What are the important taboos during the Grain Rain solar term? What are the customs?

What are the important taboos during the Grain Rain solar term? What are the customs?
Introduction: Grain Rain is the last solar term in spring. What important taboos should we pay attention to on this day? The arrival of the third month of the lunar calendar means the end of spring and the beginning of summer. As the weather gets hotter, the Fortune Teller website lists for you the festivals and solar terms of the third month of the lunar calendar in 2018! In the Zhuang ethnic group areas of China, it is taboo to set fires outdoors on Grain Rain Day. The local elders believe that Grain Rain is a good time for rain. Setting fire in the wild on this day will anger the God of Thunder and the Goddess of Lightning, who will take revenge on the human world by not letting it rain. This will cause continuous drought among the people and affect 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.
It is taboo to visit neighbors during Grain Rain . Mencius said: "If you plant mulberry trees in a house of five mu, 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.
It is taboo not to have rain on Grain Rain. There is a farmer's proverb about Grain Rain: "It should be sunny on Qingming Festival and rainy on Grain Rain. If there is no rain on Grain Rain, people will cry for rain later." Most people believe that if there is no rain on Grain Rain, there will be drought that year, and there will be no good weather, crops will not grow well, and there will be no good harvest. There are also agricultural proverbs that say: "It is gloomy in Grain Rain, and it rains heavily in Beginning of Summer" and "If it rains in Grain Rain, there will be no dry soil for forty-five days." Therefore, rain during Grain Rain is a good sign. No rain during the Grain Rain Festival is also a sign of famine, and people are wary of it. In the Longshan area of ​​Hunan, it is considered auspicious if it rains on the Grain Rain Day. There is a saying that "Qingming should be bright, and Guyu should be dark." Drinking Grain Rain Tea It is said that drinking tea on Grain Rain can clear internal heat, ward off evil spirits, and improve eyesight, so there is a custom of picking tea on Grain Rain in the south. No matter what the weather is on Grain Rain, people will go to the tea mountains to pick some new tea and drink it to pray for health.
During the Grain Rain season, the sea water warms up and fish migrate to shallow waters, making it a good day to go fishing. As the saying goes, "Ride on the Grain Rain to go to the fishing net." In order to go out to sea safely and return with a full load, fishermen hold a sea sacrifice on the day of Grain Rain, praying for the blessing of the sea god. Therefore, Grain Rain Festival is also called the "Zhengxing Festival" for fishermen to go out to sea to fish. In the old days, every village by the sea had a temple of the sea god or the goddess. When the time for sacrifice came, the fishermen would carry offerings to the front of the temple for sacrifice. Some would carry the offerings to the seaside, beat gongs and drums, set off firecrackers, and sacrifice facing the sea. The scene was very grand.
In the north, there is a custom of eating Chinese toon during Grain Rain. Around 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.
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