It was the practice of these people to sacrifice to their gods when rain had not fallen.
这些人有祭神求雨的习俗。When the city is all but dried up, Atlanta's response is to pray for rain.
当这个城市处于干渴状态时，亚特兰大的做法是，求雨。So, by the court for rain attention, from the emperor to the magistrate, every encounter drought, must set up the altar of sacrifice.
所以，求雨受到了历代朝廷的重视，从皇帝到知县，每遇天旱，都要设坛祭祀。After seven days of sincere prayer for rain, the sun was still scorching without a cloud insight.
经过了七天虔诚的求雨，依然是烈日当空，连一片云也没有。Jiaxing area in ancient times the rain, with "Dragon" as the object, to reflect the original belief of the legendary dragon worship.
古时嘉兴一带求雨，以“龙”为对象，反映了原始信仰对传说中的龙的祟拜。Well, great to meet a Michigan water witch, but I'd wear gloves next time.
好了，很高兴见到你，密歇根来的求雨的巫婆，但是如果我是你，下次我会带上手套的—为什么？Haining bridge of Buddhist monks and nuns hailed by the Goddess of Mercy and other places, like wood, Qiao Muyu rain chime cymbals street.
海宁斜桥等地则由僧尼捧观音木像，敲木鱼磬钹沿街求雨。And if I'm a water witch, then where's the secret well?
而且如果我是一个求雨的巫婆，那么那口神秘的井呢？Sometimes when a drought began, the farmers would sacrifice cows and goats for rain, but that usually didn't do much good.
有时候刚出现旱灾的苗头时，农夫们会供奉牛羊来求雨，但是往往没什么效果。