The Origin and Customs of the Mangseo FestivalThe Origin and Customs of the Mangseo Festival Introduction

1. Mangseed, which means the ripening of crops. Mangseed is the ninth of the twenty-four solar terms. It occurs around June 5 every year when the sun reaches 75° of the yellow meridian. The "Monthly Order Seventy-two Waiting Jiejie": "May Festival, that there are awns of the seed grain can be planted". Means that barley, wheat and other awned crop seeds have ripened, harvest is very urgent. Evening grain, millet, millet and other summer crops is also the busiest season of sowing, so called "Mang seed", spring fight day, summer fight time, "fight time" that is, this time of year refers to the collection of busy farming. People often say "three summer" busy season, that is, busy with summer harvest, summer planting and spring sowing of crops in the summer tube. The arrival of the "mango" heralds the beginning of the busy life of farmers in the fields.

2, boiled plums: in the south, every year in May and June is the plum season, but the plums fresh fruit sour, need to be processed and eaten, this is boiled plums. Send the flower god: in the ancient lunar calendar on the second day of the second month of the Flower Dynasty Festival to welcome the flower god, mango has been nearly between May, the flowers began to wither and fall, the folk often held in the mango day to worship the flower god ceremony. Open Plow Festival: some areas of Zhejiang have open plow festival, held on the day of Mangsui.