Grain Rain is the sixth solar term in the twenty-four solar terms and the last solar term in spring. At this time, it is the end of spring, the temperature rises faster, and there is more rain. As the saying goes, "Qingming breaks snow, Grain rain breaks frost", which describes the climate at this time. This period is the time when cereal crops grow vigorously, so the ancients have a saying that "rain produces a hundred grains".
Grain Rain is also the best time to pick tea and drink tea. In many places in the south of the Yangtze River, drinking "Grain Rain Tea" is an important custom. "Guyu tea is different from any other type of tea in ordinary times. It is a tea that embodies a folk psychology that yearns for health and safety." Fang Yun, a lecturer at the School of International Education of Shanghai University and a doctor of folklore, said that Gu Yu is the best time for tea quality. And it has healing properties. In the history of Chinese tea culture, the solar term of Grain Rain occupies an important position.
Xu Cishu of the Ming Dynasty talked about the tea picking season in "Tea Shu", saying: "Qingming is too early, summer is too late, before and after Grain Rain, the time is right." In Xu Cishu's view, during the Qingming season, new buds of tea trees will sprout. , it is too tender to make tea, and after the beginning of summer, the tea leaves are too old. The most suitable tea picking season is before and after Grain Rain, when the aroma of tea leaves is the strongest.
"Mingqian tea is first picked, and it is precious because of its rarity, while Gu Yu is the best time for tea quality." Fang Yun said. The rise of "Guyu Tea" is also related to the change in the way of tea tasting by the ancients. In the Ming Dynasty, the way of drinking tea changed from sencha and ordering to brewing. When making tea, the taste of Mingqian tea is a little thin. Therefore, in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Guyu tea began to become the first choice recommended by tea people and literati. In Ming Dynasty, Tu Long mentioned in "Remaining Matters of Kao Pian" that tea picking "doesn't have to be too fine, the fine detail is that the buds are just beginning to sprout and the taste is not enough. It doesn't need to be too green, and the tea is old and the taste is not tender. It must be before and after the Grain Rain. Seed into stems with slightly green leaves, and the group and thick are the best."
In the poems of literati and elegant scholars in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, "Gu Yu Tea" also appeared frequently. Lin Hejing, the famous poet of the Northern Song Dynasty, "Mei's Wife Hezi" wrote in "Tasting Tea Times to Send Yue Seng Lingjiao": "Two shots are new under Baiyun Peak, greasy green and fresh valleys and rainy springs. Quiet testing is like snow on a lake. Recalling the people in Yanzhong. The bottle hanging gold powder should be a teacher, and I will cherish the Qionghua. After scratching the head when Qinghua, I would like to persuade Song Se to make three rounds." "Two spears" refers to the new tea with two leaves and one bud, which is the season of grain rain. pick. Lin Fu described that tasting this tea is as pure as snow on a lake in winter, and tasting it with friends brings back memories of old monks and friends in the past.
Zheng Banqiao, a famous poet and painter in the Qing Dynasty, also mentioned the new tea in the Grain Rain season in a poem "Seven Characters Poem": "No wind, no rain, it is sunny and peaceful, and the green bamboo pavilion is good for the festival. I love the evening cool and good guests, and a pot of new tea to brew. Usnea. A few stalks of new leaves, Xiaoxiao bamboo, and a few strokes of faint mountains. It is just the Qingming Festival with Grain Rain, and a cup of fragrant tea is sitting in the middle." In late spring, a cup of new tea can be enjoyed in the bamboo forest with the evening breeze blowing, and a comfortable time. .
In the folk, drinking "Gu Yu Tea" is also a popular custom. The people of Jiangnan have the custom of drinking fresh Guyu tea. It is said that drinking the new tea picked by Guyu on this day can cure illnesses and exercise without illness. In Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas, the tongues picked on the day of Guyu are fried and dried, and then brewed with boiling water to drink; in northern Hunan, the fresh tea leaves picked on the day of Guyu are used to drink tea. Xiangxi people use Guyu tea to boil oil tea soup, and people in Dongting Lake area use it to make ginger, salt and bean tea... Customs vary from place to place, but the same is that new tea is made and drunk on this day.
