"Grain rain" is the sixth of the twenty-four solar terms and the last of spring, and there is a beautiful legend about the origin of this festival and writing.
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Cangjie is the left history of the Yellow Emperor of Xuanyuan, recording the yellow emperor's remarks, at that time there was no text, it was all knotted rope records, and every time the Yellow Emperor said a word, he would tie a knot on the rope. As a result, the knot is pulled a lot, and I don't know what it means. Cangjie painstakingly studied and created words based on the patterns of birds and beasts, mountains, rivers and rivers.
According to the Huainan Zi, the Yellow Emperor issued an edict in late spring and early summer, declaring the success of Cangjie's character creation, and calling on the subjects of the world to learn it together, and at the same time taking "the rain of the valley rain from heaven" as the reward for his character creation, so that posterity named this day "Gu Yu", becoming one of the twenty-four solar terms.
"The Seventy-two Seasons of the Moon Order": "In the middle of March, since the rain, the earth has pulsated, and now it is raining in the valley of water." Rain reads as going to sound, like rain in my public fields. Gaigu sows seeds at this time, from top to bottom also. "At this time, the weather is mild and the rain is significantly increased, which has a great relationship with the growth and development of cereal crops." The moderate amount of rain is conducive to the rejuvenation of wintering crops and the sowing of seedlings of spring sown crops, and the so-called "rain and hundreds of grains" in ancient times reflects the modern agricultural climate significance of "valley rain". However, excessive rain or severe drought often causes harm and affects later yields. Guyu in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River not only points out its agricultural significance, but also shows that "spring rain is as expensive as oil".
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Grain (谷): Continued also. The general name of The Hundred Valleys. ("Explanation of Words") The "continuation" here means to continue. This grain is planted year after year, and it is harvested year after year, which is the continuation of the old and the new. "The general name of a hundred grains" means that this word is a general term for grain crops, we often talk about "five grains and miscellaneous grains", this "five grains" refers to "hemp, millet, millet, wheat, beans", just the "beans" here can have as many kinds of ah, if subdivided, "hundred grains" more than enough.
This is the "grain" in the "Shuowen Jiezi", this word is a shape sound word, the lower left part of the "he" indicates the meaning, the remaining part is the "殻 (shell)" sound, all grains have a hard shell, this component also means here.
This "grain" is very classic, from the "Zhang Qianbei" stele.
The "Valley" of cao quan stele
The left horizontal painting is more staggered and arranged,
Tighten up on the right point of the "grass",
The lower right foot is stretched tightly to the left, and the two parts are tightly bitten.
Some ways of writing directly write "he" as "rice".
This word comes from the Sacrifice nephew manuscript,
The original phrase is "Fang Period Grain",
"Grain" is a general term for food crops,
Extended to "offering", "birth, life",
"Kindness", "Fluke", etc.
"Fang Zhi Jie" is to expect perfection and perfection.
Cursive is to sketch out all the components.
Now "grain" is simplified to "valley",
In fact, "valley" has another meaning.
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The springs come out of the River as valleys.
Half seen from the water, out of the mouth.
All the genus of the valley is from the valley. ("Explanation of Words")
And that's a good explanation.
The place where the spring water leads from the exit to the river is called "Valley",
The two "figure eight" figures above are like water,
The "mouth" below is the exit.
Small seal in the middle and upper part
Slender down extension, more
There is a feeling of a source of streams.
This is the broad and magnificent "valley",
The word seems to have a trickle,
But the feeling of the river never ending.
Qing Dynasty scholar Zheng Qi,
The name is Taniguchi, is that what it means?
The solemn "valley"
Fresh "valley"
There are many kinds of ways to write this word.