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What month does busy farming refer to?

In the south, the busy farming time is usually May and June, and in the north it is from mid-April to early June.

Busy farming refers to the busy farming season. Summer sowing and summer harvest are between xiaoman and mang in the twenty-four solar terms, that is, from the end of May to the beginning of June in the solar calendar. Autumn harvest is planted between the Millennium and the autumnal equinox in the twenty-four solar terms, that is, in the middle and late September of the solar calendar. Matters needing attention in busy farming: don't forget to pay attention to safety during busy farming season, such as not smoking in wheat fields, especially when transplanting rice.

In case you are bitten by something poisonous, wear a sun protection suit outside to prevent your skin from getting sunburned. Summer is the rainy season. The wheat we cut will not get wet by the rain. We should look at the weather before planting crops. If the weather is fine in recent days, then this is the best time to cut wheat, because the cut wheat needs to be aired for two days before it can be stored.

Busy farming hours-Xiaoman and Mangzhong (24 solar terms)

Twenty-four solar terms are special festivals in the calendar to express natural rhythm changes and establish "December construction". Four years old, three months in spring, summer, autumn and winter, two solar terms each month, each solar term has its own unique meaning. Twenty-four solar terms accurately reflect the change of natural rhythm and play an extremely important role in people's daily life. It is not only a seasonal system to guide agricultural production.

It is also a folk system with rich folk customs. The twenty-four solar terms contain a long cultural connotation and historical accumulation, and are an important part of the long history and culture of the Chinese nation. "Twenty-four solar terms" is the product of ancient farming civilization. It is a knowledge system formed by ancient ancestors following the farming season and observing the movement of celestial bodies to understand the changing laws of seasons, climate and phenology in a year.

The twenty-four solar terms were originally formulated according to the changes of stars. The Big Dipper rotates once and bucket handle rotates once clockwise, which is called one of the "years" (Figure). The current "twenty-four solar terms" are formulated according to the position of the sun on the return to the ecliptic, that is, the annual movement track of the sun is divided into 24 equal parts, each 15 is 1, and each 1 is a solar term, starting in beginning of spring and ending in severe cold.

Refer to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Twenty-four solar terms