What is the symbolic significance of the Millennium solar terms?

The Millennium basically ended the sweltering heat in summer, and the weather gradually turned cold, and the cold gave birth to dew condensation. The ancients used four seasons to match five elements. Autumn belongs to gold, gold and white alternate with each other, and autumn dew is described in white, hence the name "White Dew".

According to the standard of "average climate temperature" put forward by modern scholar Zhang Baokun, the average climate temperature is 10-22℃ in spring or autumn. According to this standard, from the beginning of the Millennium solar term, all localities began to enter autumn one after another.

As the saying goes,' the Millennium reveals itself'. It is said that the weather is bad enough to give clothes and ears. "It is intended to remind people that it is still hot during the day, but it is already cold in the morning and evening, and it is easy to catch cold when going shirtless. In addition, we should prevent autumn dryness at this time. During the Bailuyuan period, local folk customs mainly included offering sacrifices to Dayu, brewing grain wine and drinking Bailuyuan tea.

Farming activities of the Millennium solar terms

"White dew" represents the change from heat to cold, and everything is born with cold, gradually falling and maturing. The Millennium season is a busy season in China. Millet, sorghum and soybeans began to be harvested in the northeast, and new cotton was picked in some places; At the same time, it is necessary to select seeds for cotton, corn, sorghum, millet and soybeans. , timely stubble cleaning, soil preparation, fertilizer delivery, and rushing to plant wheat.

In North China, it is also the busy season of autumn harvest, and all kinds of autumn harvest crops have matured and started to harvest; At the same time of autumn harvest, we should pay close attention to sending manure, plowing and leveling the land. Make preparations for planting wheat as soon as possible.

Winter wheat began to be sown in the northwest of China. In the Millennium, the southwest is full of busy scenes, because "the Millennium is white, and millet is full of yellow rice and millet, so we have to harvest it quickly." In late autumn crops such as corn and sweet potato, field management should be strengthened to promote their early maturity and avoid the harm caused by low temperature frost.

The central region should seize the time to harvest late rice, middle rice, summer corn and cotton in batches, and strengthen the water management of late rice. In addition, we must pay close attention to leveling the land and preparing to plant wheat.

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