full of vitality. If you want to know more about the third month of the lunar calendar in 2019, please pay attention to our Shui Mo Xiansheng website!What are the taboos during Grain Rain?It is taboo to set fire in the wild during Grain RainIn the Zhuang ethnic group areas of my country, there is a custom of not setting fires in the wild on the day of Grain Rain. It is said that Grain Rain is a good time for rain. If you live outdoors on this day, you will anger the god of thunder, causing less rain and continuous dry weather throughout the year, which will affect people's agricultural production. Therefore, even if people want to visit graves and pay respects to the ancestors on this day, no one will set off firecrackers, burn paper money or burn incense outside. Taboo during Grain Rain: "Scorpion Banning" 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. In Linyi, Shanxi. People sprinkle gray wine on the wall, which is called "banning scorpions"; in Tongguan and Mizhi in Shaanxi Province, people will stick scorpion-suppressing talismans on the wall, which are believed to be able to get rid of scorpions. Scorpions are banned during Grain Rain. It was popular among the Han people in the old days. In Shandong area, there is a superstitious practice of writing incantations with cinnabar to ward off scorpions. No visiting of neighbors "Mencius" said: "If a house of five mu is planted with mulberry trees, people aged fifty can wear silk clothes." In a sense, the mulberry forest became a symbol of the ancients' ideal country. Wherever there is a village, there must be a mulberry forest. “Silkworms turn white three days after Grain Rain.” Before and after Grain Rain, no one is allowed to visit neighbors. Even officials from the government office are not allowed to go to the countryside, so as not to offend the silkworm god. The ban will be lifted only after the silkworms have returned to the mountains and offered sacrifices to the silkworm goddess Leizu. Why do we offer sacrifices to Cangjie during Guyu?About 4,000 years ago, Emperor Xuanyuan was elected as the leader of the tribal alliance by the tribal leaders, and he appointed Cangjie as the left historian. After Cang Jie became a historian, he used different types of shells and knots of different sizes and horizontal and vertical dimensions as marks to record events. However, as Cangjie was in charge of more and more affairs, the old method was far from meeting the needs, and Cangjie was very worried.One day, Cangjie went out hunting with an old hunter. When they came to a fork in the road, the old man pointed to the traces of various wild animals left on the ground and told him where the animals had gone. "A footprint can represent a beast," Cangjie thought, "Can I use a symbol to represent an event?" After returning home, Cangjie packed his luggage and went out to investigate. Along the way, he traveled through mountains and rivers, asked questions without hesitation, and described all the things he saw according to their characteristics. It took him a year, and he finally returned with a full load. It is said that after Cangjie returned home, he closed the door and did not go out for three years. He drew all the figures he collected along the way with tree branches in the yard. To this end, he used up all the dry branches around Yangwugou. Cangjie's success in creating characters greatly promoted social development and brought light to human progress. This incident touched the Jade Emperor. At that time, there was a famine and many families could not make a living. He ordered the heavenly soldiers and generals to open the granary in the heavenly palace and it rained millet. People were finally saved... After Cangjie died, people buried him in the north of Shiguan Town, Baishui County, facing the Yellow Emperor's Mausoleum in Qiaoshan. There was a couplet engraved on the tomb door: "The rain of millet in those days moved the Emperor of Heaven, and the same writing will forever be paired with Qiaoling." People set the day of Grain Rain to worship Cangjie, which is now the Grain Rain Festival. Although the fate of life is predetermined, it is still possible to avoid disasters and seek good fortunes by understanding and mastering your future fortunes in advance. Get a better future. To calculate your fortune for the next ten years, please click on the [Premium Calculation] below for accurate calculation. May you be happy in your life! |
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