Since the end of spring, there have been varying degrees of drought in all parts of North China, especially in the areas where Shandong, Henan, and Anhui provinces meet, and in many places there has not been a drop of rain for more than a month, and farming is even more impossible.
In such a harsh environment, the local people did not think about food, so they thought about the rain as soon as possible, so as not to miss the farming work. But waiting left and right, still couldn't wait for the rain, so a vigorous prayer for rain began......
Kneel and beg for rain
In ancient times, it did not rain for a long time, and the local villagers would perform sacrifices or invite "masters" to come and pray for rain as soon as possible. With the development of the times and the advancement of science and technology, this "ignorant bad habit" has been abandoned, because primary school students know that rain needs to have sufficient water vapor and be assisted by atmospheric movement to achieve rainfall.
However, in the course of this drought, many places have picked up the bad habits they have abandoned. The first place to report the rain prayer was Linyi in Shandong.
In the northern part of Linyi, local villagers wear straw hats on their heads and kneel on the ground, praying to the heavens for rain. Immediately afterwards, many places in Henan were also reported to ask for rain.
As a result, it is clear that the rain did not come because of the prayers of the villagers, but the heat and drought continued. After waiting for nearly half a month, many places in Henan and Shandong ushered in a heavy rain, and the farmland was irrigated.
The rain happened late at night, but some villagers went outside to check on the rain. According to media reports, in a farmer's house in Henan, when it rained, an aunt walked to the middle of the yard and knelt on the ground to thank him for the rain.
Times should not be reversed
Kneeling on the ground and begging for rain was normal in ancient times, after all, at that time, people had a low level of education and underdeveloped science and technology, so they could only rely on "kowtowing" to achieve comfort in their hearts.
But now that this era is different, and the compulsory education penetration rate on the mainland has reached almost 100 percent, why is there still the phenomenon of "kneeling on the ground and begging for rain"?
What's even more puzzling is that a group of netizens on the Internet follow the trend and feel that it is not easy for farmers, and many media have reported the matter of "kowtowing for rain", which means that it is not easy for farmers, which is a helpless move.
Is this really a desperate move? There are still people who are encouraging this kind of "unhealthy tendency". The drought situation on the ground should be taken into account, but we should not be concerned about the people begging for rain.
As the media exposes the local drought situation, the relevant departments will also be more aware of the local drought situation, and the higher-level departments will also carry out more policy preferences in these areas, or carry out drought relief relief.
This is the meaning of this drought, the people paid attention to the significance of the media reports, and as a result, they paid attention for a long time, only the people knelt on the ground and begged for rain, and these people also followed the trend and said that it was not easy for the people.
It is indeed not easy for the common people, it is not easy at any time, and the drought is not unique to this year, on average, there will be a drought every two or three years.
I haven't seen anyone begging for rain before, and the reason why there are people begging for rain everywhere now, on the one hand, is that they really want it to rain as soon as possible, and on the other hand, these people have received mixed network information, so they remember to "be a demon".
Drought kowtow and rain kowtow, it is not hard work or helplessness, it is the "ignorance" left over from that feudal era. We should not admire, let alone take it for granted, after more than 30 years of reform and opening up, did we just know "science" and choose to go back?
Opinion says
It is okay for ordinary people to kowtow, maybe they should kowtow too, but it should be the hard-working self, the self who has worked silently for this era, not the "Dragon King", nor the so-called "Jade Emperor".
The media said that it is okay for the people to suffer, after all, the people are also really suffering, but the ignorance of some people is also real, this kind of thinking is unacceptable, and this kind of behavior is even more unacceptable.
In the drought, we should find ways to ensure the harvest, or respond to the relevant departments, or ask the local authorities to build more reservoirs. In short, we need to do something in the face of drought, but we will never kneel down with our stiff knees.
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