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Stories about rain and solar terms

The story of rain and gas

Rain is the second of the 24 solar terms, which is around the 15th day of the first month and February 18-20 in the solar calendar. Rain, as the name implies, means that precipitation begins to increase and the snow in winter begins to decrease. "Twenty-four solar terms" said: "In the first month, water is in the sky. Spring belongs to wood, but there must be water for those who grow wood, so there is rain in beginning of spring. If the east wind melts, it will disperse into rain. "

Because the ancient people in China mainly relied on river irrigation to engage in agricultural production, people living in the Yellow River valley knew that the snowfall was decreasing when the rainy season came. Although the temperature is still around zero, it is not as cold as winter, and the northern region is beginning to pick up.

With the arrival of rainy weather, snowflakes fall one after another, and the weather of cold air soaking bones gradually disappears, while the days of spring breeze, melting ice and snow, moist air, mild sunshine and rustling drizzle are coming to us.

At the same time, cold air is not to be outdone in the weakening trend, and it frequently competes with warm air, unwilling to quit its hegemony and refuse to take away the residual cold.

The folk custom about rainwater gas is an interesting folk custom called "pulling the baby" (the baby is michel platini). In ancient times, due to the underdevelopment of science and technology, many phenomena in nature could not be explained, so there was the saying of immortals.

In the past, people liked the custom of praying and divining for their children to see how their children were fated and whether they needed to find a michel platini. The purpose of looking for michel platini is to make a son or daughter grow up smoothly and healthily.

Rain pulls michel platini, which means "rain and dew moisten and grow easily". On this day, there is a special place among the people in western Sichuan, namely La michel platini. On this day, whether it is sunny or rainy, we will pull michel platini's parents, carry paper money with food, wine, incense and wax paper, and take our children through the crowd to find michel platini's Mr Right.

Want to let children grow up with knowledge, and pull a scholar to be michel platini; If the child is weak, pull a tall and strong person like michel platini.

Once someone is dragged to be a "michel platini", some can make money and run, while others can't escape. Most of them will readily agree, indicating that others trust themselves, so their fate will be better.

After pulling, the puller repeatedly shouted "Be a dry in-law", so he arranged the snacks and candles he brought and told the children to "hurry to worship michel platini and kowtow"; "Invite michel platini to drink and eat vegetables", "Please ask your in-laws to give the doll a name", and the baby will be pulled successfully. After breaking up, some people who walk around all the year round are called "perennial dry in-laws", and some people who have no contact after breaking up are called "crossing the road to dry in-laws".

Another big custom of Rain is the son-in-law, who sends holidays to her parents-in-law. Holiday gifts are usually two rattan chairs with red ribbons one foot and two feet long. This is called "longevity", which means wishing parents-in-law a long life.

Another typical gift is "canned meat": stew pig's trotters, snowflake beans and kelp in a casserole, then seal the jar with red paper and red rope and give it to parents-in-law. This is to thank the parents-in-law who have worked so hard to raise their daughters.