Rainwater is the second of the 24 solar terms. Douzhiren; The sun reaches the yellow longitude of 330 °; The festival is due on February 18-20 of the Gregorian calendar every year. Rainwater solar term means the beginning of rainfall, and the magnitude of rainfall is mainly light rain or drizzle. As the saying goes, "Spring rain is as precious as oil". Appropriate precipitation is very important for the growth of crops. It is the reflection of farming culture on seasons. In the Rainwater Solar Term, there is no spring in the northern part of China, while most of the southern parts are full of spring, a scene of early spring.
Rainwater schedule in recent years
| particular year |
date |
lunar calendar |
the Chinese zodiac |
week |
| two thousand and twenty-five |
2025-02-18 |
January 21, Yisi Year |
snake |
Tuesday |
| two thousand and twenty-six |
2026-02-18 |
The second day of the first month of the third lunar year |
horse |
Wednesday |
| two thousand and twenty-seven |
2027-02-19 |
The 14th day of the first month of Ding Weinian |
sheep |
Friday |
| two thousand and twenty-eight |
2028-02-19 |
The 25th day of the first month of the Wushen Year |
monkey |
Saturday |
| two thousand and twenty-nine |
2029-02-18 |
The sixth day of the first month of the year |
chicken |
Sunday |
Rainwater solar period generally starts from February 18 to 20 of the Gregorian calendar and ends on March 4 or 5. At the Rainwater Solar Term, the direct point of the sun is also gradually approaching the equator from the southern hemisphere. At this time, the sunshine hours and intensity are increasing in the northern hemisphere, the temperature rises rapidly, and the warm and humid air from the sea starts to be active, and gradually moves northward to meet the cold air, forming rainfall. Rainy season, with changeable weather, is one of the seasons with the most cold waves in the whole year.
In ancient times, the water content of rain was divided into three stages: "one stage is for otters to sacrifice fish; two stages is for wild geese to come; three stages is for plants to sprout. Rainwater related folk customs mainly include "mending the sky and wearing clothes", "pulling, protecting and protecting", "bumping, bowing and posting", etc.
Song of the Twenty four Solar Terms
The spring rain startles the clear valley sky in spring. The summer is full of sunshine and the summer heat is connected.
There is dew in autumn, cold in autumn, frost falling, snow in winter, snow in winter, and cold in winter.
The two festivals of each month are unchanged, with a maximum difference of one or two days.
In the first half of the year, it was 621, and in the second half of the year, it was 823.
Twenty four seasonal songs
At the beginning of spring, the sun turns and the rain flows along the river;
Waking crows cry, and the skin dries at the vernal equinox;
The Qingming Festival is busy planting wheat, and the grain rain is planting fields.
The goose feather lives in the beginning of summer, and the small full sparrow comes to the whole;
May Festival of awn seed, no cotton in summer solstice;
Light heat is not hot, but severe heat is dog days.
In the beginning of autumn, I was busy fighting indigo and drying tigers in the summer;
White dew and smoke are put on the shelf, and there is no field on the autumnal equinox;
The cold dew is not cold, and the frost has changed the sky.
The beginning of winter is October, and the snow is sealed tightly;
On the fork of the snow river, there is no boat on the winter solstice;
The mild cold enters the December, and the severe cold lasts another year.
The corresponding seventy-two seasons of rain are: on the day of rain, otters sacrifice fish, five days when wild geese come (waiting for wild geese north), and five days when vegetation sprouts.
Seventy two marquis is a calendar supplement used to guide agricultural activities in ancient China. It is compiled according to the geography, climate and some natural scenes of the Yellow River basin. It is based on five days, three seasons, six seasons and four seasons. There are 72 seasons in a year. Each weather corresponds to a phenological phenomenon, which is called "waiting". Among them, plants are supposed to sprout, blossom, and bear fruit;
