What customs and activities are there during Lesser Heat? What are the farming activities?
In the past, the 24 solar terms were important reminders for agricultural activities. It was known what to do and what crops to plant during each solar term. So what customs and activities were there during the Lesser Heat? During the dog days of June, the sun is scorching hot. Many plants are listless under the scorching heat, but the lotus in the lotus pond stands tall and graceful and looks vigorous. Therefore, it is called the "fu month" or "lotus month". Come to Shuimo.net with the editor to learn more about the sixth month of the lunar calendar.What customs and activities are there during Lesser Heat?1. Tianfu Festival: According to historical records, the Tianfu Festival is on the sixth day of June around the beginning of the Lesser Heat. “Feng” means “gift”, which means the festival given by heaven. This is because the emperors of the Song Dynasty gave "ice noodles" and "fried noodles" to their subjects during the dog days of summer, so it was called Tianfu Festival.2. Worshiping the God of Grains: It is said that in some places there is a custom of worshipping the God of Grains, and the purpose is the same as worshipping the heaven and the earth. This reflects our ancestors' fine tradition of gratitude: a good harvest is certainly the result of their own hard work, but it is also made possible by the favorable weather conditions of nature and the blessings of their ancestors. 3. Drying books, paintings and clothes: On the day of Lesser Heat, temples will dry scriptures and religious instruments, while ordinary people will dry books and clothes and so on. There is a folk saying that goes, "On June 6th, people dry their clothes and dragons dry their robes" and "On June 6th, every family dry red and green." "Red and green" refers to all kinds of colorful clothes. 4. Tasting New Food during Lesser Heat: On this day, people will taste the latest harvest of grains and hold a series of important sacrificial ceremonies to express their gratitude to nature and their ancestors. It is said that "eating new food" means "eating spicy food", and it is the first spicy day after the Lesser Heat Festival. Therefore, there is a saying among the people that millet should be eaten during the Lesser Heat and grain should be eaten during the Greater Heat. 5. Improve the diet of cattle: In Shandong area, there is a custom of cooking wheat kernel soup for cattle on the dog days. It is said that cattle will be strong, able to work and not sweat after drinking it. Folk song: Spring ox whip, licking bull, wheat kernel soup, licking cow rice, licking cow and not sweating, and it will happen again in June. What are the farming activities?1. Around the beginning of the Lesser Heat, except for the harvesting of winter and spring wheat and other crops in the Northeast and Northwest regions, agricultural production is mainly busy with field management. Early rice is in the late stage of filling. Early-maturing varieties should mature and be harvested before the Great Heat, and the fields should be kept dry and wet. The mid-season rice has jointed and entered the heading stage. Topdressing fertilizer should be applied to the ears according to the growth trend to promote large ears and abundant grains. Single-season late rice is tillering, so tillering fertilizer should be applied as early as possible. The double late seedlings must be prevented and controlled from diseases and insects, and sufficient fertilizer should be applied 5 to 7 days before planting. The high temperature in midsummer is the season when aphids, red spiders and other pests are prevalent. Timely prevention and control of diseases and pests is another important part of field management.2. During the Lesser Heat solar term, early rice and spring corn are in the filling and milky stage, which is a critical period for grain formation. The goal of agricultural activities is to prevent premature aging, promote grain filling, and increase thousand-grain weight. In production, attention should be paid to preventing high-temperature ripening and drought disasters. When encountering high temperatures above 35°C or drought, irrigation measures can be taken to improve the field microclimate, or foliar fertilizer can be sprayed to improve crop resistance. Mid-season rice and summer corn are in the transition period from vegetative growth to reproductive growth, and require a lot of water during this period. Premature water cut-off in mid-season rice fields is not conducive to effective tillering formation and panicle differentiation, and summer corn may suffer from drought, leading to serious yield reduction. Cotton is in the flowering and boll-forming stage, and late rice is in the nursery field stage. It is necessary to pay attention to keeping the ditches unobstructed to prevent waterlogging. In addition, the weather conditions are good during the Lesser Heat period, which is a favorable time to carry out field operations such as pest control. |
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