The book "Shen Nong's Materia Medica" pointed out as early as more than 2,000 years ago that Gu Yu tea "keeps the mind for a long time, nourishes the qi, and does not grow old". There is a folk saying that drinking the tea on the day of Grain Rain can clear fire, ward off evil spirits and improve eyesight. "Although this is just a legend, it is enough to prove how high the weight of Guyu tea is in people's minds. In the south, there is a custom of picking tea in Grain Rain. No matter what the weather is on this day, people will go to Chashan to pick some new tea and come back to drink it. Pray for health." Fang Yun said, "'Guyu tea' refers specifically to the tea that is picked and made on the day of Guyu. It must be picked and made on the same day and brewed. The tea made on this day can be drunk for a year. Some fermented teas cannot be made on the same day. It’s done, but as long as it is picked and made by Grain Rain, it is called Grain Rain Tea, which is endowed with special meanings and rituals.”
"Of course, grain rain tea is indeed the most suitable for drinking in terms of light, rain, and temperature." Fang Yun explained that the production of tea in the Ming Dynasty was low, and the beginning of summer after the grain rain, the tea leaves are relatively old, and for tea farmers , Grain Rain is a good time to pick tea, and tea picking and tea making can also obtain higher yield and quality. "In layman's terms, it is the most cost-effective."
"The origin of Gu Yu is said to be related to the commemoration of Cangjie's creation of characters." Fang Yun said.
The story of Cangjie's creation of Chinese characters dates back to the Yan and Huang Dynasties and has a history of 5,000 years. Legend has it that in ancient times, Cangjie, because of the need for memoirs and history, thought day and night, created words, looked up at the sun, moon and stars, the sky changed, and overlooked the geography of birds and mountains and rivers. Cangjie was enlightened. One day, he saw a spirit turtle carrying a book, which appeared in Luoshui, and the blue and green characters on the red armour, like handwriting, burst out of inspiration, so he created twenty-eight Chinese characters, and thus ended the history of human beings tying ropes and keeping records.
Legend has it that the day Cangjie created characters, the heavens were moved. In order to commend Cangjie for his merits in writing Chinese characters, the Emperor of Heaven asked Cangjie what he wanted in return. Cangjie said that he didn't want anything in return, as long as the living beings could be spared and Limin could survive. The Emperor of Heaven agreed to his request, and immediately poured rain. After the rainy rain, there are green millet everywhere. To commemorate Cangjie, people call this day the Grain Rain Festival.
Grain Rain. This solar term comes closely with farming. In "The Collection of the Seventy-two Hours of the Moon Order", the Grain Rain season is divided into "three Hours": "The first period is when Ping is born, the second is when the dove is singed and its feathers are flicked, and the third is when Dai Sheng descends on the mulberry."
"Ping Shisheng" means that the rainfall increases after the Grain Rain, the climate is warm and humid, and the duckweeds in the river begin to grow. "Singing the dove and brushing its feathers" means that the cuckoo begins to sing. The cuckoo is the common name of the cuckoo among the people. It is called cuckoo because its call is similar to "cuckoo, cuckoo", as if it is urging farmers to sow. "The hoopoe descends on the mulberry", which means that the hoopoe bird can be seen on the mulberry tree. The hoopoe is a bird that forages on the ground, but when it comes to the Grain Rain season, it will fly to the mulberry tree to nest and breed. Because of the increased rainfall during the Grain Rain season, nesting on mulberry trees can shelter from wind and rain.
"Qingming breaks snow, Grain Rain breaks frost." It is mentioned in "The Collection of the Seventy-two Hours of the Moon Order": "In the middle of March, after the rain, the plaster of the soil pulsates and now it rains the grain on the water. Rain. Cover seeds sow at the right time, from top to bottom." As the saying goes, "rain produces a hundred grains", in this rainy and warm season, it is the busiest and most important time for agricultural activities.
Folk activities: offering sacrifices to Cangjie, appreciating peony
Most of the folk customs surrounding "Grain Rain" are related to the natural phenology that warms the solar term, grows all things, and is conducive to farming.
Because of the legend of Cangjie, later generations continued the custom of "Sacrificing Cangjie" on Grain Rain. Every year during Grain Rain, Cangjie Temple holds a traditional temple fair for 7-10 days. During this period, there will be a grand and warm welcome to the temple, and a grand and solemn memorial ceremony will be held to cherish and worship the ancestor of this text.
