20 April at 10:24 a.m
Yinggu rain festival
"Rain born hundred valleys" is for the valley rain
Raindrops are like big beads and small beads
It falls lightly on the leaves and in the field
The snow-white willows are blowing in the wind
Peony blossoms are brilliant
Cuckoo's soft cry was her laughter
Raining everything is the surprise she hid for a season
Gu Yu is also the last smile of spring
Gentlemen, look at it, and remember it
This is the bustling spring color that is about to end
Treasure a season of freshness and cuteness in your heart
Continue on to that bright day
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As the last solar term of spring, Gu Yu has two narratives.
The first is "rain and a hundred grains", the rain is abundant, the rice grows in a comfortable mood, full of happiness. Secondly, it is related to the legend of Cangjie's character creation. Cangjie was a historical official of the Yellow Emperor, and because of the needs of his work, he created a script based on the movements of the stars, mountains and rivers, and the footprints of birds and beasts. (Note: In October 2010, in order to commemorate the great contribution of Cangjie Toji, the United Nations Department of Public Information set up the annual Guyu as the "United Nations Chinese Day")
The hibiscus willow trees on the fence are full of pink flowers like wine cups, and everything grows vigorously, and late spring has arrived. When it rained, the ground in the village was full of footprints, some people, some livestock. Dogs are plum-shaped footprints, chicken footprints are "one" bamboo leaf-like, pig footprints have two pointed fork holes, and cows' hoof shell prints are filled with water.
The bamboo forest is misty, and the tips of the bamboo shoots that have just broken through the ground are hung with crystalline water droplets. This is the "mushroom after the rain", its freshness and freshness, can be imagined. Small bamboo shoots are cut into sections and stir-fried with shredded meat, and if you add some green silkworm watercress or pea grain-like white clam (xiǎn) meat, it is really alive and fresh.
In a thunderstorm, the four fields rushing with water, and in the flowing grass or in the small trenches, you will often see a full and swollen loach that is struggling against the current. A large pit was dug from the soil, far from the surrounding ponds, but several rains filled it, and when there was green grass growing around it, one day I walked through the puddle and found a group of lively small fish swimming in the water.
Spring ploughing continues, and the cattle all go down to the field with the head of the yoke (è), plough the purple cloud that blooms into a sea of flowers, and make the early rice bottom fertilizer of the yòu. The eggplant, peppers, cowpeas and green beans in the field only raise the vines, and the pumpkins are sprinkled with dung and grow wildly, and the yellow flowers bloom all the way. Amaranth that has just been washed by the rain, with water droplets under the tip of the young leaves, whether planted in the empty space under the urn shelf or neatly presented on the ground, always looks so refreshing.
Walk in the tea plantation if you hear "Oranges!" tangerine! Orange— The cry was the big practicing its throat. At this time, there are flags and guns on the spring tips of the densely stacked tea trees, the young leaves see the wind, and a slight negligence on the fingertips has passed the best time. Tea pickers are all hands up and down, just like chicken pecking rice, just as the so-called "Qingming is rarely picked, Gu Yu can't pick it". Guyu tea is pre-rain tea, and the growth period is half a month more than Qingming tea. Tea farmers mostly make tea made in the morning of Gu Yu's leaves, reserved for self-drinking or hospitality, and when they make tea for you, they will quite show off and say: "This is what Gu Yu made on that day." The implication is that only distinguished guests can drink this tea.
It's time to say goodbye to spring. After a thunderstorm, the pond was full of canals, the water in the fields rose up, the sun was shining, and the four fields were fresh. In the rice field, a loud and distant cry of a buzzard was transmitted.
Valley rain is not a rain shower. Endless polders stretch like slender arms, enveloping fields and villages in their arms.
Gu Yu folklore
Valley rain three times
Gu Yu is divided into three seasons: "One waits for Ping to be born; the other is for the singing dove to whisk its feathers; and the third is for Dai Sheng to descend on Sang." "After the rains in the valley, the rain increased, the duckweed began to grow, the cuckoos began to remind people to sow seeds, and the mulberry trees also began to see the daisheng birds.
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Gu Yu Tea
People believe that Mingqian tea and rainy tea harvested during the rainy season of the valley are the best teas of the year. In addition to the young buds, Gu Yu tea also has one bud and one young leaf or one bud and two young leaves. The tea leaves of one bud and one young leaf are soaked in water like an ancient gun that unfolds the flag, called the flag gun; the tongue of a finch with one bud and two young leaves is called a finch tongue.
Admire the peonies
"Valley rain three dynasties to see peonies", peony flowers are called valley rain flowers, rich flowers, valley rain season peony has lasted for thousands of years. Before and after the valley rain is an important time for the peony flowers to bloom, so the peony flowers are called "valley rain flowers".
"Eat Spring"
As the saying goes: "Before the rain, the toon is tender as silk, and after the rain, the tsubaki buds are woody." "The toon in the rainy season of the valley is the most tender and delicious, crisp and soft and fragrant. People say that picking and eating toon in spring is "eating spring".
Sacrifice to the sea
For fishermen, the Valley Rain Festival is popular for sea sacrifices. As the saying goes: "After the valley rains, a hundred fish are near the shore." "In order to be able to go to sea safely and return with a full load, the fishermen held a sea festival on the day of Gu Yu and prayed to the sea god for protection. This custom is still popular today in the Rongcheng area of Jiaodong, Shandong.
Walk the valley rain
On this day, "walking the valley rain" means that young women go to the village to visit each other, or go to the wild to "step on the green" and merge with nature.
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