The Meaning and Tradition of Millennium Solar Terms

The Millennium solar terms symbolize the beginning of autumn; The traditional custom of the Millennium solar terms is to collect dew.

Millennium is the15th solar term in the "twenty-four solar terms", and the third solar term in autumn is the end of the application of the moon in the lunar calendar and the beginning of the unitary month. Fighting fingers; The sun reaches longitude 165 degrees; Gregorian calendar September 7-9. "White dew" is an important solar term reflecting the cold growth of nature, and the white dew solar term symbolizes the beginning of autumn. As the cold air turns to attack, it is sunny and hot during the day, but the temperature drops rapidly after the evening, and the temperature difference between day and night gradually widens. China folks have the custom of "picking dew" on the Millennium Festival.

The Millennium also heralds the end of the Qiu Meng season and the beginning of the Mid-Autumn Festival. The Millennium basically ended the sweltering heat in summer, and the weather gradually turned cold, and the cold gave birth to dew condensation. The ancients used four seasons to match five elements. Autumn belongs to gold, gold and white alternate with each other, and autumn dew is described in white, hence the name "White Dew".

Farming activities of the Millennium solar terms

In North China, it is also the busy season of autumn harvest, and all kinds of autumn harvest crops have matured and started to harvest; At the same time of autumn harvest, we should pay close attention to sending manure, plowing and leveling the land. Make preparations for planting wheat as soon as possible.

Winter wheat began to be sown in the northwest of China. In the southwest, in the Millennium season, there is a busy scene everywhere, because the Millennium is white and the valley is full of yellow rice and millet, so we have to harvest it quickly. In late autumn crops such as corn and sweet potato, field management should be strengthened to promote their early maturity and avoid the harm caused by low temperature frost.

The central region should seize the time to harvest late rice, middle rice, summer corn and cotton in batches, and strengthen the water management of late rice. In addition, we must pay close attention to leveling the land and preparing to plant wheat.

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