In Shiguan Township, Baishui County, Shaanxi Province, the custom of offering sacrifices to Cangjie in Guyu has been going on for thousands of years, but no one has verified when it started. In addition, in Luonan County, Shaanxi Province, Cangjie has a long history of offering sacrifices, and the annual Grain Rain Festival is the day of sacrifices. Until now, the custom of offering sacrifices to Cangjie during the Grain Rain season has been preserved.
In Shandong, Shanxi, and Shaanxi, there is a custom of posting grain rain stickers and banning the killing of the five poisons during the Grain Rain Festival. Grain rain stickers are a kind of New Year pictures. They are painted with the images of chickens catching scorpions and celestial masters eliminating the five poisons. They express people's mentality of checking and killing insects and hoping for a good harvest and tranquility. In the Grain Rain season, the weather begins to be hot and humid, which is conducive to the growth and reproduction of pests. Therefore, pests and diseases enter a period of high incidence. At this time, while entering the fields to eliminate pests, farmers put up Grain Rain stickers, hoping to exorcise Naji.
In Hunan, on the day of Guyu, there is a traditional "Guyuqing Festival", which is the festival of "planting rice" for Han farmers in Hunan. On this day, people give the cattle a "holiday" to reward their hard work. People bathed the cattle with potion, fed them with sweet wine and eggs, and offered sacrifices to Niu Bodhisattva. After "opening the gate of seedlings", Miao Manlong, people came to the fields to beat gongs and drums, set off firecrackers, and recommended farming masters to go down to the fields to pull the seedlings, and each household followed. After that, it is a "snack", eating large pieces of meat, drinking a large bowl of wine, accompanied by fish and shrimp, salted eggs.
As the saying goes, "ride on the valley rain and go to the field". Grain Rain is for fishermen. It is also a very important time. Grain Rain is the time when the water is warm in spring, when hundreds of fish travel to the shallow sea, which is a good day to go fishing. In order to go out to sea safely and return with a full load, the fishermen will hold a grand sea festival on Guyu day, praying to the sea god to bless and auspicious when they go out to sea for fishing. Therefore, the Grain Rain Festival is also known as the "Zhuang Xing Festival" for fishermen.
In ancient villages, there were sea temples or goddess temples. When the sacrificial time came, fishermen would carry offerings to the sea temples and goddess temples to make offerings. Some also carried offerings to the seaside, beat gongs and drums, set off firecrackers, and offered sacrifices to the sea. The scene was very solemn and pious. Today, the custom of offering sacrifices to the sea is still popular in Jiaodong and Rongcheng, Shandong.
"Only peony is a true national color, and when it blooms, it moves the capital." In spring, a hundred flowers are in full bloom, and the graceful and luxurious peony blooms before and after the Grain Rain. The peony is also called "Guyu Flower". There is a folk saying, "Gu Yu looks at peony in three dynasties, and gradually derives the custom of "Grain rain looks at peony". In the Qing Dynasty, Gu Lu's "Qing Jialu" records: "The merchants who built the temple and other halls, and the Gu Yu look at the flower bureau, have a new look. I don't believe that there is no national color when we meet, and Jinpeng only protects Yulouchun. "In Luoyang, Henan, every time the peony festival is held, countless tourists gather to watch it, which is grand and beautiful.
Nowadays, some regions have also developed new "Gu Yu" festivals, such as the "Chinese Tea Ancestor Festival" held in Hunan. "Guyu tea can be traced back to the worship of Shennong." Fang Yun explained, "Art and Literature Judgment·Tianbu Shang·Rain" quoted in "The Corpse": "Shen Nong's rule of the world, if it wants to rain, it will rain, and five days are When it rains, ten days are grain rain, and ten days and five days are seasonal rain. It is the system of four seasons, and everything is salty, so it is called a god." In the "Tea Classic" of Lu Yu of the Tang Dynasty, it was recorded: "Tea is for drinking, and it comes from Shennong's family." , Shennong, who wants to rain, and everything is salty, has also become the object of sacrifice by tea farmers, and it has continued to this day. In 2009, the "Chinese Tea Ancestors Festival and the Ceremony to Sacrifice Emperor Yan Shennong Tea Ancestors" was held in Yandi Mausoleum, Yanling County, Hunan Province, during which the "Tea Ancestor Shennong Yanling Consensus" was released, establishing the annual Guyu Festival as the "Chinese Tea Ancestor Festival".
