Sihaiwang: do you know what Gu Yu means? Gu Yu is the sixth solar term of the 24 solar terms and the last solar term in spring. It is called Gu Yu when the sun reaches the Yellow longitude 30-deg; on April 19-21 every year. It originated from the ancient saying that "rain produces hundreds of valleys". What health keeping techniques does Guyu have? Let's have a look.
How to keep healthy and what to eat
What does Gu Yu mean?
According to the Chinese astronomical calendar, the solar term of "Valley rain" will come at 11:13 on April 20, Beijing time. At this time of the festival, willows fly down, cuckoos cry at night, peonies spit out pistils and cherries are ripe, which is the best time for all things to grow.
"Clear and clear snow, rain and frost", which means that rain produces five grains. Because rain is the last festival in spring, the cold wave weather is basically over, and the season of summer is coming, rain moistens the earth and five grains can grow, so it is also the best time to grow melons and beans.
What is good for Guyu health?
According to the viewpoint of "nourishing the liver in spring" of traditional Chinese medicine, we should seize the opportunity to regulate liver blood. At this time, the main point of dietotherapy is to nourish the liver and clear the eyes. Among many vegetables, spinach is the most suitable one for nourishing liver. According to traditional Chinese medicine, spinach is sweet and cool, which has the functions of nourishing blood and hemostasis, benefiting five internal organs, activating blood vessels, relieving thirst and moistening intestines, nourishing yin and calming liver, helping digestion and clearing stomach heat toxin. It has a better therapeutic effect on hypertension, headache, dizziness and anemia caused by deficiency of liver yin in spring.
You can eat more cool and shady foods, such as watermelon, banana, sugarcane, mango, apple, pear, persimmon, mulberry and other fruits, or tomatoes, cucumbers, balsam pear, jute, purslane, celery, seaweed, kelp, crab and other vegetables and seafood. However, eating cold food does not mean eating a lot of cold drinks. As soon as the temperature rises, many people can't wait to eat cold drinks. If they overeat cold drinks, the local gastrointestinal tract will be stimulated by cold, which will lead to the deficiency of spleen and stomach, which is harmful to the body.
Legend of Gu Yu:
As for the origin of Guyu Festival, it is recorded in Huainanzi that the creation of Cangjie's characters is an earth shaking event. At the end of spring and the beginning of summer, the Yellow Emperor issued an imperial edict to announce the success of the creation of Cangjie's characters, and called on all the subjects of the world to study it together. On this day, there was an unusual rain, and countless grains fell down to comfort the holy work. Later generations named this day Gu Yu as one of the twenty-four solar terms, which is the current "Gu Yu" solar term.
However, in the folk, there is a story in Guanzhong, Shaanxi Province: it is said that more than 4000 years ago, Emperor Xuanyuan Huang urgently needed an official in charge of historical materials. One day, Emperor Huang found Cangjie, a man of outstanding virtue and talent, and appointed him as a historian. He recorded events with knots and national events clearly, which was appreciated by the Yellow Emperor. Later, the record of tying rope became increasingly backward. Once, Cangjie went hunting with a hunter. The hunter pointed to the traces of all kinds of wild animals left on the ground and told the direction of the wild animals. Cangjie was deeply inspired: 'a footprint represents a thing! 'after returning home, Cangjie packed some clothes and went out for an interview. He climbed mountains and waded in the water. He asked questions and expressed all the things he saw according to their characteristics. According to the hieroglyph, the original writing. Because of his great achievements in writing, he moved the emperor of heaven. At that time, the world was suffering from famine, so he ordered Tianbing Tianjiang to open the granary of Tiangong, and there was a grain rain, and all the people in the world were saved.
After Cangjie's death, people buried him in his hometown, the north of the historian town of Baishui County. There was a couplet engraved on the tomb gate: 'Yu Su felt the emperor of heaven at that time and matched the bridge mausoleum with Wen Yongshi. 'people set the day of sacrifice to Cangjie as the day of millet rain, which is now the' Guyu Festival '. Today, on the day of Guyu Festival, there are temple fairs in Shiguan Town, Baishui County.