What are the interesting customs during the Grain Full season?

What are the interesting customs during the Grain Full season?
Introduction: Crows call during the Waking of Insects, and birds arrive during the Grain Full season. Bid farewell to the spring snow and welcome the May day. So, what interesting folk activities are there during the Grain Full season? Next, let’s learn about it together! Various festivals and solar terms are wonderful. Mr. Shui Mo has compiled the lunar April for you to let you know the lunar calendar information about the God of Wealth and the God of Joy every day in April.

One is to eat bitter vegetables.

During the Grain Full solar term, a must-eat dish is bitter vegetable, commonly known as bitter vegetable. This is because Grain Full is a high-risk period for wet skin diseases, so the diet should be based on refreshing and light vegetarian food, and you can often eat foods that have the effect of clearing dampness and heat. Dandelion is a seasonal vegetable that has the functions of clearing heat, cooling blood and detoxifying. It is bitter with a hint of astringency, sweet with astringency, fresh and refreshing, cool and tender, and rich in nutrients. Delicious and healthy.

The second is to grab water and worship the chariot god.

In the old days, waterwheels for irrigation and water drainage were major events in rural areas. As the saying goes, "Three waterwheels start during the Grain Full season." Waterwheels were usually started during the Grain Full season. Prior to this, farmers held a "water grabbing" ceremony in the village market area of ​​Haining, which was meant as a drill.
Offering sacrifices to the God of Carts is also an ancient rural custom. According to legend, the "God of Carts" is a white dragon. Farmers place fish, meat, incense and candles on the base of the cart to worship it before drawing water. The special thing is that there is a cup of white water in the offering, which is poured into the fields during the sacrifice, with the intention of wishing for a prosperous water source. The above old customs show the importance farmers attach to water conservancy and irrigation.

The third is the Xiaoman three-wheeled vehicle.

The three wheels here refer to the water wheel, oil wheel and silk wheel. At this time, the crops in the fields need plenty of water, so the farmers are busy treading water wheels to turn water; the harvested rapeseed is also waiting for the farmers to pound it and make it into fragrant rapeseed oil; the farm work in the fields naturally cannot be delayed, but the silkworms at home must also be carefully cared for. Around the Grain Full Season, the silkworms will begin to spin cocoons, and the silkworm farmers are busy shaking the silk wheels to reel silk.
From the custom of "moving three cars during the Grain Full Festival", we can see that in ancient times, when the Grain Full festival came, new silk was about to be on the market and the silk market was about to boom. Silkworm farmers and silk merchants were all full of expectations, waiting for the harvest day to come.

The fourth is the birthday of the Silkworm God.

It is said that the Grain Full Festival is the birthday of the Silkworm God, so on this day, the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas of my country, which are famous for silkworm breeding, are also very lively. The Grain Full Festival falls in early summer, when silkworm cocoons are formed and are ready to be picked and spun into silk. Planting mulberry trees and raising silkworms are traditional sideline businesses in rural areas south of the Yangtze River. Silkworms are a treasure from head to toe and a source of food for the villagers, so people are full of anticipation and gratitude for them. Therefore, this festival is full of the local customs of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
Summary: After reading the content introduced in the above article, do you have a new understanding of the Grain Full solar term? I hope this article can serve as a reference for everyone!

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