"The wind in the suburbs chases the remnants of the snow, and the water of the stream breaks the ice. "Every year around February 18 to 20 of the Gregorian calendar, when the sun reaches 330 degrees of ecliptic longitude, we usher in the second of the 24 solar terms - rain.
Rain has been a literary image portrayed by literati and writers since ancient times.
Among the vast ancient Chinese poems, Du Fu's "Happy Rain on a Spring Night" has always been loved by readers: "Good rain knows the season, when spring happens." Dive into the night with the wind, moisturizing things silently. Wu Cheng, a literati of the Yuan Dynasty, also recorded in the "Seventy-two Candidate Explanations of the Moon Order": "In the middle of the first month, the sky is full of water, and the spring belongs to the wood, but the wood must be water, so the rain that follows the spring is the first month." And when the east wind thaws, it disperses and becomes rain. ”
At this time, in the northern hemisphere, the sunshine hours and intensity are increasing, the temperature rises rapidly, and the warm and moist air from the ocean begins to be active, and gradually advances northward to meet the cold air to form rainfall. At this time, the weather is unpredictable, hot and cold, warm and cold.
Our country is a vast country, and there is a great difference between the north and the south. At present, the cold wave in many places is coming, but the plants and trees in many places have also begun to sprout, new shoots have broken through the ground, the green of the earth is slowly returning, and the energy that contains a harsh winter is gradually being released. When the rain enters the corridor and sees the faint spring color behind the curtain woven by the drizzle, people will yearn for the good season when the willow silk is full of smoke, willow smoke is in a array, and it is thriving.
In ancient China, the rain solar terms were divided into three phases: one waiting for the otter to sacrifice fish, the second waiting for the wild goose to come, and the third waiting for the grass and trees to sprout. It means that at this time, the otters start fishing, the geese fly back from the south to the north, and the plants and trees pull out their buds. There are also many folk customs during the rainy season, such as returning to the mother's house, occupying the rice color, etc. "Returning to the mother's house" points out that the married daughter should bring gifts back to her mother's house; "Divining the color of rice" refers to the divination of the harvest by the common people through stir-fried glutinous grain.
Since ancient times, China has been agriculture-oriented, and agriculture pays attention to seasonal solar terms. Spring ploughing is the top priority of spring, and it is about the hope of the year. Xunzi wrote in "The Royal System": "Spring ploughing, summer cultivation, autumn harvest, and winter storage, the four do not lose time, so the grains are endless, and the people have surplus food." ”
Spring rain is as precious as oil", and the rain solar term is full of infinite vitality. At this time, the rain begins and the amount of rain gradually increases, so it is also called "arable weather" in many places.
At this time, although the northern land has not yet fully awakened, many places have been busy repairing water conservancy and preparing for spring ploughing. In many places in the south, among the fields and mountains, the greenery is gradually dyed, and the splendid picture scroll of spring ploughing is also slowly unfolding.
There is a poem in the Southern Song Dynasty that describes spring rain farming, which is quite interesting: "The rain drops at the head of the bed at night, and the spring water grows in the south of the village and the north of the village." The old woman went out with her children, and the old man ploughed the oxen barefoot. A pair of wooden sticks that are not borrowed, and the half-broken husband must rush to Xiaoxing. Plough and wash the mud pillow and calf nose, and lie down to watch the world touch and fight. ”
The gist is: night comes, the spring breeze turns into rain, ticking down the whole night, and the fields are filled with spring rain and spring water; The old woman went out with the child, and the old man drove the oxen barefoot to plough the fields ......The poems are written in a natural manner, and a sense of life is surging between the lines, depicting the image of a hard-working laborer who is not afraid of the spring rain and spring cold, and works silently.
Plant a grain of millet in spring and harvest 10,000 seeds in autumn. From ancient times to the present, the harvest of land is not only related to the food and porridge of each family, but also to the stability and prosperity of the country. In ancient times, it was "driving cattle to plough the fields"; Nowadays, agricultural production has the blessing of modern science and technology: crawler self-propelled rotary tiller, intelligent water and fertilizer integrated irrigation equipment ......Science and technology empower agricultural modernization and give wings to rural revitalization.
Spring breeze turns rain, moisturizing things silently. In the rainy season, the warm and soft spring has quietly come, the vast land will show a fresh pastoral beauty, and people's hearts will also be "planted" with full hope for a better life. (Reporter Yang Jinzhi, Guo Muqing).
*:Xinhua.