What is the connection between the Dragon Boat Festival and the summer solstice?

Dragon Boat Festival is on the fifth day of May every year. It is a festival in summer, and the solstice in summer is also a solar term in summer. Summer solstice means that summer is coming, so the relationship between Dragon Boat Festival and summer solstice is very subtle.

As the saying goes, "After the Dragon Boat Festival, crops eat wine and meat", which means that the summer solstice solar terms are after the Dragon Boat Festival, then the weather will be fine and the crops will be bumper, mainly because the solar terms alternate normally and the weather is normal. If the summer solstice falls after the Dragon Boat Festival, it means that the solar terms are advanced, so that all the solar terms alternate in advance, and beginning of spring will catch up with the Spring Festival.

The Spring Festival is the first day of the Lunar New Year, and it is still in the "nine days" weather. If beginning of spring is ahead of schedule, it means that it is a warm winter, and it is prone to "cold spring" weather in the coming year. Warm winter will restore the growth of dormant wheat in winter, reduce the ability to resist cold in spring, grow too fast in winter, and grow weakly in spring and summer, which will affect the final yield.

At the same time, it will awaken pests in advance and cause serious pests to crops. Therefore, there is a saying that "farmers will be idle for half a year before the summer solstice and the Dragon Boat Festival". The "leisure" here is not idle, but because the solar terms are ahead of schedule, the climate is bad, the crops harvested in summer have no harvest, and the crops sown in summer have no way to start. This is a disaster year.

Related proverbs

1, a handful of wheat bran from summer to early May.

The old saying means that the midsummer solstice in 24 solar terms is a few days before the beginning of May. In this year, there will be basically no good wheat harvest, and there will be insufficient grains and low yield. The description of "a handful of wheat bran" is quite appropriate, and it is a summary of ancestral experience!

2. The solstice in summer is near the Dragon Boat Festival, and drums are not played in the fields.

According to the ancients, the summer solstice and the Dragon Boat Festival are coming, and the harvest is not good. Of course, this statement is untenable now. With science and technology, the harvest of crops depends not only on whether the summer solstice date and the Dragon Boat Festival date are approaching. The so-called no drums, in fact, is no harvest, because ancient wheat was crushed and shelled with stones, and there would be a thumping sound. There was no heavy blow and the harvest was not good.

3. The solstice in summer is near the Dragon Boat Festival, and the wheat is Man Cang; The solstice in summer is far away from the Dragon Boat Festival, and a year is bound to pass by.

According to the old man's explanation, the old saying goes: "The summer solstice is near the Dragon Boat Festival, and wheat is packed in Man Cang; The summer solstice is far from the Dragon Boat Festival, and the harvest will be delayed. Literally, it means that the summer solstice and the Dragon Boat Festival are very close, and there will be a bumper harvest of grain this year, and the harvested wheat can fill the farmhouse; However, if the time from the summer solstice to the Dragon Boat Festival is far away, it means that the crop harvest is average and the year is not very good.

This is because awn seeds are the season of wheat harvest. If the wheat harvest is not timely, or if the wheat is greedy for green and late ripening, it will be postponed until the summer solstice; The summer solstice is the initial stage of midsummer. This solar term often rains unexpectedly. If wheat is harvested in summer solstice, it may be exposed to wind and rain, and wheat grains are easily affected by rain and mold.

If wheat is harvested around the summer, the stubble cannot be vacated, which will affect the suitable sowing date of the next crop, compress the growth time of the next crop, and of course affect the harvest of the next crop; Therefore, in this sentence, it is called "summer solstice, the Dragon Boat Festival is far away, and there must be flashes in the middle of the year."