What's the difference between Grain Rain and Qingming? Is Qingming before Grain Rain or after Grain Rain?

What's the difference between Grain Rain and Qingming?

Qingming is a solar term representing phenology, which means sunny weather and lush vegetation. When the weather is clear, the climate in South China is warm and the spring is strong. But before and after Tomb-Sweeping Day, cold air still invaded from time to time. Grain Rain is the sixth solar term among the 24 solar terms and the last solar term in spring. Every year from April 19 to April 2 1, the sun reaches 30? When it was Grain Rain, it originated from the old saying that rain gave birth to hundreds of valleys. At the same time, it is also the best time for sowing, transplanting and ordering beans.

According to meteorologists, Grain Rain is the last solar term in spring, and the arrival of Grain Rain solar term means that the cold wave weather is basically over and the temperature rises faster, which is very beneficial to the growth of cereal crops. Is Qingming before Grain Rain or after Grain Rain?

Qingming comes before Grain Rain.

The ancient book "Moon Climate Map" records that before the Western Han Dynasty, Grain Rain was in March of the lunar calendar and Qingming was in mid-March; Qingming comes first, Grain Rain comes last, and it also starts from the later Han Dynasty. The ancients realized in practice that in terms of the law of climate change in spring, Qingming comes first and Grain Rain comes last. From lunar calendar 1 month to March every year, the climate in most parts of China is warm and plants germinate, which changes the yellow natural landscape in winter.

Wu Cheng, a scholar in the Song and Yuan Dynasties, wrote in the twenty-four solar terms: At this point, things in March are clean and clear. Every year (the last month of spring) in Ji Chun, the weather gets warmer and the rainfall increases, which is the season for sowing and emergence of spring-sown crops in northern China. Therefore, it is reasonable to call the last solar term in Grain Rain in spring after Tomb-Sweeping Day's Qi.