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Will it rain on March 15?

It rained on March 15th.

Today is March 15, according to the lunar calendar. Maybe everyone says it's April 15, which is also true. It is based on Gregorian calendar or Gregorian calendar, which is why we can use two different calendars to record the same day in our daily life. Our ancestors mainly recorded the lunar calendar, such as traditional festivals, agricultural production and life.

Today is the fifteenth day of the third lunar month, and it's already half past three. The ancestors had a soft spot for the half moon. Many traditional festivals are held in a half-moon shape, such as the Lantern Festival on the 15th of the first month, the Mid-Autumn Festival on the 15th of July, and the Mid-Autumn Festival on the 15th of August.

Therefore, today is March 15. Although it is not an important festival, our ancestors also had many experiences about such a day. These summaries are closely related to the weather or harvest in the later period of weather change omen.

"It was rainy in March and a half, and no one wanted rotten rice."

What is said here is the rainy weather on March 15 of the lunar calendar, which indicates the growth of rice. Literally, this is a good year. Specifically, "rainy weather is suitable for March and a half." "Rainy" here refers to rainy spring rain. We know that the rain in spring is still good, such as "Spring rain is as expensive as oil". After all, spring is not a rainy season, so it is suitable for spring ploughing and sowing.

"Yi" means very suitable and complementary, which means it is very suitable to have rainy weather at this time. "March and a half" refers to the fifteenth day of the third lunar month, so the overall meaning of this sentence is that it is very appropriate for rainy weather to happen on the fifteenth day of the third lunar month.