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It is one of the traditional Chinese twenty-four solar terms
Valley rain festival
Valley rain is the last festival of spring
Gu Yu means "rain born of a hundred valleys"
Precipitation increases significantly at this time
Seedlings are first planted in the field and new crops are planted
The most need for rain to moisturize
Rainfall is abundant and timely
Cereal crops thrive
Valley rain, like rain, small fullness, light snow, heavy snow and other solar terms, are all solar terms that reflect the phenomenon of precipitation.
Valley rain and climate characteristics
The main feature of valley rain weather is that it is rainy.
In the southern region during the rainy season of the valley, "the poplar flowers fall out of the rules", the willows fly down, the rhododendrons cry at night, the peony spits, the cherry is red, and the natural scenery tells people: It is late spring. At this time, the temperature in the south rises rapidly, and the average temperature in late April has reached 20 °C-22 °C, which is more than 2 °C higher than in the middle of The Middle Of China, except for parts of the north and west of South China.
In eastern South China, there will often be a high temperature of more than 30 ° C for one or two days, which makes people begin to feel hot.
In the southern region, it often begins to rain significantly, and especially in southern China, once the cold air and warm and humid air meet, it often forms a longer period of rainfall. The Qinling-HuaiHe River is a transitional area between the spring rains in the south and the spring drought areas in the north, and from the vicinity of the Qinling-Huai River to the north, the spring rains are sharply reduced.
Gu Yu and food customs
Drink tea
There is a custom of picking tea during the rainy season in the southern valley, and it is said that the tea on this day of the valley rain will clear the fire and clear the eyes. Therefore, no matter what the weather is on this day, people will go to the tea mountain to pick some new tea and come back to drink.
Eat toon
During the rainy period in the northern valley, there is a custom of eating toon, 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, and there is a saying that "the toon before the rain is tender as silk".
Flowers
Before and after the valley rain is also an important time for the peony flowers to bloom, so the peony flowers are also called "valley rain flowers". "Gu Yu Three Dynasties Look at Peonies", peony appreciation has become an important entertainment activity for people's leisure. So far, Shandong, Henan, Sichuan and other places have also held peony flower parties during the rainy season of the valley for people to play and gather.
Editor / Sun Chong
Cartography / Cai Songlin
Source/China Meteorological Administration People's Daily CCTV News