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What are those festivals related to agricultural production?

1, Dragon Boat Festival. China traditional festival, the date is the fifth day of the fifth lunar month every year. Also known as Duanyang Festival, Noon Festival, May Festival, Five-Day Festival, Ai Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Noon Festival and Summer Festival.

It is generally believed that the Dragon Boat Festival commemorates Qu Yuan, an ancient patriotic poet in China, who committed suicide in the Miluo River on the fifth day of May. However, many popular Dragon Boat Festival customs have been circulated before this.

There is also a saying, that is, the totem of welcoming Tao. According to legend, there was a minority in the south of ancient China (probably in today's Zhejiang and Shanghai areas) who thought they were descendants of the dragon. Totem ceremony is held on the fifth day of May every year in order to have a good weather and a good harvest in the coming year.

2. Spring Festival is also a festival closely related to agricultural production. After the Spring Festival, it means that winter is coming to an end and spring is coming. The arrival of spring is the beginning of a new round of agricultural production. ?

Mid-Autumn Festival, its origin is related to agricultural production. Autumn is the harvest season. The word "autumn" is interpreted as "autumn when crops are ripe" In the Mid-Autumn Festival in August, crops and various fruits are maturing one after another. In order to celebrate the harvest and express their joy, farmers regard the Mid-Autumn Festival as a festival.

4. Grain Rain, the so-called "rain gives birth to hundreds of valleys" in ancient times, embodies the modern agricultural climate significance of "Grain Rain". However, too much rain or severe drought will often cause harm and affect the later yield. Grain Rain is in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, which not only points out its agricultural significance, but also shows that "spring rain is as expensive as oil".

5. Crops with awns, such as wheat, mature and start sowing in summer. It is the ninth solar term among the twenty-four solar terms, and it is the awn species around June 5 every year. Summer sowing crops such as late rice, millet and millet are also the busiest season for sowing, so they are also called "awn seeds".