Auther：2022-06-06
Grain in Ear is the ninth of the twenty-four solar terms of the lunar calendar. It appears around June 5 of each year, when the Sun is at 75 degrees of ecliptic longitude. During this period, barley wheat was ripe for the harvest. The Interpretation of the Seventy-two Waiting Collections of the Moon Order records: The grain can be planted in May. Grain in Ear means that the grain is ripe and busy waiting for the people to harvest. This also heralds the arrival of farmers in the busy season of farming.
The ancients said that there are three waits for mango seeds, one for mantis to be born, the second for butcherbird to start singing, and the third for the mockingbird to be silent. In midsummer, the eggs laid by the praying mantis in the late autumn of last year broke their shells to give birth to small praying mantises because they felt the first birth of yin; the yin-loving butcherbird began to appear on the branches and felt the yin and chirped; and the mockingbird, which could learn the song of other birds, stopped chirping because it felt the presence of yin.
Grain in Ear is already in the fifth month of the lunar calendar, April Fangfei rest, May a hundred flowers fall, so on the day of Grain in Ear, people in ancient times will hold a ceremony to sacrifice the flower god to express their gratitude and hope for seeing flowers in the coming year; from the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, after planting rice, in order to pray for a good harvest in autumn, all over the place will hold sacrifice activities. Every household steamed dumplings with new wheat noodles, kneaded the noodles into shapes such as grains and six animals, melons, fruits and vegetables, and then dyed with vegetable juice as a sacrifice offering, praying for the abundance of grains and the safety of the people; In southern China, May and June are the season when plums ripen. During the Three Kingdoms period, there was an allusion to Emperor Weiwu and Emperor Zhaolie's Hero on Qingmei Boiled Wine...
Grain in Ear is a treasure, and the summer solstice is a grass. While reaping happiness, don't forget to plant hope, In order to meet happiness again in late autumn, spring, or one day in the future!
