What day is Grain in Ear? What season is the solar term? Is it still summer after Grain in Ear?

What day is Grain in Ear? What season is the solar term? Is it still summer after Grain in Ear?
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What day is Grain in Ear?

Grain in Ear is the ninth solar term in the twenty-four solar terms and the third solar term in summer.
The Grain in Ear solar term is the dividing point for the timing of planting crops. It is a busy solar term for sowing, and is also known as "busy planting" among the people. After this solar term, the survival rate of crops becomes lower and lower. The folk saying "Busy Grain in Ear, busy planting" expresses this truth. This season is the time for raising rice in the south and harvesting wheat in the north; people in the south are busy planting rice and sowing seeds, while people in the north are busy harvesting wheat.

What season is Grain in Ear?

Grain in Ear is a solar term in summer.
The earliest origin of the term "Mangzhong" comes from "Zhou Li". "Mang" refers to the harvest of awned plants such as wheat, and "zhong" refers to the season for sowing millet crops. The homophonic meaning of the word “Mangzhong” indicates that all crops are “busy planting”. The arrival of Grain in Ear indicates that farmers have begun their busy life in the fields.
In ancient my country, the Grain in Ear solar term was divided into three stages: "The first stage is the birth of mantises; the second stage is the beginning of crowing of pengs; the third stage is the silence of mockingbirds." During this solar term, the eggs laid by mantises in late autumn last year hatch and give birth to baby mantises because they sense the emergence of yin energy; the shade-loving shrike begins to appear on the branches and sings because of the shade; on the contrary, the mockingbird, which can learn the songs of other birds, stops singing because it senses the emergence of yin energy.

What season comes after Grain in Ear?

After Grain in Ear it is still summer.
After Grain in Ear comes the Summer Solstice, which means summer, the real summer has arrived.
The summer solstice is the earliest solar term to be determined among the 24 solar terms. In the seventh century BC, our ancestors used a gnomon to measure the sun's shadow and determined the summer solstice. The summer solstice begins on June 21st (or 22nd) every year and ends on July 7th (or 8th). According to the Kezun Xiandu Manuscript, "When the sun reaches its northernmost point, the day is at its longest and the shadow is at its shortest, so it is called the summer solstice. 'Zhi' means the extreme."

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