Do the solar terms in Grain Rain belong to spring or summer?

Grain Rain is coming. Dear friends, are you curious whether it is spring or summer in Grain Rain? The following is whether the solar terms in Grain Rain belong to spring or summer. I hope I can help you!

Is the solar term in Grain Rain spring or summer?

Grain Rain is the last solar term in spring. At this time, the seedlings in the field are planted first, and the rain is most needed, so there is a saying that "spring rain is as expensive as oil". At this time, the eastern part of most parts of South China is abundant with rainfall of about 30 to 50 mm in late April of the year. The first heavy rain usually occurs during this period, which is beneficial to rice planting and the growth of corn and cotton at seedling stage. As the saying goes, "Rain gives birth to a hundred valleys". With sufficient and timely rainfall, cereal crops can thrive. Grain Rain solar terms have such a meaning.

What's the weather like in Grain Rain

The main feature of the weather in Grain Rain is rainy. After the solar term in Grain Rain, rainfall increased, and rain gave birth to hundreds of valleys. After the solar term in Grain Rain, the rainfall increased and the humidity in the air gradually increased. At this time, we should follow the changes of natural solar terms and adjust them according to their climatic characteristics.

Grain Rain's three stages are: "at the beginning, peace will give birth;" In the second stage, pigeons will flap their wings and want to fly; In the third stage, Dai Sheng will drop mulberry. ". "Duckweed begins to grow" means that in Grain Rain season, when the temperature rises and the water surface rises, duckweed begins to grow in the water. "Singing pigeons and blowing feathers" means that spring returns to the earth. Turtledoves often sing in the fields. They often comb their feathers with their mouths. "Mulberry falling in Dai Sheng" means that this season is suitable for mulberry growth, and Dai Sheng birds often rest on mulberry trees. It can be seen from the three phenological phenomena of Grain Rain season that there is abundant precipitation, humid air and warm climate, which is very suitable for the growth of crops.

What's so particular about Grain Rain?

Rural people pay more attention to each solar term and often carry out specific farming activities in special solar terms. The temperature in northern China is relatively low, and rice growers are busy raising seedlings during the solar term in Grain Rain. During the long summer solar term, the farmland begins to transplant seedlings.

In the tea-producing areas in the south, farmers are busy picking Grain Rain tea. Because Grain Rain tea was after tea in the Ming Dynasty, it was called "the second spring tea". During Grain Rain, moderate temperature and abundant rainfall happened to be the season with the best quality of tea. Many tea people say that the tea picked in Grain Rain that day has the function of getting rid of diseases and strengthening the body, so Grain Rain tea is particularly precious.

Besides picking tea, people also like to eat Toona sinensis before the solar term in Grain Rain. When it comes to Toona sinensis buds, the buds picked before Grain Rain are the best, with fresher and more tender taste, while the Toona sinensis buds after Grain Rain are dull and tasteless, and their nutritional value is greatly reduced. Therefore, there is a folk saying that "the buds of Toona sinensis are tender as silk before the rain, and the spring buds are like wood after the rain". The rain here refers to the rain around Grain Rain.

Nowadays, food tonic is popular, but in the period before and after Grain Rain, people will have "spring fire" because of eating and dressing. Therefore, during the solar term in Grain Rain, farmers will like to collect a large number of wild vegetables in the fields to remove fire and regulate liver qi. This season is the time when dandelion, garlic and other wild vegetables are on the market, so this season is the best.