Regarding Gu Yu, there is an ancient legend among the people: in ancient times, Cangjie made characters, and the Yellow Emperor decided to reward him again. One night, Cang Jie dreamed and heard someone shouting, “Cang Jie, what do you want?” Cang Jie replied in his dream, “I want to have a lot of grain, so that all the people in the world have food to eat!” The next day, the grains fell all over the sky. Cangjie told the Yellow Emperor about this matter, and the Yellow Emperor designated the day of the Grain Rain as the Grain Rain Festival, ordering the people of the world to sing and dance on this day every year, thank Shang Cang, and sacrifice to Cang Jie.
Grain rain is a labour day for farmers. Between April 19th and 21st of each year. The snow breaks and the grain rain breaks the frost during the Qingming Festival. After the grain rain, the rainfall is sufficient and timely, and the crops begin to thrive. Since ancient times, farmers have compiled many agricultural proverbs about grain rain, which have been passed down from generation to generation to remind themselves to sow seeds quickly. Before the grain rain, it is easy to grow cotton”, “The grain rain does not plant flowers, and the heart is like a crab climbing”, “The grain rain is planted in the grain rain season, the north depression of the south slope is busy planting cotton, the grain rain before and after the family (fish)”, “the grain rain wheat is pregnant, the beginning of summer long beard It’s a good time to order melons and beans.
Gu Yu is a tea guest’s carnival. The spring tea picked during the grain rain season is called rain tea. In spring, the temperature is moderate and the rainfall is abundant. The tea tree has been resting for half a year. The bud leaves of the spring are fat, the colour is green, the leaves are soft, the tea tastes fresh, and the aroma is pleasant. A bud and a tender leaf in the tea before the rain are soaked in the water like an ancient gun with a banner, which is called a flag gun; one bud and two tender leaves are like a finch’s tongue, called a sparrow tongue. They are the best products of the same year as Qingming tea. The price of pre-rain tea is economical and affordable. The shape of the water is good, and the taste is not inferior to that of pre-Ming tea, and it is often more popular among tea customers. In the south, there is the custom of picking tea in Gu Yu. It is said that Gu Yu’s tea on this day can clear fire, ward off evil spirits, clear eyes, etc. So no matter what the weather is on that day, people will go to the tea mountain to pick some new tea and drink. No wind, no rain, sunny and sunny, Cuizhu Pavilion is a good festival. My favourite is Wanliang Jiake, a pot of new tea soaked in pine dill. A few new leaves of Xiaoxiao bamboo, several strokes across the faint mountain. It happened to be the rain during the Qingming Festival, and a cup of fragrant tea sat in the middle. Even Zheng Banqiao, who is rarely confused, has a good mouthful.
Gu Yu is a health festival for the people. At this time, the weather is sometimes cold and hot, and people are prone to catch colds. They should pay attention to “spring cover”. People with allergies should stay away from pollen, willow catkins and other substances in nature. After the grain rain, the rain increases, the air humidity increases, and rheumatism is easy to recur. You should be careful to prevent The “Grain Rain Health Soup” fried by fresh reed root improves yang qi, nourishes yin and fluid. During the grain rain, you can also choose sports and health methods such as stepping on green, jogging, and kite-raising, but you should follow the principle of “lazy bones, don’t sweat, to nourish dirty qi”. In addition,
Grain rain is at the right time. The rain urges all kinds of grain to grow, and everything grows. The poplars are falling and the seeds are linginging”, the willow catkins are flying, the cuckoos are linginging at night, the peonies are spitting out, and the cherry blossoms are red and ripe. The natural scenery is announced to people that it is late spring.