Grain Rain is also the best time to pick tea and drink tea. In many places in the south of the Yangtze River, drinking "Grain Rain Tea" is an important custom. "Guyu tea is different from any other type of tea in ordinary times. It is a tea that embodies a folk psychology that yearns for health and safety." Fang Yun, a lecturer at the School of International Education of Shanghai University and a doctor of folklore, said that Gu Yu is the best time for tea quality. And it has healing properties. In the history of Chinese tea culture, the solar term of Grain Rain occupies an important position.
Tea farmers are picking fresh tea at the Qinggangping Tea Base in Zhige Town, Hongya County, Meishan, Sichuan. Photo by China News Agency reporter Liu Zhongjun Source: Visual China
Tea picking season: before and after Grain Rain, the time is moderateXu Cishu of the Ming Dynasty talked about the tea picking season in "Tea Shu", saying: "Qingming is too early, summer is too late, before and after Grain Rain, the time is right." In Xu Cishu's view, during the Qingming season, new buds of tea trees will sprout. , it is too tender to make tea, and after the beginning of summer, the tea leaves are too old. The most suitable tea picking season is before and after Grain Rain, when the aroma of tea leaves is the strongest.
"Mingqian tea is first picked, and it is precious because of its rarity, while Gu Yu is the best time for tea quality." Fang Yun said. The rise of "Guyu Tea" is also related to the change in the way of tea tasting by the ancients. In the Ming Dynasty, the way of drinking tea changed from sencha and ordering to brewing. When making tea, the taste of Mingqian tea is a little thin. Therefore, in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Guyu tea began to become the first choice recommended by tea people and literati. In Ming Dynasty, Tu Long mentioned in "Remaining Matters of Kao Pian" that tea picking "doesn't have to be too fine, the fine detail is that the buds are just beginning to sprout and the taste is not enough. It doesn't need to be too green, and the tea is old and the taste is not tender. It must be before and after the Grain Rain. Seed into stems with slightly green leaves, and the group and thick are the best."
In the poems of literati and elegant scholars in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, "Gu Yu Tea" also appeared frequently. Lin Hejing, the famous poet of the Northern Song Dynasty, "Mei's Wife Hezi" wrote in "Tasting Tea Times to Send Yue Seng Lingjiao": "Two shots are new under Baiyun Peak, greasy green and fresh valleys and rainy springs. Quiet testing is like snow on a lake. Recalling the people in Yanzhong. The bottle hanging gold powder should be a teacher, and I will cherish the Qionghua. After scratching the head when Qinghua, I would like to persuade Song Se to make three rounds." "Two spears" refers to the new tea with two leaves and one bud, which is the season of grain rain. pick. Lin Fu described that tasting this tea is as pure as snow on a lake in winter, and tasting it with friends brings back memories of old monks and friends in the past.
Zheng Banqiao, a famous poet and painter in the Qing Dynasty, also mentioned the new tea in the Grain Rain season in a poem "Seven Characters Poem": "No wind, no rain, it is sunny and peaceful, and the green bamboo pavilion is good for the festival. I love the evening cool and good guests, and a pot of new tea to brew. Usnea. A few stalks of new leaves, Xiaoxiao bamboo, and a few strokes of faint mountains. It is just the Qingming Festival with Grain Rain, and a cup of fragrant tea is sitting in the middle." In late spring, a cup of new tea can be enjoyed in the bamboo forest with the evening breeze blowing, and a comfortable time. .
In the folk, drinking "Gu Yu Tea" is also a popular custom. The people of Jiangnan have the custom of drinking fresh Guyu tea. It is said that drinking the new tea picked by Guyu on this day can cure illnesses and exercise without illness. In Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas, the tongues picked on the day of Guyu are fried and dried, and then brewed with boiling water to drink; in northern Hunan, the fresh tea leaves picked on the day of Guyu are used to drink tea. Xiangxi people use Guyu tea to boil oil tea soup, and people in Dongting Lake area use it to make ginger, salt and bean tea... Customs vary from place to place, but the same is that new tea is made and drunk on this day.
