Valley rain to, spring to summer, hundreds of grains. Spring is coming to an end, and we have ushered in the last festival of spring - valley rain. The Ming Dynasty agricultural book "Erru Ting Qunfang Spectrum" Yun: "Valley rain, valley rain and birth also." "At this time, the weather is mild and the rain is significantly increased, which is a good time to sow seedlings and plant melons and beans."
Gu Yu ChunGuangxiao,
The mountains and rivers are blue.
- (Tang) Yuan Shu
"Wing 24 Qi Poems: Gu Yu Chun Guang Xiao"
Valley rain is divided into three seasons. At this time, the duckweed in the water begins to grow. In the late spring, the cuckoos begin to chirp, "Cuckoo cuckoo, harvest wheat and plant the grain", as if to remind people to start farming. "Dai Sheng" refers to Dai Sheng bird, when the branches of the mulberry tree are full of Dai Sheng birds, indicating that spring is coming to an end and summer will follow.
Dial the Tea River to go,
The first rain in the valley.
- (Tang) Liao Rong
"Title Wu Bin House Wall"
In ancient times, there was a custom of "walking the valley rain". On this day of Gu Yu, young women walked to the village to visit relatives, which means to integrate with nature and strengthen their bodies. "After three days of valley rain, look at the peony in the garden", peony is also called "valley rain flower", every year in the valley rain, peony flower parties will be held everywhere for people to watch and play. In the folk, there is also a saying that Gu Yu tastes tea, go to the mountain to pick some tea leaves, brew a pot of fragrant tea, slowly taste, legend that this day's tea can clear the fire, exorcise evil spirits, blindness and so on.
Alone out of the valley rain,
Winds that have not warmed.
- (Tang) Zhou Pu
"Sending Nan Ba Cui Envoy jun on the way to spring"
After the valley rain festival, the rainfall increases, and the humidity will gradually increase, so you should follow the changes of the natural solar terms and eat more foods that clear fire and remove dampness, strengthen the spleen and protect the liver. In the north, before and after the valley rain is the season when toon is listed, when the toon is mellow and refreshing, the nutritional value is high, there is "the toon before the rain is tender as silk", which has the effect of improving the body's immunity, stomach, qi, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory.
Baiyun Peak under two shots new,
Greasy green long fresh valley rain spring.
- (Song) Lin Kui
"Taste tea times to send the monk Lingjiao"
The timing changes, spring is about to say goodbye, and the pace of summer is approaching. Grab the tail of spring, open your heart, and enjoy the gifts of spring before you greet the colorful summer!
Source: Justice Network