Will it definitely rain on the Grain Rain Day? Why is scorpion banning practiced during Guyu?
There is a Chinese saying that goes "Spring rain is as precious as oil". Rainfall on the right day can often bring people a better harvest, and Grain Rain, as the last solar term in spring, naturally attracts people's attention. The third month of the lunar calendar is the last month of spring and it is also a time full of vitality. If you want to know more about the third month of the lunar calendar in 2018, please pay attention to our Fortune Teller website!Will it definitely rain on the Grain Rain Day?Grain Rain does not necessarily mean that it will rain;Generally speaking, during the Grain Rain solar term, the high-altitude westerly jet stream in East Asia will once again significantly weaken and move northward, the warm and humid air mass in South China will be relatively active, the westerly belt will circulate frequently from west to east, and the low pressure and Jianghuai cyclone activities will gradually increase. Under its influence, there will be continuous rain or strong winds and rainstorms in the Jianghuai region. Grain Rain just means that there is a higher probability of rain. Whether it rains in each area every day should be judged based on the actual situation. We must know that weather forecasts may also have false alarms, not to mention an agricultural proverb from thousands of years ago. Grain Rain is the last solar term in spring. At this time, the seedlings in the fields are first planted and the crops are newly planted, which need rain the most. That is why it is said that "spring rain is as precious as oil." At this time, most of the eastern part of southern my country has abundant rainfall, with annual rainfall in late April being about 30 to 50 mm. The first heavy rain of each year usually occurs during this period, which is beneficial to rice planting and the growth of corn and cotton seedlings. However, the rest of South China received less than 30 mm of rainfall, so irrigation measures are needed to mitigate the effects of drought. Why is scorpion banning practiced during Guyu?The solar term after "Guyu" is "Lixia". Since the "five poisons" (the five poisons refer to scorpions, snakes, centipedes, geckos, and toads) often appear in summer and pose a threat to human health, the ancients would carry out a "harm elimination" campaign around Guyu, namely "banning scorpions" or "banning the five poisons".What methods did the ancients use to control scorpions?Draw "Guyu stickers" to ward off the "Five Poisonous Creatures". According to folk legend, the Five Poisonous Creatures are afraid of "General Guyu". According to relevant records, on the day of Guyu, every household would paste talismans on the wall to suppress scorpions. The talisman was inscribed with the words "On the day of Guyu, on the morning of Guyu, we respectfully invite General Guyu; three cups of tea, three rounds of wine, to send the scorpion a thousand miles away and turn into dust".These paper talismans are commonly known as "Guyu stickers". The more elaborate ones will have images of a divine chicken catching a scorpion painted on them, with the words "Eight Powers Spewing Poison" written on the four corners. The secret of the "Scorpion Suppressing Talisman" lies in the cinnabar used. Cinnabar is a traditional Chinese detoxifying medicine that can deal with scorpion venom. It can also be seen from this that the ancients had a strong awareness of taking precautions against poisonous insects and diseases in summer. The ancients had to prevent harm from poisonous insects throughout the entire hot season. On the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar in summer, during the Dragon Boat Festival, they would carry out another pest eradication campaign: "Drink calamus wine, mix it with realgar, to ward off disasters and poisons." |
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