"Twenty-four solar terms" said: "The May Festival means that there are awn crops in the valley." That is to say, barley, wheat and so on. They are all mature, and it is urgent to grab a bumper harvest; evening
Crops such as grain, millet and thick are also the busiest season for sowing. The agricultural proverb says "if you are busy planting, you are busy planting", which shows the importance of planting and the busyness of people. The folk customs of mango mainly include boiling plum, sending flowers to worship the gods, comforting seedlings and beating.
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What is mango?
The so-called "awn seed" symbolizes the maturity of awned crops such as wheat and is a solar term reflecting agricultural phenology. Mango is the ninth solar term in the twenty-four solar terms of the traditional lunar calendar and the third solar term in summer, which indicates the official start of the midsummer season.
"The origin of the twenty-four solar terms is very early. In the Spring and Autumn Period, the vernal equinox, autumnal equinox, summer solstice and winter solstice were first established, and then they were continuously improved. By the Qin and Han Dynasties, the names of twenty-four solar terms such as mango were established. " Gao Wei introduced that in the taichu calendar Law of Han Dynasty, 24 solar terms were officially listed in the calendar.
Generally, awn seeds are sown around June 6 every year when the sun reaches 75 degrees of the yellow meridian. The ancient book "Waiting for the Seventy-second Month" once recorded: "The May Festival means that there are awns and crops in the valley."
The word "awn" of awn seed refers to the harvest of awned plants such as wheat, and the word "species" of awn seed refers to the season of sowing millet crops. The homonym of "awn seed" means that all crops are "busy sowing". Therefore, "awn seed" is also called "busy planting" and "busy planting", which is the spread and sowing of farmers' friends. The arrival of "Mangzi" indicates that farmers have started their busy field life. [ 1]
Heshui Zuo's poem "Mangzhong" called its weather and busy farming as "the hot sun is burning and the plum rains are continuous." . The crops around Nanling are strong and the wheat harvest on both sides of the river is busy. "
In ancient China, mango seeds were divided into three stages according to time: "One stage was when mantis was born; Second, wait for Peng to start singing; The third-class tongue is silent. " In this solar term, the eggs laid by mantis in late autumn last year, because they felt the birth of Yin Qi, broke their shells and gave birth to little mantis; Shady shrike birds began to appear in the branches and sing in the shade; On the contrary, mockingbirds, who can learn from the songs of other birds, stop singing because they feel the appearance of Yin Qi.
"In ancient times, it was thought that the anode was yin, and the awn seeds came, and it was getting hotter and hotter in summer. At this time, "Yin Qi" began to appear. The arrival of Mang is also a reminder to adjust living habits. " Gao Wei explained.