The Origin of China Farmers' Harvest Festival

During the National People's Congress (NPC) on 20 17, 45 NPC deputies put forward relevant suggestions on setting up a harvest festival. The establishment of this festival has a broad public opinion base. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs conducted in-depth research on the situation at home and abroad, and invited experts and scholars in agriculture, culture, media and other related fields as well as grassroots farmers' representatives to discuss and exchange. It is generally believed that it is necessary to set up the Farmers Harvest Festival in China, and the foundation and conditions for its implementation are ripe.

20 18 is the 40th anniversary of China's reform and opening up, and China's reform began in the countryside. Holding the "China Farmers Harvest Festival" can show the great achievements of China's rural reform and development and the great creation of farmers, and enhance the determination and confidence to accelerate the construction of a socialist modern agricultural power.

On June 2, 20654381,the State Council held a press conference on "China Farmers Harvest Festival". At the press conference, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Han Changfu said that with the approval of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, the annual lunar equinox will be designated as "China Farmers Harvest Festival" from 20 18.

What is the significance of China Farmers Harvest Festival?

Reflect a bumper harvest

As we all know, the autumnal equinox is the sixteenth solar term in the "twenty-four solar terms" of China lunar calendar, which is exactly half of the 90 days from beginning of autumn to the first frost. Autumn equinox, sunny weather, sweet-scented osmanthus, crab fat chrysanthemum yellow, is the harvest scene of Man Cang, a valley with fragrant melons and fruits. Traditionally, the autumnal equinox is not only the end of autumn harvest and winter storage, but also the beginning of summer sowing and spring ploughing. As an agricultural proverb in North China says: "The white dew is early, the cold dew is late, and the autumn equinox is the time to plant wheat." Therefore, designating the annual autumnal equinox as "China Farmers Harvest Festival" is not only a tribute and inheritance to the traditional "twenty-four solar terms", but also a reflection of contemporary China people's understanding of the concept of natural replacement, adaptation to natural laws and adaptation to sustainable ecological development.

The Origin of China Farmers' Harvest Festival What is the significance of China Farmers' Harvest Festival?

Farmers' Harvest Festival

The establishment of "Farmers Harvest Festival" not only has contemporary significance, but also has a stronger cultural background. On the one hand, for ancient China with thousands of years of agricultural civilization, the establishment of this festival has a sense of ceremony: spring planting and autumn harvest, a year of hard work and fruitful harvest, which can best reflect the joy of harvest. At the same time, it is a good performance of contemporary people to accurately grasp the seasonal law and embellish traditional civilization with modern thinking. The annual autumnal equinox of the lunar calendar is designated as "China Farmers Harvest Festival", and the seasonal change of solar terms has become an important festival with a distinct modern feeling. To some extent, this is just an opportunity and essence for the organic integration of traditional culture into modern life.