What does Grain in Beard mean?

Grain in Beard is the ninth solar term in the 24 solar terms of the lunar calendar, and the third solar term in summer, indicating the official beginning of the midsummer season, which literally means "wheat with awn can be harvested quickly, and rice with awn can be planted." at this time, the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River in China will enter the rainy Huangmei season. Let's take a look at what Grain in Beard means.

What does Grain in Beard mean?

Grain in Beard's word "awn" refers to the harvest of awned plants such as wheat, while Grain in Beard's word "seed" refers to the season for sowing millet crops. The homonym of the word "Grain in Beard" shows that all crops are "busy planting". Therefore, "Grain in Beard", also known as "busy planting" and "busy planting", is the sowing of peasant friends. The arrival of "Grain in Beard" indicates that farmers have begun a busy life in the field.

Grain in Beard is "busy" all over the country.

Grain in Beard is very busy in solar terms. Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia are "Grain in Beard busy planting, the Summer Solstice Valley pregnant". Guangdong is "planted by Grain in Beard, summer spawn (dill refers to transplanted plants)". In Jiangxi, "the seedlings should not be planted in the first three days of Grain in Beard, but not in the third day after Grain in Beard." Guizhou is "Grain in Beard does not plant, then it is useless to plant." Fujian is "Grain in Beard side, good indica, Grain in Beard, good waxy". Jiangsu is "Grain in Beard is a treasure, the Summer Solstice is a root grass." Shanxi is "Grain in Beard Grain in Beard, grow everything". "Grain in Beard Mizi is in a hurry to grow grain." Sichuan and Shaanxi are "busy farming before Grain in Beard, busy planting beans after Grain in Beard". As can be seen from the above farming, to the Mangzi Festival, our country is busy planting from south to north, and the busy farming season has entered the most exciting part.

Grain in Beard's Folk Culture

1. The god of sending flowers: welcome the god of flowers at the Flower Festival on the second day of the second month of the lunar month. Grain in Beard has been nearly in May, the flowers began to wither and fall, and most of the people held ceremonies to offer sacrifices to the gods of flowers on Grain in Beard's day, sending them back to their places, while expressing their gratitude to the gods of flowers and looking forward to meeting again in the coming year. This custom no longer exists today.

2. Anmiao: Grain in Beard Anmiao custom Anmiao is an agricultural custom in southern Anhui, which began in the early Ming Dynasty. Every Grain in Beard season, after planting rice, in order to pray for a good harvest in autumn, sacrificial activities for setting seedlings will be held everywhere. Every household uses a new wheat noodle evaporation bag to squeeze the noodles into the shape of five grains, six animals, melons, fruits and vegetables, and then dye them with vegetable juice as sacrificial offerings to pray for a bumper harvest and the safety of the villagers.

3. Fight a mud war: young men and women of the Dong nationality in southeastern Guizhou hold a mud war festival every year before and after Grain in Beard. On the same day, the newlyweds, accompanied by good young men and women, collectively planted rice seedlings, fought while planting rice seedlings, and threw mud at each other. At the end of the activity, check the results, the person with the most mud is the most popular person.

4. Boiled plum: in the south, May and June are the mature season for plums. In the three Kingdoms, there are allusions about "green plum cooking wine and talking about heroes". Green plum contains a variety of natural high-quality organic acids and rich minerals, with blood purification, intestine, blood lipids, eliminate fatigue, beauty, adjust acid-base balance, enhance human immunity and other unique nutrition and health functions. However, most of the fresh plums taste sour and difficult to import directly, so they need to be processed before they can be eaten. This processing process is to boil plums.