Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - The 24 Solar Terms - Is it reasonable to say in the countryside that "the autumn harvest will not be harvested, but May 26th first"?

Is it reasonable to say in the countryside that "the autumn harvest will not be harvested, but May 26th first"?

The meaning of this agricultural proverb is relatively simple. In fact, there is the second half of the sentence: On May 26th, the yellow dog doesn't drink wild vegetable porridge. Because in ancient times, people liked to use the lunar calendar to keep accounts and arrange farm work according to the lunar calendar, so May 26th here refers to the May 26th of the lunar calendar, and June 28th this year is the May 26th of the lunar calendar.

The agricultural proverb means that there will be a bumper harvest this autumn. We can first predict the weather on May 26th of the lunar calendar. If it rains this day, even if it rains a little, it will be fine next, so the crops will have a good harvest, and even the dogs at home don't have to eat wild vegetables mixed with porridge. Of course, this is mainly used to describe the bumper harvest of grain in that year. On the other hand, if it is sunny on May 26th of the lunar calendar, it means that there will be less rain later, and there may be drought, and the grain harvest in that year may be bad.

In ancient times, there was no weather forecast, but farmers depended on the weather to get food. At that time, the planting technology was relatively backward, and the harvest of farmers' crops was greatly affected by the weather. If the weather had been good in those years, the grain harvest would have been more optimistic. On the contrary, if there is a drought, the grain output will be affected. In the long-term agricultural work, the ancients also found that although the weather was unpredictable, there were certain rules to follow, so they summarized these rules into agricultural proverbs and passed them down from generation to generation, because they did have a certain guiding role in weather forecasting.

And this agricultural proverb is also based on a certain degree. The ancients found that there was generally more rain on May 26th of the lunar calendar every year. As long as it rains on this day, there will be more rain behind it, often three days of light rain and five days of heavy rain. On the other hand, if it doesn't rain this day, it seldom rains later. This is a summary of the experience of the ancients. During the period of May 26th of the lunar calendar, it has entered a hot summer. Although the temperature is relatively high, there is plenty of sunshine and long sunshine time, so the growth of various crops is also relatively strong, and the growth of crops is also the time when rain is most needed. Rice, corn, sorghum and other crops are all water-loving crops. It rains at this time, which is beneficial to their growth, so it is natural to predict the harvest this autumn. But if it doesn't rain by the end of May, there won't be too much rain, which is very bad for crops.