Rain Festival in 2022, folk custom, the rainy season is beige.
Folk customs of rain and solar terms
What are the special customs in the rainy season? There are customs such as going back to your mother's house in rainy season and collecting longevity. It is a popular custom in western Sichuan to go back to her mother's house in rainy days. On this day, the married daughter will visit her parents with canned meat, chairs and other gifts to thank them for their parenting. The custom of collecting longevity is to wish the parents-in-law a long life and send canned meat to them, which is to express gratitude and respect to the parents-in-law who have worked hard to raise their daughters. If it is the wedding day of the newly-married son-in-law, the parents-in-law will also give back an umbrella, which means wishing the son-in-law a smooth and safe life journey. These are the customs and activities in the rainy season.
Beige in rainy season
What is beige in rainy season? Taking beige is a popular custom in southern China, that is, to predict the color of rice this year by frying the fragrance of rice. Sufficient color means high yield, and insufficient color means the lowest yield. The color depends on the number of blooming glutinous rice flowers. The more glistening glutinous rice emerges. The better the rice harvest this year; The less rice flowers burst out, it means that the rice harvest is not good this year and the rice price will be expensive. "Flower" and "hair" are the same. There are omens of getting rich. So taking beige is also a way for people to pray.
Eat dragon beard cake
Why do you want to eat dragon beard cake in rainy season? Dragon beard cake is a special snack in the north, winding and shaped like dragon beard cake. The last few days of the sweet and crisp rain solar term are what the folks say, "On February 2nd, the dragon looks up". In many areas, eating dragon beard cake is a custom to commemorate the dragon that was punished and crushed at the foot of the mountain because of the rain of farmers during the drought. So the custom of eating dragon beard cake in rainy season was derived.