1. the origin of the solar term of the awn species: every year around June 5, when the sun reaches 75 degrees of the yellow meridian, it is the awn species. "twenty-four solar term": "The May Festival means that there are awns to plant crops in the valley". It means that the seeds of awned crops such as barley and wheat are ripe, and it is very urgent to grab the harvest. Summer sowing crops such as late grain, millet and millet are also the busiest season for sowing, so they are also called "awn seeds".
in spring, there is a struggle for the sun, and in summer, "fighting for time" refers to the busy harvest of crops at this time. People often say that "Three Summers" is a busy season, that is, summer management is busy with summer harvest, summer sowing and spring sowing crops. Therefore, "awn seed", also known as "busy planting" and "busy planting", is the busiest time for farmers' friends to sow and go to the fields.
second, the custom of solar terms for mango:
1. Boiling plum. The most famous one in the custom of mango is the "green plum cooking wine" that still exists today. In the south of the Yangtze River and Japan, plums are ripe every early summer, but the sour taste is hard to eat. Therefore, women, children and children first pick green plums for cleaning, and then add water to cook until the sour taste is completely removed. Cooked plums are either salted with sugar or boiled in yellow wine.
2. An Miao. Starting from the Tang Dynasty, the people gradually spontaneously organized an activity called "Anmiao Ceremony" to pray for good weather and good rice harvest, which reached its peak in Daoguang period of Qing Dynasty. On the day of awning, the village heads recommended several venerable elders to be responsible for the auspicious selection, and then each household used newly harvested wheat to grind flour and dough, then kneaded it into the shape of five grains, six livestock, fruits and vegetables, then dyed it with vegetable juice, put it in bamboo rafts as offerings, gathered in front of the village community to hold a ceremony, and then exchanged flour cakes for eating. With the weakening of modern clan concept, this custom has basically died out.
3. Send flowers to God. The ancients believed that there was a special god who managed all the flowers in the world, commonly known as "Flower God". The flower god came down in the spring to arrange flowers to bloom. After the awning, it will get hotter and hotter in the summer, which is not suitable for flowers to bloom. Therefore, the flower god will return to heaven on the day of awning, and the people will say goodbye to the flower god on this day to thank the flower god for his care for the world and look forward to seeing you again next year. This custom was very popular in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, but modern people have basically abandoned it.