Traditional rain and solar terms activities
First, go back to your mother's house.
The married daughter took her husband to send festivals to her parents-in-law. Holiday gifts are usually two rattan chairs with red ribbons one foot and two feet long. This is called "longevity", which means wishing parents a long life. The other is "canned meat": stew pig's trotters, soybeans and kelp in a casserole, seal the jar with red paper and red rope and give it to parents. This is to express gratitude and respect to the parents who have worked so hard to raise their daughters. If they are newlyweds, their parents-in-law will also give back an umbrella to let their son-in-law go out for a run, which will not only protect him from the wind and rain, but also mean wishing his son-in-law a smooth and safe life journey.
Second, pull the bag (looking for michel platini).
In the past, people had a habit of divining their children from God to see what their children's fate was and whether they needed to find a michel platini. The purpose of looking for michel platini is to make a son or daughter grow up smoothly and healthily. Rain festival pulls michel platini, which means "rain and dew moisten and grow easily". Especially in western Sichuan, there is a special place to pull michel platini on this day. On this day, whether it is sunny or rainy, we will drag michel platini's parents with paper money with tables, incense and waxing, and take the children through the crowd to find michel platini. Want to let children grow up with knowledge, and pull a scholar to be michel platini; If the child is weak, pull a tall and strong person like michel platini. Once someone is dragged to be a "michel platini", some can make money and run, while others can't escape. Most of them will readily agree, indicating that others trust themselves, so their fate will be better.
Third, the occupation of beige
The color of rice is to predict the rice harvest in that year by frying glutinous rice flowers. The quality of "color" depends on the number of glutinous rice flowers that bloom. The more glutinous rice that bursts with glistening, the better the harvest; Moreover, the less rice blooms, it means that the harvest is not good and the rice price will be expensive.
Fourth, send rain.
At the Dongshan Hakka Rain Festival in Chengdu, Sichuan, a daughter sent festivals to her parents, and her son-in-law sent festivals to her parents-in-law. The gift given by the son-in-law on holidays is usually a one-foot-two-foot-long red cotton belt, which is called "Shoushou" to pray for the parents-in-law to get along for a hundred years. The daughter stewed pig's trotters and chicken soup, sealed the jar with red paper and red rope, and the son-in-law sent it to her parents-in-law. This is the son-in-law's gratitude to her parents-in-law who have worked so hard to raise her daughter. If it is wedding date, the newly-married son-in-law, her parents-in-law will also give her an umbrella in return, so that her son-in-law can go out to shelter from the wind and rain, and wish her a smooth and safe life journey.
Fifth, take over life.
In some areas of our country, sons-in-law and daughters send festivals to their parents-in-law on rainy days. Gifts are usually a red ribbon 10 feet long, which is called "Shoushou", meaning wishing parents-in-law a long life.
Rainwater solar terms health strategy
First, diet: remove moisture and eat porridge.
1, spring governs the liver
Huangdi Neijing says that "spring governs the liver", and the liver is more active in spring. But a little carelessness can easily damage the spleen and stomach. At the same time, because of the increase of rainfall, the humidity is aggravated, and the dampness is easy to plague the spleen and stomach. Therefore, during this period, we must pay attention to the maintenance of the spleen and stomach, strengthen the spleen and promote diuresis.
2. Eat porridge in spring.
Sun Simiao in Tang Dynasty said "porridge should be eaten in spring", reminding us to drink more porridge in spring. Porridge is mainly made of rice, supplemented by water, and blended with rice. It is not only sweet and delicious, but also easy to absorb, which can nourish the spleen and stomach, remove turbidity and produce fluid. After adding some medicinal materials to porridge, it can also treat some chronic diseases and have a nourishing effect on the body. The best porridge for eliminating dampness belongs to barley and codonopsis pilosula porridge.
According to Compendium of Materia Medica, Coicis Semen has the functions of strengthening the spleen and stomach, eliminating edema, expelling wind and removing dampness, relaxing muscles and bones, clearing away lung heat, and also has the beauty effect. The main ingredients of some cosmetics are extracted from coix seed, but it is better to eat it in the stomach than to apply it to the face, so that it can be nourished from the inside out. In addition, coix seed is a rare anticancer food.
3. Avoid cold food for health.
In addition to barley and dangshen porridge, there are many foods that can eliminate dampness and strengthen the spleen, such as Poria cocos, Euryale ferox, millet, carrot, wax gourd, lettuce, lentils, broad beans and crucian carp. We should eat more of these foods in our daily diet.
It should be noted that pepper can dispel cold and dehumidify. When cooking, especially when frying spinach, celery, white radish and other cool or cool vegetables, you can put some peppers in moderation, but people who get angry easily don't have to. Don't eat too cold food at ordinary times.
Second, exercise: the harmony between man and nature should be slow.
1, early to bed and early to rise:
In daily life after rain, we should also conform to nature, go to bed early and get up early. With the temperature rising, people should gradually increase the time of outdoor activities to speed up blood circulation and promote blood circulation. It is better to keep fit in spring without sweating or sweating slightly. At this time, it is more suitable for moderate exercise, and it is not suitable for sweating and panting, otherwise it will consume body fluids, damage the yang, and be susceptible to cold. At the same time, because the climate is still relatively dry, we should pay attention to replenish water in time during exercise.
