Tomorrow is the first day of the fourth lunar month, which also means that a quarter of the year 2023 of the lunar calendar has passed. With the arrival of the fourth lunar month, the weather has become hotter and the rain has further increased.
At the same time, the summer busyness also kicked off, and the farmers were also relatively busy at this time. After all, the weather not only affects our lives, but also has a great impact on agriculture.
And among the people, there is a saying: "On the first day of April, there is a stream, and graves are raised everywhere", so what does this mean? What is the saying about the rain on the first day of April? Let's take a look at what the proverb of the ancestors says, and it is recommended that you prepare in advance!
(1) At the beginning of April, there was a movement, and graves were raised everywhere.
The term "moving" here refers to a large change in the weather on that day, such as heavy rainfall, or windy and rainy.
Therefore, the meaning of this sentence is that if it rains on the first day of the fourth lunar month, it is not a good omen, and it indicates that the year will be bad, and many people will starve and even lose their lives as a result. Gu Shiyun: Zhumen's wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road, which also describes the phenomenon of starvation everywhere in ancient times.
This is because the ancients have long believed that it rains on the first day of the fourth lunar month, which indicates that there will be a lot of rain in the future, and there may be continuous rainy weather, which is very unfavorable to the summer crops, and the grain harvest is seriously reduced, and the farmers do not have enough grain to eat. Heavy rainfall may even cause flooding and mudslides in some mountainous areas.
(2) I am afraid of March and April, and I am afraid of the first day of the new year.
The meaning of this proverb is that in the third month of the lunar calendar, the three days of the seventh, seventeenth and twenty-seventh days of the lunar calendar are all sunny, which indicates that there are many sunny days and little rain in March. And in the fourth month of the lunar calendar, it is raining on the first day of the new year.
The ancients believed that if it was still raining on the first day of April, there would be more rain throughout April, which might affect the growth of crops. Because too much rain can cause the soil to become too wet, affecting the root development and respiration of crops, which can lead to poor crop growth and even reduced yields.
However, if the sun was shining on the first day of April, the situation would be very different. Sunny weather is conducive to the evaporation of soil moisture and the photosynthesis of crops, which is very beneficial to the growth of crops.
(3) In April, I am afraid of the first day of the new year, and the wind and rain will not be harvested.
The meaning is similar to the above sentence, which is said to be on the first day of the fourth lunar month, the most feared thing is that it rains, if it is windy and rainy on this day, it indicates that the wheat harvest of the year is not good.
A similar proverb is "When it rains in early April, wheat is taken from the mud", which more directly describes the negative impact of the rain in early April on the wheat harvest.
If it rains at the beginning of April and there is more rain later, a large amount of rain may pour down when the wheat is ripe, causing the wheat to lodging, mold and even rot in the ground, which will seriously affect the yield and quality of wheat.
(4) At the beginning of April, the farmer sells his mother-in-law.
Although this sentence is a bit exaggerated and terrifying, this kind of thing happened in the past, for example, it is recorded in historical materials that when there is a major famine year, there is a saying that "the son eats and eats". In the past, it was also said in some places that "at the beginning of April, every family sells dolls".
The experience of the ancients generally believed that if the first day of the fourth lunar month was a sunny day, then the environment for the growth of wheat and other crops would be more favorable. And if it's raining, it's not so optimistic about the situation later.
Through these proverbs introduced above, we can understand that on the first day of the first month of April, if it is raining, it often indicates that there will be more rain in the future, which is not conducive to the growth of crops, and there may be major floods, reminding farmers to prepare early. And if it's sunny on the first day of April, that's a good sign.
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