Grain in Ear, also known as "busy seed", is the ninth solar term of the 24 solar terms, the third solar term in summer, and the beginning of the afternoon of the Ganzhi calendar. Douzhisi, the solar longitude reaches 75 °, and the festival is held on June 5-7 of the Gregorian calendar every year. Grain in awn means "grain crops with awn can be planted". In this season, the temperature rises significantly, the rainfall is abundant, and the air humidity is high, which is suitable for planting late rice and other cereal crops. Farming is bounded by the solar term of "awn planting", after which the survival rate of planting will be lower and lower. It is the reflection of the ancient farming culture on the seasons.
Schedule of awn seeds in recent years
| particular year |
date |
lunar calendar |
the Chinese zodiac |
week |
| two thousand and twenty-four |
2024-06-05 |
April 29, the first lunar year |
Loong |
Wednesday |
| two thousand and twenty-five |
2025-06-05 |
May 10th, Yisi Year |
snake |
Thursday |
| two thousand and twenty-six |
2026-06-05 |
April 20, the Year of the Fifth Five Year |
horse |
Friday |
| two thousand and twenty-seven |
2027-06-06 |
The second day of May in Ding Weinian |
sheep |
Sunday |
| two thousand and twenty-eight |
2028-06-05 |
May 13, the fifth lunar year |
monkey |
Monday |
The solar term for awn seed is of great significance in farming. The lunar calendar says: "Douzhi is already a kind of awn seed. At this time, the grain with awn can be planted. After that, it will become invalid, so it is called awn seed." It means that the solar term for awn seed is suitable for planting grain crops with awn; It is also the dividing point of crop planting time, which will become invalid. This is the truth of the folk saying, "It is useless to plant more seeds in the shade.". Grain in Ear is a busy solar term for farming, which is also called "busy farming" in the folk. This is the time to plant rice in the south and harvest wheat in the north.
Song of the Twenty four Solar Terms
The spring rain startles the clear valley sky in spring. The summer is full of sunshine and the summer heat is connected.
There is dew in autumn, cold in autumn, frost falling, snow in winter, snow in winter, and cold in winter.
The two festivals of each month are unchanged, with a maximum difference of one or two days.
In the first half of the year, it was 621, and in the second half of the year, it was 823.
Twenty four seasonal songs
At the beginning of spring, the sun turns and the rain flows along the river;
Waking crows cry, and the skin dries at the vernal equinox;
The Qingming Festival is busy planting wheat, and the grain rain is planting fields.
The goose feather lives in the beginning of summer, and the small full sparrow comes to the whole;
May Festival of awn seed, no cotton in summer solstice;
Light heat is not hot, but severe heat is dog days.
In the beginning of autumn, I was busy fighting indigo and drying tigers in the summer;
White dew and smoke are put on the shelf, and there is no field on the autumnal equinox;
The cold dew is not cold, and the frost has changed the sky.
The beginning of winter is October, and the snow is sealed tightly;
On the fork of the snow river, there is no boat on the winter solstice;
The mild cold enters the December, and the severe cold lasts another year.
The seventy-two seasons corresponding to the awn seed are: on the day of the awn seed, the mantis is born, the shrike begins to sing for five days, and the tongue is turned back and silent for five days.
Seventy two marquis is a calendar supplement used to guide agricultural activities in ancient China. It is compiled according to the geography, climate and some natural scenes of the Yellow River basin. It is based on five days, three seasons, six seasons and four seasons. There are 72 seasons in a year. Each weather corresponds to a phenological phenomenon, which is called "waiting". Among them, plants are supposed to sprout, blossom, and bear fruit;
