What does the twenty-four solar terms mean?

Twenty-four solar terms Miscanthus is the ninth solar term in the twenty-four solar terms of the lunar calendar, when the sun reaches 75 degrees of the yellow meridian.

The origin of awn seed:

The word "awn" of awn seed refers to the harvest of awned plants such as wheat, and the word "species" of awn seed refers to the season of sowing millet crops. The homonym of "awn seed" means that all crops are "busy sowing". So "awn seed" is also called "busy seed", and it is also called "busy seed" among farmers.

The arrival of "Mangzi" indicates that farmers have started their busy field life. Heshui Zuo's poem "Ear Seed" calls its weather and busy farming situation "the sun is burning and the plum rains are falling. On the day of Hezhuang around Nanling, the wheat harvest on both sides of the river is busy. "

Climatic characteristics of mango solar terms;

The temperature rises obviously, with abundant rainfall and high air humidity. During this period, high temperature weather is frequent, humidity is high and the weather is sultry. Whether in the south or the north, there is the possibility of high temperature weather. In terms of solar terms, the southeast monsoon rain belt in South China is stable, and the south of the Yangtze River enters Meiyu. The northern part of China has not yet entered the rainy season.

Agricultural activities and customs of Miscanthus;

1, farming activities of awn seeds

Mango is a very busy solar term. Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia are "busy planting seeds and breeding them in the summer to the valley of the sun". Guangdong is "the awn is planted and the summer heat is heavy (referring to transplanted plants again)". Jiangxi is "you can't plant seedlings in the first three days, and you can't plant seedlings in the last three days." Guizhou is "it is useless to plant awns if you don't plant them." Fujian is "awning edge, good for indica rice, over awning, good for glutinous rice".

Jiangsu is "the mango is a treasure, and the summer solstice is grass" and Shanxi is "mango, mango, everything". "The seeds of awn and millet are planted in the valley urgently". Sichuan and Shaanxi are "busy farmers in front of the tent and busy planting beans behind the tent". As can be seen from the above farming, China is busy planting crops from south to north at the spike festival, and the busy farming season has reached a climax.

2. The custom of awn seeds

Anmiao is a kind of farming folk activity in southern Anhui, which began in the early Ming Dynasty. Every season when rice seeds cover the sun, in order to pray for a good harvest in autumn, all localities should hold an Anmiao sacrifice. Every household steamed bags with new wheat flour, kneaded the flour into the shape of five grains, six animals, fruits and vegetables, and then dyed it with vegetable juice as a sacrifice, praying for the bumper harvest of five grains and the safety of the villagers.