What does plum rain mean?
Meiyu refers to the continuous cloudy and rainy weather phenomenon that occurs from early June to mid-July every year in the Gregorian calendar.
At this time, due to the long-term rainy and high-humidity weather, household utensils are prone to mold, which is also known as "mold rain" among the people. The Meiyu weather phenomenon mainly occurs in my country's Jiangnan District, the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, Jianghuai District, and the area around South Korea and the Japanese archipelago. The plum rain season is called "plum rain" because it is the ripening period of plums in the south of the Yangtze River. Influenced by Chinese traditional culture, South Korea calls it "Changma", which vividly represents "long hair"; Japan calls it "Biau", which is in the same vein as "mildew".
The plum rainy season is a unique product of the east Asian summer monsoon's phased advance to the north. It is a unique weather and climate phenomenon in East Asia. The plum rainy season is also the season with the most significant monsoon precipitation in my country. The climate characteristics of the Meiyu season include concentrated precipitation, heavy rainfall, few sunshine hours, cloudiness, and low wind.
Meiyu refers to the weather and climate phenomenon that occurs in a certain area and in a certain season. Meiyu is a unique weather and climate phenomenon in East Asia. In China, it is a unique weather and climate phenomenon in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. Meiyu refers to a period of continuous rainy weather that occurs every year from mid-June to early to mid-July in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River in China, which refers to the narrow range of 28-34°N east of Yichang, or the Yangtze-Huaihe River Basin, to southern Japan.
In early summer, a long period of gloomy and rainy weather often occurs in the Jianghuai River Basin. At this time, utensils are prone to mold, so it is also called "mold rain", or "mold" for short. It is also the time when plums in the south of the Yangtze River are yellow and ripe, so it is also called "plum rain" or "yellow plum rain". After mid-June, the rain belt remains in the Yangtze-Huaihe River Basin, which is the Meiyu period.