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4月20日正值谷雨時節(jié)，聯(lián)合國迎來了一年一度的中文日。為什么是谷雨？這是為了紀(jì)念漢字鼻祖?zhèn)}頡。相傳倉頡造字時，借鑒了結(jié)繩記事的繩結(jié)，觀察了走獸鳥禽的爪印，參考了掌心的紋路，順應(yīng)了星辰的方位，結(jié)合了山川的走向，漢字走勢鉤沉，于是應(yīng)運(yùn)而生。上蒼因倉頡造字而感動，為人間降下一場谷子雨。那一天，白日里竟然落粟如雨，“谷雨”由此而來。

Today is April 20th, the day of the Grain Rain solar term and the Chinese Language Day observed by the United Nations. How are these two events related? They both commemorate Cangjie, the mythical inventor of Chinese characters. Legend has it that Cangjie created characters by drawing inspiration from various sources: knots used to record events, footprints of animals and birds, patterns on palms, positions of stars, and orientations of mountains and rivers. This marked the beginning of the evolution of Chinese characters, and Cangjie’s creation moved the universe so much that it caused a rain of grain to fall upon the earth. On that day, grain fell like rain during the daytime, hence the name “Grain Rain”.