When is the Rain Water in 2017? The temperature is relatively cold before and after the Rain Water solar term.

When is the Rain Water in 2017? Will it rain during the Rain Water solar term in 2017? Next, let’s learn about the 24 solar terms, Rainwater.

When is the Rain Water in 2017?

1. The date of Rainwater. Rainwater is the second solar term among the 24 solar terms, usually around the fifteenth day of the first lunar month every year. The rainy day this year is February 18, 2017, the 22nd day of the first lunar month of 2017, which is Saturday.

2. The origin of rainwater. Around February 19th every year, when the sun's ecliptic longitude reaches 330 degrees, it is the Rain Water of the 24 solar terms. At this time, the temperature rises, the ice and snow melt, and the precipitation increases, so it is named Rainwater. Rainwater, like other solar terms, is a solar term that reflects precipitation phenomena.
3. Rainwater keeps you healthy. The Rain Water solar term has arrived, and we should also make targeted adjustments in our diet. Because during the Rain Water solar term, the moisture in the ground gradually increases, and dew and frost appear in the morning, so the emphasis should be on regulating the spleen and stomach and removing wind and dampness. Because the temperature is relatively cold before and after the Rain Water solar term, you can take appropriate supplements, such as honey, dates, yam, white fungus, etc.

Customs of the Rain Water Festival

1. Go back to your parents’ home. "Rain Water Festival, return to the mother's home" is a festival custom popular among the Han nationality in western Sichuan. During the Rain Water solar term, married daughters bring gifts back to their parents' home.
2. La Baobao. "La Baobao" is a folk custom in some areas of Sichuan, which means finding a godfather for one's child during the Rain Water Festival in the first month of the lunar calendar every year. In the old society, people were superstitious about fate and would pray to gods for advice on whether their children would be easy to raise. Those with only one child were especially afraid that their children would die young, so they had to find a godfather.
3. Receive longevity. Among the customs of the Rain Water solar term, one is that the son-in-law goes to send gifts to his father-in-law and mother-in-law, commonly known as "receiving longevity", which means wishing his father-in-law and mother-in-law a long life. If the gift is given by a newly married son-in-law, his father-in-law and mother-in-law will give him an umbrella in return, so that he can be protected from wind and rain when he goes out, and it also means wishing him a smooth and safe journey in life.

Proverbs about the Rain Water solar term

1. Spring rain is as precious as oil.

2. Moisten the wheat seedlings and the mulberry strips.

3. Rain Water Festival, rain replaces snow.

4. Rainwater is not rainfall, but a snowy period.

5. The dung basket is full in spring and the granary is full in autumn.

6. Plow the wheat fields to increase temperature and provide protection.

7. Wash the wheat and add a bowl of wheat for each ridge.

8. Spread manure on the fields and store grain at home.

9. When the rain comes, the ground thaws, and you harrow it layer by layer.

On the 10th, 7th, 8th and 9th days of the lunar calendar, the old farmers cannot rest.