The relationship between traditional Chinese farming and irrigation culture and the chronological calendar

The relationship between traditional Chinese farming and irrigation culture and the time of the year calendar is very close, and many proverbs about the festival have been recorded. We are here in South China, there are often the following sayings: the rainy season, it is time to take advantage of the spring rains to plow the field; Qingming season, is the time for spring sowing, there are "before and after the Qingming, planting melons, planting beans", planting rice "after the Qingming before planting" (in the ancient times, you could only plant one season of rice, and if you planted after the Qingming, you would not be able to plant rice. Qingming before planting will not be cold dead seedlings); "over the small full, regardless of length" (over the small full, seedlings regardless of length must be inserted into the field); "grain wheat does not eat the small full of water, wheat does not eat the water in the summer" (the small full, the barley must be harvested, in the summer, the wheat must be harvested). Wheat must be harvested); rice harvesting should be before the white dew, "white dew do not cut their own fall" (meaning that the white dew is not harvested, rice will fall grain); "seven onions and eight garlic" (July planting onions, August planting garlic); "October There is a small sunny spring", "winter harvest potato planting wheat" (winter season is digging sweet potatoes, planting wheat time) ...... So, the traditional calendar and farming is very close.