2, Yang Qi nourishing liver:
Spring is also a good time to adopt natural yang to nourish the liver. Everyone should choose suitable sports according to their physical condition. In the early morning, evening and holidays, you can stroll along the grass path, dance boxing and make swords in the forest by the river, or go for an outing in the suburbs, visit mountains and water, enjoy flowers and sing songs, climb high and look far, and integrate your body and mind into nature, which invisibly enhances your physical and mental health.
3, the elderly spring training matters needing attention:
The elderly should not do spring exercises too early to prevent colds, asthma and bronchitis due to low temperature and heavy fog in the morning. They should go out to exercise after the sun rises. In addition, you can't practice on an empty stomach in spring, and you should drink some hot soup before exercise. At the same time, the exercise should be slow, and the body joints should be gently moved before the exercise to prevent accidents caused by sudden exercise.
Third, sleep: to stay healthy, sleep is the most important thing.
In the traditional culture of China, the ancients called sleep "sleeping food". Zeng Guofan has a famous saying that "the way to preserve one's health is greater than sleeping and eating". The World Health Organization has determined that "sleeping soundly" is one of the important objective signs of health. Studies have shown that sleep is an effective regulation of human brain and the whole nervous system. In the state of high-quality sleep, a series of physiological and biochemical changes will occur in the body, which will play a role in eliminating diseases and prolonging life.
In Huangdi Neijing, it is recorded that "people lie in blood and return to the liver", but in spring, they should lie at night and get up early. Modern medical research has confirmed that the blood flowing into the liver during sleep is seven times that when standing. Through the increase of blood flow in the liver, it is beneficial to enhance the function of liver cells, improve the ability of detoxification, and accelerate the metabolism of protein, amino acids, sugar, fat, vitamins and other nutrients, thus maintaining the stability of human internal environment and resisting the invasion of various infectious diseases in spring.
Each of us should pay attention to scientific sleep. Teenagers and middle-aged people need to sleep 8 hours a day; 7 hours for people over 60 years old; Older people over 80 years old should sleep for 8~9 hours; Sick people can appropriately increase their sleep time. Insist on washing feet with hot water before going to bed. Don't be too full for dinner, and don't drink strong tea and coffee before going to bed. Pay attention to your sleeping position, with your head facing east and your feet facing west. Need a quiet sleeping environment, fresh indoor air, suitable temperature and humidity, comfortable bed, conducive to entering a sweet dream.
Fourth, disease prevention: beware of wet and cold upper body.
(1) Don't cut your coat too early. "Dry and cold meat, wet and cold." Because of the surge of air in spring, hot people want to reduce their coats. Body heat and wet cold exchange in bone, which is easy to hurt bones and joints and cause diseases.
(2) Old and infirm people should not use cold water. According to China's theory of five elements, water corresponds to kidney, and kidney governs bone. In the rainy season, old and weak people wash their faces and hands with cold water. Dampness and cold easily invade joints, and yang is not enough to drive away cold. Wet and cold in their hands means that they are prone to soreness and deformation. Wet and cold stay in the head, and the head is prone to pain.
(3) Dry it in time after washing your hair. After washing your head and taking a shower, you should blow dry your hair and dry your body in time, otherwise one will catch a cold and the other will easily let moisture into your body.
What food should I eat to keep fit during the rainy season?
1, five capsules
In the rainy solar terms, the humid atmosphere gradually rises, and dew and frost appear in the morning. Therefore, in view of such climate characteristics, diet recuperation should be based on conditioning the spleen and stomach, expelling wind and removing dampness. Spleen and stomach can digest grains and are the source of qi and blood. Among the five elements, the liver belongs to wood and tastes sour; Spleen belongs to soil and tastes sweet.
2, less acid and more sweet
In spring, the liver is strong and the spleen is weak, so the diet should be less sour and more sweet. You can eat more dates, spinach, water chestnut, sugar cane, chrysanthemum, yam and so on. Windy and dry weather will make you thirsty. You should eat fruits and vegetables and soup porridge, such as wolfberry porridge, jujube porridge and tremella porridge. White chrysanthemum, cassia seed and American ginseng can also be used to tonify the spleen and stomach. After the rain, the spring breeze warms up, and pathogenic bacteria and viruses are easy to spread with the wind, so infectious diseases are often prone to influenza outbreaks in spring. Everyone should protect themselves, pay attention to exercise, enhance their resistance and prevent diseases.
3. honey
Chinese medicine believes that what does rain eat in solar terms? Honey is sweet, and when it enters the spleen and stomach, it can tonify the middle energizer, invigorate qi and moisten intestines, and relieve constipation. In spring, the climate is changeable, and the weather is hot and cold, which makes people easy to catch a cold. Because honey contains a variety of minerals and vitamins, and has the function of clearing away lung heat and detoxifying, it can enhance human immunity. Eating honey in rainy season is the most ideal tonic in spring. Therefore, in spring, if you can drink 1-2 spoonfuls of honey every day, take it with a cup of warm water or add milk, it will have a nourishing effect on your body.