What are the customs of rainwater? What are the customs of the rain season?

The customs of rainwater are: returning to the mother's home, receiving the birthday, pulling the baobao and hitting the worship.

There is a custom among the people that when it rains, the bride will send gifts to her parents' house to visit her parents. Women who have children should bring the broth in a jar to thank their parents for raising them. And those women who have not been pregnant for a long time will be sewn into a pair of red trousers by their mothers and hung on their bodies.

The holiday gift is generally a rattan chair wrapped with two four-meter-long red ribbons, that is, "longevity", which means the longevity of the mother-in-law. Another typical holiday gift is a can of beef for the father-in-law. It is a form of gratitude and respect for the parents who raised their daughters.

If the bride comes to see him off, the mother-in-law will also give her son-in-law an umbrella, which means that the son-in-law can travel smoothly, shelter him from the wind and rain, and wish him a safe and secure life.

There is a particularly interesting festival in western Sichuan called "La Baobao". In ancient times, medical conditions were very poor, and children wanted to grow up healthy and smoothly. Their parents will calculate a hexagram for their children to see if their children are lucky and if they have a suitable father-in-law.

The reason why she came to her father-in-law was to raise her son with the blessing of her father-in-law. Over time, this custom evolved into a local custom, and today the tradition is "La Bao Bao".

The folk of western Sichuan call it "bumping into the mail", that is, there is no predetermined target in advance, and whoever is bumping is who. The purpose of "bumping and sending mail" is to let children grow up smoothly and healthily. Of course, modern society generally only retains this custom in rural areas, and people in the city generally "send mail" to each other with friends or classmates or colleagues.

Historical origins

Rain is one of the 24 solar terms, one year and four years, three months each in spring, summer, autumn and winter, two solar terms per month, each solar term has its own unique meaning. The meaning of the rain solar term is that the rain begins and the rainfall gradually increases.

Wu Cheng's book "Seventy-two Candidate Explanations of the Moon Order" said: "In the first month, the sky is full of water, and the beginning of spring belongs to wood, and those who give birth to wood must also be water, so the rain that follows the beginning of spring." And when the east wind thaws, it disperses and becomes rain. ”

Rain means two meanings, one is that the weather is warmer, and the amount of precipitation is gradually increasing, and the other is that in the form of precipitation, the snow is gradually decreasing, and the rain is gradually increasing. In the Book of Yi Zhou, there are phenological descriptions such as "Hong Geese coming" and "grass and trees germinating" after the rain festival.

Go back to the mother's house, hit the mail, pick up the longevity, pull the guarantee, occupy the rice color, and make up the sky.

Returning to the mother's house during the rain festival is a popular custom in western Sichuan. When the people come to the rain festival, the married daughters bring gifts back to their parents' homes to visit their parents.

In western Sichuan, the rain festival is a very imaginative and humane solar term. Rain or not, the day is full of rainy poetry: just after dawn in the morning, there are young women holding their young sons or daughters on the side of the foggy roadside, waiting for the first pedestrian to pass by.

And once someone passes by, whether it is male or female, old or young, stop the other party, and let the son or daughter be the godson or goddaughter of the other party. This is called in the folk of western Sichuan"Knock bye send".

Rainwater sources.

Rain is the second of the 24 solar terms. Generally from February 18 or 19, when the ecliptic longitude of the sun reaches 330 degrees, it is the 24th solar term rain. At this time, the temperature rises, the snow melts, and the precipitation increases, hence the name rain.

The rainy season generally starts on February 18 or 19 and ends on March 4 or 5.

Rain not only indicates the onset of rainfall and the increase in rainfall, but also indicates an increase in temperature. Before the rain, the weather was relatively cold. After the rain, people obviously feel that spring returns to the earth, spring flowers bloom and spring fills the world, and the refreshing breath inspires the body and mind.

Rainwater customs.

Rain Festival, back to your mother's home" is a popular Han festival custom in western Sichuan. When it comes to the rainy season, the married daughters bring gifts back to their parents' homes to visit their parents. Women who have given birth to a child are required to bring gifts such as cans of meat and chairs to thank their parents for their nurturing grace.

For women who have not been pregnant for a long time, their mothers sew a pair of red pants for them and wear them to a close fit, which is said to be able to get pregnant as soon as possible. The custom is still prevalent in the countryside today.

"Seventy-two Candidate Explanations of the Lunar Order":

In the middle of the first month, the sky is full of water. The beginning of spring belongs to wood, but those who give birth to wood must also water, so the rain that follows spring is born. And when the east wind thaws, it disperses and becomes rain.

It means that before and after the rainy season, everything begins to sprout, and spring is coming. For example, in the Book of Yi Zhou, there are phenological records such as "Hong Geese Coming" and "Grass and Trees Germinating" after the Rain Festival.

The rainy season not only indicates the beginning of rainfall and the increase in rainfall, but also indicates the increase in temperature. The rainy solar term signifies the beginning of spring in a meteorological sense.