Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - The 24 Solar Terms - Introduction of valley solar terms

Introduction of valley solar terms

There are many crops in this season, such as peanuts, soybeans, kidney beans, beans, wax gourd, watermelon, pumpkin, melon, loofah, gourd, tomato, eggplant, spring corn, sorghum, millet, sesame and so on.

2. Grain Rain is the sixth of the twenty-four solar terms, which means that the spring rain increases and the rain gives birth to hundreds of valleys. From this day on, the temperature rose rapidly, the rain increased, and agriculture entered the period of sowing. Agricultural proverbs such as "Before Grain Rain, it was good to plant cotton" and "Before and after Grain Rain, plant melons and beans" are all people's experiences in farming.

3, catkins flying, cuckoos singing, peach blossoms in full bloom, peony competing? All kinds of natural images suggest that people have entered late spring, and if they miss the farming season, it will directly affect the crop harvest after autumn. In Grain Rain season, crops need a lot of water to grow. When the rain falls, it will benefit one hundred crops.

4. People often judge a year's abundance or sorrow by the precipitation in Grain Rain. Farmers in the south of the Yangtze River always pay attention to the influence of rain on seedlings and tea before and after Grain Rain.