Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - The 24 Solar Terms - About southern awn species

About southern awn species

Miscanthus australis is planting spring crops and transplanting rice in time. Harvest summer crops on sunny days. There is harvest, cultivation and sowing.

Mango is the ninth solar term in the twenty-four solar terms of the lunar calendar and the third solar term in summer. At this time, the sun reaches 75 degrees of the yellow meridian, indicating the official start of the midsummer season;

When the sun reaches 75 degrees of the yellow meridian, it is called the mans solar term. The literal meaning of awn seed is "the wheat with awn is harvested quickly, and the rice with awn can be planted".

"The Moon Order is seventy-two waiting for Ji Jie": "The May Festival means that there are awns in the valley." At this time, the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River in China will enter the rainy Huangmei season.

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.