The book "Shen Nong's Materia Medica" pointed out as early as more than 2,000 years ago that Gu Yu tea "keeps the mind for a long time, nourishes the qi, and does not grow old". There is a folk saying that drinking the tea on the day of Grain Rain can clear fire, ward off evil spirits and improve eyesight. "Although this is just a legend, it is enough to prove how high the weight of Guyu tea is in people's minds. In the south, there is a custom of picking tea in Grain Rain. No matter what the weather is on this day, people will go to Chashan to pick some new tea and come back to drink it. Pray for health." Fang Yun said, "'Guyu tea' refers specifically to the tea that is picked and made on the day of Guyu. It must be picked and made on the same day and brewed. The tea made on this day can be drunk for a year. Some fermented teas cannot be made on the same day. It’s done, but as long as it is picked and made by Grain Rain, it is called Grain Rain Tea, which is endowed with special meanings and rituals.”
"Of course, grain rain tea is indeed the most suitable for drinking in terms of light, rain, and temperature." Fang Yun explained that the production of tea in the Ming Dynasty was low, and the beginning of summer after the grain rain, the tea leaves are relatively old, and for tea farmers , Grain Rain is a good time to pick tea, and tea picking and tea making can also obtain higher yield and quality. "In layman's terms, it is the most cost-effective."
In the planting base of Hexing Vegetable Professional Cooperative in Mengcheng County, Anhui Province, farmers are harvesting spinach for the market. Source: Visual China
Cuckoo season: Qingming breaks snow, Grain rain breaks frost"The origin of Gu Yu is said to be related to the commemoration of Cangjie's creation of characters." Fang Yun said.
The story of Cangjie's creation of Chinese characters dates back to the Yan and Huang Dynasties and has a history of 5,000 years. Legend has it that in ancient times, Cangjie, because of the need for memoirs and history, thought day and night, created words, looked up at the sun, moon and stars, the sky changed, and overlooked the geography of birds and mountains and rivers. Cangjie was enlightened. One day, he saw a spirit turtle carrying a book, which appeared in Luoshui, and the blue and green characters on the red armour, like handwriting, burst out of inspiration, so he created twenty-eight Chinese characters, and thus ended the history of human beings tying ropes and keeping records.
Legend has it that the day Cangjie created characters, the heavens were moved. In order to commend Cangjie for his merits in writing Chinese characters, the Emperor of Heaven asked Cangjie what he wanted in return. Cangjie said that he didn't want anything in return, as long as the living beings could be spared and Limin could survive. The Emperor of Heaven agreed to his request, and immediately poured rain. After the rainy rain, there are green millet everywhere. To commemorate Cangjie, people call this day the Grain Rain Festival.
Grain Rain. This solar term comes closely with farming. In "The Collection of the Seventy-two Hours of the Moon Order", the Grain Rain season is divided into "three Hours": "The first period is when Ping is born, the second is when the dove is singed and its feathers are flicked, and the third is when Dai Sheng descends on the mulberry."
"Ping Shisheng" means that the rainfall increases after the Grain Rain, the climate is warm and humid, and the duckweeds in the river begin to grow. "Singing the dove and brushing its feathers" means that the cuckoo begins to sing. The cuckoo is the common name of the cuckoo among the people. It is called cuckoo because its call is similar to "cuckoo, cuckoo", as if it is urging farmers to sow. "The hoopoe descends on the mulberry", which means that the hoopoe bird can be seen on the mulberry tree. The hoopoe is a bird that forages on the ground, but when it comes to the Grain Rain season, it will fly to the mulberry tree to nest and breed. Because of the increased rainfall during the Grain Rain season, nesting on mulberry trees can shelter from wind and rain.
"Qingming breaks snow, Grain Rain breaks frost." It is mentioned in "The Collection of the Seventy-two Hours of the Moon Order": "In the middle of March, after the rain, the plaster of the soil pulsates and now it rains the grain on the water. Rain. Cover seeds sow at the right time, from top to bottom." As the saying goes, "rain produces a hundred grains", in this rainy and warm season, it is the busiest and most important time for agricultural activities.
Folk activities: offering sacrifices to Cangjie, appreciating peonyMost of the folk customs surrounding "Grain Rain" are related to the natural phenology that warms the solar term, grows all things, and is conducive to farming.
Because of the legend of Cangjie, later generations continued the custom of "Sacrificing Cangjie" on Grain Rain. Every year during Grain Rain, Cangjie Temple holds a traditional temple fair for 7-10 days. During this period, there will be a grand and warm welcome to the temple, and a grand and solemn memorial ceremony will be held to cherish and worship the ancestor of this text.
