&# 8203;&# 8203;&# 8203;&# 8203;&# 8203;&# 8203; The Qingming solar term has passed, and soon it will be the last solar term in spring - Guyu solar term. In China, each of the 24 solar terms has different customs and customs. As a solar term in late spring and early summer, what are the customs of Gu Yu solar term? This article brings you the custom of Gu Yu solar terms. Let's have a look.
Guyu customs
Gu Yu sacrificing the sea
Gu Yu season is when the spring sea is warm. It is a good day for fish to go to the shallow sea. As the saying goes, 'ride Gu Yu to the Internet'. In order to go to sea safely and return with a full load, Gu Yu fishermen will hold a sea sacrifice on this day and pray for the blessing of the sea god.
Therefore, the Guyu Festival is also called the 'Zhuang Xing Festival' for fishermen to go fishing. This custom is still popular in Rongcheng area of Jiaodong today. In the past, fishermen were under the unified management of fishing houses, and sea sacrifice activities were generally organized by fishing houses. The sacrifice is a fat pig without fur and skin. It is red with cavity blood and ten white pastries. In addition, firecrackers and incense paper are also prepared. If the sea sacrifice organized by the fishermen's partnership does not have a whole pig, it shall be replaced by pig head or steamed pig shaped pastry. In the old days, every village had a sea temple or goddess temple. As soon as the sacrificial time came, fishermen carried their offerings to the sea temple and goddess temple to offer sacrifices. Some carried their offerings to the sea, beat gongs and drums, set off firecrackers and offer sacrifices to the sea. The scene was very grand.
Scorpion forbidden Charm
In the old days, a picture of Gu Yu day in Linfen, Shanxi Province was pasted on the door, called 'forbidden Scorpion'. The scorpion mantra in Fengxiang area of Shaanxi Province is printed in wood carving. It can be seen that there is a great demand. It is printed with: 'Gu Yu in March, scorpions show off their authority. God chicken takes a bite and turns the poisonous insect into water & hellip& hellip;' In the middle of the picture, the cock holds the worm, and there is a big scorpion under its claws. The picture is printed with a spell. The saying that the cock cures the scorpion has long been popular among the people. In the 55th episode of the journey to the west, the monkey king's pig Bajie is no match for the scorpion spirit, and Guanyin knows he can't be near him. We had to ask the monkey king to invite the Pleiades official, and it was a success. The Pleiades official was originally a big cock with a double crown. It is described in the book that the Pleiadian officials show their true colors - the big cock. The big cock cries to the scorpion essence. The scorpion essence immediately shows its original shape. It is a scorpion the size of a pipa. When the rooster crowed again, the scorpion essence was soft and died on the hillside. Scorpions are also forbidden in Shandong folk customs. In the annals of Xiajin County in the sixth year of the reign of emperor Ganlong of the Qing Dynasty, it is recorded that 'Gu Yu, vermilion, and scorpions are forbidden. " The custom of banning scorpions reflects people's desire to drive away pests and harvest peace.
Go Gu Yu
In ancient times, there was a custom of 'taking Gu Yu'. On Gu Yu day, young women went to the village to visit relatives, and some came back after a walk in the wild. The moral is to integrate with nature to strengthen the body.
Drink Guyu tea
It is a custom of Guyu picking tea in the south. It is said that Guyu's tea will clear the fire, ward off evil spirits, brighten the eyes and so on. So no matter what the weather is on Guyu day, people will go to Chashan to pick some new tea and come back to drink.
Gu Yu eats Toona sinensis
The custom of eating Chinese Toon in Guyu in the north is that before and after Guyu is the season when Chinese toon is listed. At this time, Chinese toon is mellow and refreshing, with high nutritional value. It is said that Chinese toon is as tender as silk before the rain. Toona sinensis has the effects of improving body immunity, strengthening stomach, regulating qi, stopping diarrhea, moisturizing skin, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and insecticidal.
