CCTV news: Gu Yu is bright in the spring, and the mountains and rivers are dark and green. When the sun reaches 30 degrees ecliptic longitude, the Grain Rain solar term arrives. Today (April 20) at 10:24 Beijing time will usher in Grain Rain. At this time, the precipitation is increasing day by day, the seedlings are first planted, the new crops are planted, the spring tea is picked, the rain is moistening the grains, and all things are growing and prospering. All this marks the end of late spring and the arrival of early summer.
Grain Rain connects grain and rain, reflecting the agro-climatic significance of Grain Rain. In the increasingly warm sunlight, the seedlings are first planted and the crops are newly planted. The rain gave birth to a hundred valleys, and a bustling scene was blowing.
The Grain Rain season is when the peach blossoms are in full bloom. Many parts of our country have the custom of “washing the peach blossom water” in the grain rain. The custom of “walking the Grain Rain” means being friendly to neighbors and friends and getting close to nature. There are also many places where there is the custom of eating toon in Guyu, that is, “eating spring”.
Sui Bin, Chairman of the Alliance for the Protection and Inheritance of the Twenty-Four Solar Terms: In 2010, the United Nations designated the day of the Grain Rain solar term as “Chinese Day”; in 2016, UNESCO listed the twenty-four solar terms as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity. This fully demonstrates the important role and huge influence of solar terms culture, and effectively enhances the soft power of Chinese culture.
As the saying goes, Qingming breaks snow, and Grain Rain breaks frost. In Grain Rain, the rain gradually increases and the temperature rises rapidly. But the “rain” at this time is no longer the previous “drizzle”, but “rain like grain”, and the first heavy rain every year also occurs at this time.
An agricultural proverb says that when the grain rains arrive, a hundred grains are born. Grain rain is a critical period for overwintering crops to turn green and jointing and spring crops to sow and emerge, ushering in the busiest time of year for agricultural activities.
[Editor in charge: Wang Han]
