Reading guide: This year's May Day is not ordinary, Labor Day coincides with the "Mazu Festival", what is the saying about rain?
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Today is April 11th, and we are less than ten days away from the end of April. After April, we will usher in May, and when we open in May, we will usher in the national holiday break, are you looking forward to it?
In any case, I can't wait for the May Day holiday to come soon, although it doesn't matter how many days of May Day holiday is for us farmers to farm and farm, and during the May Day period, the southern part of the mainland will enter the time to harvest rape in advance. That's right, Labor Day is the activity of farmers to harvest crops in the new year, which is really a festival of labor. Labor Day is for the peasants.
May Day is based on the time of the solar calendar, and it is on May 1 of the solar calendar, which is the holiday of working people all over the world, and we will have a day off on this day. This year's Labor Day holiday is not just 1 day, but 5 days. However, the 5-day Labor Day holiday is compensated for by the weekend. The compensatory leave still has to be repaid.
And this year's May Day holiday is not ordinary, Labor Day coincides with the "Mazu Festival". What's going on here?
On May 1 this year, the lunar calendar is March 23, which is the birthday of Mazu Niangniang, the goddess of the sea. According to legend, Mazu's name is Lin Mo, who was born on the 23rd day of the third month of the lunar calendar, which is called "Holy Day", or "Queen of Heaven's Birthday". The belief in Mazu is very popular in the southeast coastal areas of the mainland and is recognized as the first sea god. On March 23, Mazu's birthday, Mazu temples around the country will hold a grand worship of Mazu, and people hope that Mazu Niangniang can be blessed and live a happy life.
This year's May Day coincides with Mazu's birthday, what will be said if it rains on this day?
"March twenty-three Mazu rain, wind and rain to celebrate the harvest"
This agricultural proverb says that if there is Mazu rain on March 23, it is a good sign that this year will be a good year. Specifically, let's analyze:
"March Twenty-Three Mazu Rain"
The "Mazu rain" mentioned here refers to the day of March 23 of the lunar calendar, which is the day of Mazu's birthday, and there is often rainy weather, so the rain on Mazu's birthday is called "Mazu rain" in the folk, that is to say, March 23 is a "rainy day". If there is rain on March 23, it means that it is in line with the development of the year, and there will be more rain in the later period, and the growth of grain crops will be good.
"The wind and rain are smooth and the harvest is celebrated"
The point here is that when the summer harvest wheat grows in the later stages, it will be a good year with good weather and good weather. If it rains, it will be replenished by rain in time, and wheat grows very well. In this way, the summer harvest is abundant. And now when rice grows, there is a lot of rainfall, and there is no shortage of rain, which is very conducive to a bumper rice harvest.
To sum up, on the occasion of May Day this year, it also coincides with Mazu's birthday.