What are the customs of the Rain Water solar term? A big reveal of the folk customs of the Rain Water solar term

The Rain Water solar term of 2017 is here. What do we usually do during the Rain Water solar term? What are the customs of the Rain Water solar term? Next, please see the detailed explanation of the customs related to the Rain Water solar term.

What are the customs of the Rain Water solar term?

Rain Water Festival Return to Niangwu

In Sichuan, on the day of Rain Water, married daughters bring gifts back to their parents' home to visit them. Women with children will definitely bring canned meat, chairs, etc. to repay their parents for raising them. Married women who are not pregnant must also return to their parents' home, and their mothers will then sew a pair of red pants for them to wear close to their skin to show good luck and pray for a child in the coming year.

Pull the rain on the day

This custom is mainly popular in Sichuan. "La Bao Bao" means to find a godfather. In ancient times, parents would pray to gods for their children and ask for divination whether their children would be easy to raise. They were also worried that their only son would die young, so they had to find a godfather and rely on the godfather's blessings to protect their children.

Son-in-law receives birthday gift

In some areas, there is a custom of "son-in-law receiving birthday wishes", which means that the daughter and son-in-law prepare two rattan chairs wrapped with a twelve-foot-long red ribbon. At the same time, you also have to bring "canned meat" - that is, pig's feet, snow mountain soybeans and kelp stewed in a casserole, and then the mouth of the jar is sealed with red paper and red rope. On the day of Rain Water, give it to your father-in-law and mother-in-law, wishing them a long life.