After the rain in the valley, there is no cold, and the fragrance of the world is warm. At 21:59 on April 19, Beijing time, the Guyu solar term was ushered in, which was a good time to taste spring tea, eat toon, and enjoy peonies.
When the sun reaches 30 degrees of ecliptic longitude, the sixth and final solar term of spring arrives. Wang Laihua, a folklore scholar and researcher at the Tianjin Academy of Social Sciences, said that Gu Yu is in late spring in March, and the falling flowers are flying away, and the spring is already in full swing. There is a poem: "Gu Yu is like silk and dust, and the floating wax in the boiled bottle is trying new." The peony is broken and the calyx cherry is ripe, and the flowers are not allowed to fly but the spring. ”
In the rainy season, the people who like tea are blessed. Wang Laihua said that the south is the traditional tea producing area of the mainland, Qingming and Guyu have the custom of picking tea, and the tea made is called "Ming Qian Tea" and "Yu Qian Tea", which is a favorite variety of tea drinkers. Xu Cishu, a scholar of the Ming Dynasty, said in his book "Tea Shu": "Qingming is too early, Lixia is too late, and the time is moderate before and after the valley rain." This is called "tea before the rain".
Qi Ji, a poet and monk in the Tang Dynasty, once described the scene of picking tea in the valley: "Before the rain in the spring valley, he picked the fragrant smoke by hand. Green and tender are difficult to fill the cage, and it is clear and easy to be late".
Every Qingming, when it rains, enjoy the joy of drinking tea, "tea before the Ming Dynasty" and "tea before the rain" are all good products at the right time. Zheng Banqiao, a master of calligraphy and painting in Yangzhou in the Qing Dynasty, has a poem "It happens to rain in the valley during the Qingming Festival, and a cup of fragrant tea sits in the meantime." ”
Scrambled eggs with toon are a bite to eat in spring. A plate of fresh and fragrant, golden and green toon scrambled eggs, eat a bite of teeth and cheeks.
"March 8, eat toon buds", before and after the rain in the valley is a good season for fresh and delicious toons to go on the market, many people like to eat toon, the beautiful name is "eat spring". The red leaves and shiny stems tempt the appetite and make people covet.
At this time, the toon is not only mellow and refreshing, with high nutritional value, but also has the effects of stomach strengthening, qi regulation, antidiarrheal, emollient, antibacterial, and anti-inflammatory. Wang Laihua said.
"The valley rain is cold, the tea smoke is dawning, and it is the time of peony. "Before and after the valley rain is the season when the peony flowers are in full bloom, and in some places, the peony is also called the "valley rain flower".
Wang Laihua said that in the twilight of spring, the flowers are scattered, and only the gorgeous peonies enjoy the spring alone. "The peony demon in front of the court is unqualified, and the pond is pure and affectionate. Only the peony is true to the national color, and the flowers move the capital when they bloom. This is the Tang Dynasty poet Liu Yuxi's poem "Appreciating Peony", he connected the peony with the national color. Since then, when it comes to the national color and fragrance, people will suddenly think of peony flowers.
The rain is born and the summer is coming, and the twilight of spring is at the right time. While the spring has not gone far, hurry up to taste spring tea, eat toon, appreciate peonies, live up to the spring as promised, and keep the spring, but also leave a beautiful to yourself!
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