In Shiguan Township, Baishui County, Shaanxi Province, the custom of offering sacrifices to Cangjie in Guyu has been going on for thousands of years, but no one has verified when it started. In addition, in Luonan County, Shaanxi Province, Cangjie has a long history of offering sacrifices, and the annual Grain Rain Festival is the day of sacrifices. Until now, the custom of offering sacrifices to Cangjie during the Grain Rain season has been preserved.
In Shandong, Shanxi, and Shaanxi, there is a custom of posting grain rain stickers and banning the killing of the five poisons during the Grain Rain Festival. Grain rain stickers are a kind of New Year pictures. They are painted with the images of chickens catching scorpions and celestial masters eliminating the five poisons. They express people's mentality of checking and killing insects and hoping for a good harvest and tranquility. In the Grain Rain season, the weather begins to be hot and humid, which is conducive to the growth and reproduction of pests. Therefore, pests and diseases enter a period of high incidence. At this time, while entering the fields to eliminate pests, farmers put up Grain Rain stickers, hoping to exorcise Naji.
In Hunan, on the day of Guyu, there is a traditional "Guyuqing Festival", which is the festival of "planting rice" for Han farmers in Hunan. On this day, people give the cattle a "holiday" to reward their hard work. People bathed the cattle with potion, fed them with sweet wine and eggs, and offered sacrifices to Niu Bodhisattva. After "opening the gate of seedlings", Miao Manlong, people came to the fields to beat gongs and drums, set off firecrackers, and recommended farming masters to go down to the fields to pull the seedlings, and each household followed. After that, it is a "snack", eating large pieces of meat, drinking a large bowl of wine, accompanied by fish and shrimp, salted eggs.
As the saying goes, "ride on the valley rain and go to the field". Grain Rain is for fishermen. It is also a very important time. Grain Rain is the time when the water is warm in spring, when hundreds of fish travel to the shallow sea, which is a good day to go fishing. In order to go out to sea safely and return with a full load, the fishermen will hold a grand sea festival on Guyu day, praying to the sea god to bless and auspicious when they go out to sea for fishing. Therefore, the Grain Rain Festival is also known as the "Zhuang Xing Festival" for fishermen.
In ancient villages, there were sea temples or goddess temples. When the sacrificial time came, fishermen would carry offerings to the sea temples and goddess temples to make offerings. Some also carried offerings to the seaside, beat gongs and drums, set off firecrackers, and offered sacrifices to the sea. The scene was very solemn and pious. Today, the custom of offering sacrifices to the sea is still popular in Jiaodong and Rongcheng, Shandong.
"Only peony is a true national color, and when it blooms, it moves the capital." In spring, a hundred flowers are in full bloom, and the graceful and luxurious peony blooms before and after the Grain Rain. The peony is also called "Guyu Flower". There is a folk saying, "Gu Yu looks at peony in three dynasties, and gradually derives the custom of "Grain rain looks at peony". In the Qing Dynasty, Gu Lu's "Qing Jialu" records: "The merchants who built the temple and other halls, and the Gu Yu look at the flower bureau, have a new look. I don't believe that there is no national color when we meet, and Jinpeng only protects Yulouchun. "In Luoyang, Henan, every time the peony festival is held, countless tourists gather to watch it, which is grand and beautiful.
Nowadays, some regions have also developed new "Gu Yu" festivals, such as the "Chinese Tea Ancestor Festival" held in Hunan. "Guyu tea can be traced back to the worship of Shennong." Fang Yun explained, "Art and Literature Judgment·Tianbu Shang·Rain" quoted in "The Corpse": "Shen Nong's rule of the world, if it wants to rain, it will rain, and five days are When it rains, ten days are grain rain, and ten days and five days are seasonal rain. It is the system of four seasons, and everything is salty, so it is called a god." In the "Tea Classic" of Lu Yu of the Tang Dynasty, it was recorded: "Tea is for drinking, and it comes from Shennong's family." , Shennong, who wants to rain, and everything is salty, has also become the object of sacrifice by tea farmers, and it has continued to this day. In 2009, the "Chinese Tea Ancestors Festival and the Ceremony to Sacrifice Emperor Yan Shennong Tea Ancestors" was held in Yandi Mausoleum, Yanling County, Hunan Province, during which the "Tea Ancestor Shennong Yanling Consensus" was released, establishing the annual Guyu Festival as the "Chinese Tea Ancestor Festival".
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