过去,农谚有云:“牛(羊)马年,广种田,防备鸡猴饿狗年。”意思是逢农历牛(羊)年、马年里,都会风调雨顺,庄稼会有好收成,不愁不丰收,而鸡年和猴年的收成一般都不好,或旱或涝,往往歉收闹饥荒。虽然这一说法早已被科学家们所否定,但我国北方有些地区,旱情至今未能完全缓解,各种求雨的习俗也或多或少还保留着。 In the past, the saying goes: “cattle (sheep) Year of the Horse, wide range of fields, to prepare for the Year of the Goat hungry dogs.” Mean every Lunar New Year, Year of the Horse, will be good weather, crops will have a good harvest, Do not worry about not harvest, and the Year of the Rooster and Year of the Monkey harvest is generally not good, or drought or waterlogging, often poor harvest famine. Although this statement has long been rejected by scientists, some areas in the northern part of our country have not been able to completely alleviate the drought so far and the custom of seeking rain is still more or less retained.