How did the solar term come from?

"Twenty-four solar terms" are the product of ancient farming civilization, each of which has a different meaning. Mang solar term is the ninth solar term in the twenty-four solar terms. What is the origin of mans solar terms? What are the customs of mango seeds? Let's have a look!

The origin and custom of the solar term of mango.

Mang species, also known as "busy species", means that in the past, the longitude of the solar calendar reached 75, and it was celebrated on June 5-7 of the Gregorian calendar every year. This season, the temperature rises obviously, the rainfall is abundant and the air humidity is high, which is suitable for planting cereal crops such as late rice. "awn" refers to grains with thorns, such as rice and wheat, which means "food crops with awns can be planted", which is the origin of the awn solar term.

The custom of mango

flora

On the second day of the second lunar month, the flower god is welcomed. There are flower welcoming gods and flower sending gods. It's nearly May, and the flowers are beginning to fade. People often hold a ceremony of offering sacrifices to the flower god on Ear Seed Day to send the flower god back to his place, and at the same time express gratitude to the flower god, hoping to meet again next year.

Fight a mud fight

Young Dong men and women in the southeast of Guizhou Province hold a mud festival every year before and after planting awns. On the same day, the newlyweds, accompanied by good young men and women, collectively planted rice seedlings, playing with each other while planting rice seedlings and throwing mud at each other. After the activity, the results show that the person with the most mud is the most popular person.

Anmiao

The custom of planting awns and protecting seedlings is a folk activity of farming in southern Anhui, which began in the early Ming Dynasty. Every season when rice seeds cover the sun, in order to pray for a good harvest in autumn, all localities should hold an Anmiao sacrifice. Every household steamed bags with new wheat flour, kneaded the flour into the shape of five grains, six animals, fruits and vegetables, and then dyed it with vegetable juice as a sacrifice, praying for the bumper harvest of five grains and the safety of the villagers.

Boiled plums

In the south, May and June are the ripe season for plums every year. During the Three Kingdoms period, there were allusions to "childhood wine-cooking heroes". Plum contains a variety of natural high-quality organic acids and rich minerals, and has unique nutritional and health-care functions such as purifying blood, regulating intestines, reducing blood fat, relieving fatigue, caring skin, regulating acid-base balance and enhancing human immunity. However, most fresh plums are sour and difficult to eat directly, and they need to be processed before they can be eaten. This process is to boil plums.