The meaning of Huangmeitian in May

Huangmeitian means plum rainy weather.

Mei Yu

In early summer, a long period of gloomy and rainy weather often occurs in the Jianghuai River Basin. At this time, utensils are prone to mold, so it is called "mold rain", or "mold" for short. It is also the time when the plums in the south of the Yangtze River are yellow and ripe, also known as "plum rain" or "yellow plum rain". There are many records in Chinese historical records. For example, "Ji Xue Ji" quoted from the "Compiled Essentials" of Emperor Liang Yuan of the Southern Dynasties, "when the plum blossoms are ripe and it rains, it is called plum rain". "Plum Rain" by Liu Zongyuan of the Tang Dynasty: "The plum blossoms are solid to welcome the rain, and the vastness is in late spring" and so on. The Chinese almanac has always recorded the beginning and end days of mildew rain: the beginning day is called "mildew entering" and the end day is called "mildew coming out". Mold will appear on the first C day after Eawn is planted, and mold will appear on the first day after Slight Heat. The onset of mold is always between June 6 and 15, and the onset of mold is between July 8 and 19. There is an obvious rainy season in eastern China with a long rainy period and relatively concentrated rainfall. The main rain direction is generally east-west. It is caused by the north-south displacement of the belt, which is a unique phenomenon of the East Asian atmospheric circulation during the seasonal transition between spring and summer. After mid-June, the rain belt remains in the Yangtze-Huaihe River Basin, which is the Meiyu period. The residence time of the rain belt is called the "Meiyu season". The day at the beginning of the Meiyu season is called "Meiyu season" and the day at the end is called "Meiyu season".

In addition, due to the high humidity of the air during this period, everything is easy to get damp and moldy, so people gave Meiyu another name, called "mold rain". "Wuza Ju? Tian Bu Yi" written by Xie Zai in Hangzhou in the Ming Dynasty records: "Every year in the third and fourth months of the year in the south of the Yangtze River, bitter rains will not stop, and everything will become moldy and rotten. The common people call it plum rain, when the plums are green and yellow. Since Xu To the north of the Huaihe River, there is constant drought in spring and summer, and at the turn of June and July, the rain does not stop and everything becomes moldy." Li Shizhen, an outstanding medical scientist in the Ming Dynasty, pointed out clearly in the "Compendium of Materia Medica": "The plum rain may cause mold rain, and black mold will appear on clothes and objects."

Samsung brandy;

The yellow plum sky in May.

This first couplet is about a Shanghai restaurant in the early years of the Republic of China that offered a reward in a newspaper for a couplet. As a result, the person who responded ruthlessly won the first prize. This incident caused a sensation, and the restaurant's business prospered. The first line uses "Samsung" to limit the name of the wine to "Brandy". "Samsung" seems to be a pair of numbers, but it is not specified, and has different meanings from "Three Lights, Sun, Moon and Stars"; the second line uses "May" to explain "Huang Meitian", which is correct. Comply with seasonal climate characteristics. "May" versus "Samsung", "Brandy" versus "Huang Meitian", the parts of speech are perfectly matched. Another wonderful thing about this couplet is that "Huang Meitian" not only talks about weather characteristics, but it is also the name of a southern dish, which adds infinite taste to this couplet. It is rare to think about this couplet and it is full of fun. Miaolian.