When is Grain Rain in the lunar calendar this year (2018)?
There are 24 solar terms in a year, 6 in each season, and Guyu is the last solar term in spring. When does Grain Rain fall in the lunar calendar in 2018? In the third month of the lunar calendar, light footsteps pass through the soft raindrops, and in the bright smile, the willow branches turn green and the grass becomes green. The Fortune Teller website takes you to understand the third month of the lunar calendar in 2018!When is Grain Rain in the lunar calendar this year (2018)?Solar term: Friday, April 20, 2018 11:11:39According to the lunar calendar, Grain Rain 2018 falls on Friday, April 20, 2018 in the Gregorian calendar, and on the fifth day of the third lunar month in 2018. What are the taboos on this day?【Today’s lunar calendar is suitable】Marriage, bed-setting, grave-building, burial, travel, planting, litigation, seeking an heir, resolving, accepting livestock, fasting and offering sacrifices, raising livestock, tailoring, meridians [Today's taboos in the almanac] Entering the house, setting up the gate, breaking the ground, building the embankment, releasing water, offering sacrifices and praying for blessings, putting up the beams and erecting the pillars, building the house, making the stove, wearing the hairpin, building and breaking ground, accepting the marriage proposal, opening the market, seeking wealth, moving, accepting wealth and taking up the post What are the traditional customs of Guyu?April 20th of every year is the Fishermen's Festival in Rongcheng City, Shandong Province. This festival originated from the Grain Rain Festival. Fishermen along the northern coastal areas of China have celebrated the Grain Rain Festival for more than 2,000 years. During the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty (1821), it was renamed the Fishermen's Day. On the day of Grain Rain, fishermen along the Shandong coast pray to the sea god for protection, safe voyages, and a good harvest of fish and shrimp. Therefore, the wealthy fishermen of Rongcheng today hold a grand "sea sacrifice" activity on the day of Grain Rain, toasting the goddess of the sea and then setting sail to fish.In the old days, people in Linfen, Shanxi Province would draw a talisman from Zhang Tianshi and stick it on their doors on the Grain Rain Day, which was called "ban scorpion". The scorpion-avoiding talismans in Fengxiang, Shaanxi, are printed with woodcuts, which shows that the demand for them is very great. It is printed with the words: "In the middle of March during the Grain Rain season, scorpions are showing off their might. The divine rooster takes a worm in its mouth, and the poisonous insect turns into water..." In the center of the picture, a rooster is holding an insect in its mouth, and there is a big scorpion under its claws. There are talismans printed on the painting. The belief that roosters can cure scorpions has long been circulated among the people. In the fifty-fifth chapter of the mythological novel Journey to the West, Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie were no match for the Scorpion Demon, and Guanyin also knew that she could not get close to him. They had no choice but to ask Sun Wukong to ask the star official of Pleiades for help, and he succeeded immediately. The star official of the Pleiades was originally a large rooster with two crowns. The book describes that the star official of the Pleiades revealed his true form - a big rooster. The big rooster crowed at the Scorpion Demon, and the Scorpion Demon immediately revealed his true form, a scorpion the size of a pipa. The big rooster crowed again, and the Scorpion Demon went limp all over and died on the hillside. Shandong folk customs also ban scorpions. The Annals of Xiajin County recorded in the sixth year of Emperor Qianlong's reign in the Qing Dynasty: "On Grain Rain, people write incantations with cinnabar to ward off scorpions." The folk custom of "warding off scorpions" reflects people's desire to drive away pests and to have a good harvest and peace. In ancient times, there was a custom of "walking on Grain Rain". On Grain Rain day, young women would visit villages and relatives, and some would just walk around in the wild and then come back. In the south, there is a custom of picking tea during the Grain Rain. It is said that drinking tea on this day can clear internal heat, ward off evil spirits, and improve eyesight. So no matter what the weather is like on the day of Grain Rain, people will go to the tea mountains to pick some new tea to drink. In the north, there is a custom of eating Chinese toon during the Grain Rain. The period around the Grain Rain is the time when Chinese toon is on the market. At this time, the Chinese toon is mellow, refreshing and has high nutritional value. There is a saying that "the Chinese toon is as tender as silk before the rain." Toona sinensis has the effects of improving the body's immunity, strengthening the stomach, regulating qi, stopping diarrhea, moisturizing the skin, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and insecticidal. The custom of worshipping Cangjie, the ancestor of literature, during Guyu Festival in Baishui County, Shaanxi Province is a folk tradition that has been passed down for thousands of years since the Han Dynasty. |
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