At 10:24 Beijing time on April 20, the mainland ushered in the "Valley Rain" festival. This is the sixth of the twenty-four solar terms and the last of spring. At this time, the warm wind is blowing, the willows are dancing, the birds are making tung flowers, and the rain is turning over the duckweed. Nature, with its unique elements, quietly reminds you that late spring has arrived and early summer is coming.
"Rain gives birth to a hundred valleys, so it is known as valley rain", which is the origin of the name of the valley rain festival, and it is also a portrayal of the climate and agricultural affairs of the valley rainy season. Along the ruts of the ancient agricultural civilization, the spring rain is very abundant, and the rain is good for the land, awakening another cycle of cultivation and harvest.
At present, the land of Jingu is also a busy scene, just as the prelude to rice matrix seedlings in Jingnan District has begun, the machine rumbles instead of iron ploughing and cattle farming, science and technology empower modern agricultural civilization, small station rice with a century-old history sprouts new shoots, and rice seeds with an average yield of 550 kilograms per mu are thriving. When the green field is rushing to the farm, busy with spring ploughing, sowing hope and looking forward to a good harvest.
"Tsubaki buds are not inferior to a hundred flowers, ten miles of wind and dust drunk long", the north has the custom of eating toon in the valley rain festival. Before and after the valley rains, the toon tree sprouts young shoots, mellow and refreshing, very nutritious. Toon has been eaten for more than a thousand years, as stated in the "Suiyuan Food List", toon mixed with tofu "everywhere, especially for the addicts". A bunch of tsubaki buds, a few squares of tofu, when the spring color into the food, the taste of spring will be bred in the freshness of the tip of the tongue.
"Qingming to see the buds, valley rain to see tea", at this time the tea buds are full, the taste is the most fresh, called "valley rain tea". Tianjin's tea house culture has a long history, sitting in the pavilion, a few green leaves into the water, tea fragrance and music art intertwined, poetry and wine to take advantage of the years, tea also has many stories.
So far
Spring goes sometimes, and summer returns to the period
Why regret it
Stay until the wind and moon are clear, and the mountains and rivers are clear
Let's go to the middle of summer light years
(Source: CCTV News Client Reporter Wang Xiaopei, Bai Ziran, Wang Mingyi, Han Yueyue)
【Editor: Jin Xin】
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