April 19th is the Guyu solar term, which is the Friday of this week. Some people say that this year's Guyu solar term is very special, because in previous years, it was on April 20.
In fact, there is nothing special about this, just because 2024 is a leap year, and there are 29 days in February, so it has led to the advance of this year's Guyu solar term by one day.
Moreover, the Guyu solar term is not on April 20 every year, and in some years it will be postponed to April 21, for example, in the past 50 years, only the Guyu in 1975 was on April 21, which shows that it is very rare.
When the solar term of Guyu arrived, the old man said: "Guyu is now three elephants, and new graves are being built everywhere." What does this mean, and which three elephants do we refer to? Let's find out together, and suggest that peasant friends should take precautions as early as possible to deal with the challenges that may come.
The first image: Gu Yu's weather is too hot.
Guyu is the 6th of the 24 solar terms, and it is also the last solar term of spring. When it comes to the rainy season, not only does it rain more, but the temperature also rises, which is indeed very beneficial to the growth of cereal crops.
However, at the time of the valley rain solar term, after all, it has not yet entered the summer, and this time should be the transition between the cold of spring and the heat of summer. If the weather is unusually hot at this time, or even overheated, then this is a characteristic of the weather anomaly and a bad omen.
There is a proverb in the agricultural proverb: "The valley rain is too hot, and the snow is cold." Although the old saying "Qingming breaks the snow, the valley rain breaks the frost", it refers to the weather when there will be no more snow and frost at this time.
But this agricultural proverb means that if the weather is too hot during the Guyu solar term, this is an abnormal phenomenon, and there may be a big cooling later.
This drastic change in temperature will not only adversely affect the growth of crops, but also may trigger a series of natural disasters.
Therefore, when there is an abnormally hot weather in the rainy season, we should be vigilant, pay attention to weather changes and weather forecasts in time, and take timely measures to deal with possible cold damage for fear of a big cooling or hail in the future.
The second elephant: the valley rain blows the northwest wind.
As the old saying goes: "Qingming is afraid of rain, Guyu is afraid of wind", which refers to the Qingming Festival, for farmers to be afraid of rainy weather, and in the Guyu solar term is afraid of windy weather. Because the experience of the ancients found that different winds also have different omens in the valley rain season, among which the valley rain blowing northwest wind is often a sign of rain.
There is a saying among the people that "the northwest wind blows in the valley, and the carp flies through the house", although this sentence is a bit exaggerated, but it vividly depicts the scene of heavy rainfall brought by the northwest wind. When the northwesterly wind blows during the rainy season, it often indicates that a large amount of rain will fall next, and it may cause flooding, causing water to inundate the house and fish and insects to swim through the roof.
In addition, there is a saying that "the valley rain rises from the west wind, and the rain is directly connected to the autumn", which means that the valley rain blows northwest winds, causing the rain to fall until autumn.
Of course, for farmers, the most feared is that the harvest will be affected, and there is a saying among the people that "the grain rain blows strong winds, and the wheat harvest is reduced", thinking that the grain rain is windy and windy, and there will be continuous rainy weather, which will lead to a bad wheat harvest.
The third image: the big sun on the day of the Guyu solar term.
As the old saying goes: if you are not afraid of the valley rain, you are afraid of the valley rain, which means that it is a good thing to rain on the day of the valley rain solar term, and there is nothing to worry about, but the day of the valley rain solar term is a sunny day, and the farmers will be worried.
Because the experience of the ancients is that it is good to rain during the solar terms of the valley rain, which not only conforms to the solar terms, but also is a good omen, indicating that the wind and rain will be smooth behind. On the contrary, if the valley rain solar term is sunny, it often indicates that there will be less rain in the future, and spring drought may occur.
Although the sun is warm and vibrant, there are sunny days and no rainfall, so as the temperature rises, the soil water evaporates quickly, but this is also the time when crops need water the most, so this can cause a series of problems.
First, it can lead to the rapid evaporation of soil moisture, which can stun crops due to lack of water. Secondly, strong sunlight can also trigger other natural disasters, such as droughts, heat waves, etc.
Seeing this, everyone should also understand that "there are three elephants in the valley rain, and new graves are raised everywhere", which refers to the three elephants of sunny days, strong winds and overheated temperatures in the valley rain solar term, which are not a good sign.
As for the second half of the sentence "new graves are built everywhere", although there is a certain exaggeration, it has a wake-up effect, reminding us to pay close attention to the changes in the weather and take precautions to deal with possible challenges in the special solar term of Guyu. #春日生活打卡季#