Rural people say, "Tomb-Sweeping Day doesn't panic in February, and Tomb-Sweeping Day plants early in March." You got it? What is the truth?

This sentence is also an agricultural proverb in rural areas, which mainly tells people how to control farming and sowing at the time node.

Let's talk about this "Qingming" first. As we all know, Tomb-Sweeping Day is the fifth of the 24 solar terms, and the annual Tomb-Sweeping Day is relatively fixed, basically on April 4th and 5th.

Tomb-Sweeping Day's previous solar terms are shocking and spring breeze, indicating that spring has arrived and everything is recovering; Spring breeze means that the days get longer, the sun moves to the northern hemisphere, our temperature rises gradually, and grass and trees begin to sprout under the spring breeze bath. Qingming comes after the spring breeze, and this time is also the time to prepare for farming, sowing and production. Therefore, Tomb-Sweeping Day is usually the start time for farmers to devote themselves to production. In rural areas, there are many proverbs about Qingming, such as "before and after Qingming, plant melons and beans".

What do you mean, "Don't panic in February, plant early in March?" Didn't you just say that Qingming is April 4 th and 5 th? Actually, there is no conflict here. April mentioned above is calculated by the solar calendar, and agricultural proverbs come from the experience of hardworking and intelligent farmers in China for thousands of years. In ancient China, only the ancient calendar (that is, the lunar calendar) was used as a method to calculate the date. So it's easy to explain here.

We all know that the time difference between the lunar calendar and the solar calendar is relatively large, and in many cases it can exceed one month. For example, the solar calendar is in April and the lunar calendar is only in February. So there will be such a situation: Tomb-Sweeping Day has arrived, but this lunar month may still be in February, such as last year. Last year, Tomb-Sweeping Day was on February 20th of the lunar calendar. In February of the lunar calendar, the temperature is still relatively low, and the temperature is not stable enough, which is prone to the problem of late spring cold (it was even worse last year), so when Tomb-Sweeping Day appears in February of the lunar calendar, there is no need to worry about sowing and farming. Otherwise, it is easy to suffer the loss caused by the late spring cold.

After entering the third month of the lunar calendar, the temperature has stabilized a lot, which is suitable for sowing production. Just like this year, Tomb-Sweeping Day is in the third month of the lunar calendar. At this time, sowing production can be carried out in advance according to weather conditions.

Therefore, "Don't panic in February, plant early in March" means that if Tomb-Sweeping Day is in February of the lunar calendar, it should not be planted in such a hurry. If Tomb-Sweeping Day falls in the third month of the lunar calendar, farming can be carried out normally, and sowing can be carried out in advance according to the weather conditions. There are similar proverbs, such as "sow in late February and sow in early March", "

February Qingming does not advance, and March Qingming does not lag behind. "