Sacrifice to Wenzu Cangjie
The custom of Gu Yu sacrificing Cangjie, the literary ancestor of Baishui County, Shaanxi Province, 'Gu Yu sacrificing Cangjie', is a folk tradition that has been circulating for thousands of years since the Han Dynasty. Qingming Festival is dedicated to the Yellow Emperor and Guyu festival to Cangjie. Cangjie temple fair is held on Guyu Festival. According to legend, Cang Jie created words and made great contributions to heaven and earth. The Yellow Emperor was moved by it and took 'millet rain from heaven' as his reward for making words. Since then, there has been a 'Grain Rain' Festival. Since then, every year on Guyu Festival, nearby villagers have organized temple fairs to commemorate Cangjie.
Take a bath to avoid disaster
Guyu's River is also very precious. In the northwest, in the old days, people called Guyu's River 'peach blossom water'. It is said that taking a bath with it can eliminate disasters and avoid disasters. On Guyu Festival, people take a bath with 'peach blossom water' and hold activities such as shooting and dancing.
Ban killing five poisons
After Gu Yu, the temperature rises, and diseases and insect pests enter a high breeding period. In order to reduce the damage of diseases and insect pests to crops and people, farmers put up Gu Yu stickers while entering the field to kill insects and pray to drive away evil and good luck. This custom is very popular in Shandong, Shanxi and Shaanxi.
Gu Yu paste is a kind of New Year pictures. It is engraved with the image of divine chicken catching scorpion, the image of Heavenly Master removing five poisons or Taoist talisman. Some are also attached with text descriptions such as "the supreme old gentleman is like a law, in Gu Yu's March, snakes and scorpions will never live", "in Gu Yu's March, the old gentleman goes to the sky, hands the seven star sword, and cuts scorpion essence alone", which places people's psychology of killing pests, hoping for a good harvest and peace.
Enjoy peony flowers
Before and after Gu Yu is also an important period for peony to bloom. Therefore, peony is also known as Gu Yu flower and Fugui flower Gu Yu looked at the peony in three dynasties. It has been a thousand years to enjoy the peony in the rainy season. Where there are flowers, there are scholars and women visiting the temple, and there are also those who hang lanterns at night to feast and enjoy the flowers. The name is "flower party". Gu Lu of the Qing Dynasty wrote in the Qing Jialu: 'the merchants who built other temples, Gu Yu's flower bureau is a new one. If you don't believe that meeting each other has no national color, the brocade shed only protects the spring of the jade building. " So far, peony fairs have been held in Heze, Shandong, Luoyang, Henan and Pengzhou, Sichuan during the rainy season for people to have fun and get together.
Miao Climbing Festival
During the Gu rain, the Miao people in Kaili area of Southeast Guizhou will also hold a 'Climbing Festival'. Climbing Festival, known as' Ji Bo 'in Miao language, is an annual special gathering event for young Miao men and women to choose a spouse and fall in love. Whenever the climbing season comes, young men and women take the opportunity to meet at the market, or at the request of the man or at the invitation of the woman, and decide to climb at a place in the woman's stockade one day. On the day of Climbing Festival, thousands of people gathered on the hillside. In circles on the hillside, clusters of young men and women traveled to sing, play Sheng and step on drums. They used this as a medium to find friends and partners, pursue bosom friends, and filled with a festive atmosphere. The host girls prepared rich fish and glutinous rice and took them up the mountain to entertain the young students and sing to each other. Among them, young men and women look for each other, form a pair of lovers in the future, and form a happy family. Some old mothers also appear in public to help their daughters find people. At sunset, the girls invited the younger generation to the stockade to continue to talk about love and hosted a banquet again. If they agreed, they exchanged keepsakes and engaged. In the middle of the night, if there are relatives and friends in the women's stockade, they will go to the relatives and friends' home for lodging. If there are no relatives and friends, the girls and mothers will go to the home for the night. When it was almost dawn, the young students got up and went back. The girls gave the glutinous rice to their loved ones and accompanied them halfway, and then reluctantly bid farewell. This unique Climbing Festival reproduces the maternal social life style in the ancient times. Because it was women, not men, who took the initiative in the conclusion of marriage at that time, this custom was the residual trace of the conclusion of marriage in matriarchal clan society. Now, the Miao Climbing Festival has added many recreational and sports activities, such as bullfighting, sparrow fighting, duel, basketball, race and so on.