What does “Don’t rush to celebrate the Qingming Festival in February, and don’t postpone it in March” mean?

What does “Don’t rush to celebrate the Qingming Festival in February, and don’t postpone it in March” mean?
Introduction: In addition to being a traditional festival, Qingming Festival is also one of the 24 solar terms. The arrival of Qingming Festival also heralds climate change, so what does “Don’t rush to celebrate Qingming in February, and don’t postpone Qingming in March” mean? Mr. Shui Mo website has carefully compiled detailed information about the third month of the lunar calendar in 2019. If you want to know about the auspicious and inauspicious days in the third month of the lunar calendar, please come to Mr. Shui Mo website!

What does “Don’t rush to celebrate the Qingming Festival in February, and don’t postpone it in March” mean?

This proverb is often said by farmers. The February and March refer to the second and third months of the lunar calendar respectively. We know that the Qingming Festival in the Gregorian calendar is around April 4th every year. However, the period in the lunar calendar is not fixed and the fluctuations are relatively large. In some years, Qingming Festival falls in the second month of the lunar calendar, while in other years, it falls in the third month of the lunar calendar. In the past, farmers in many areas arranged their farming activities according to the 24 solar terms in the lunar calendar.
This proverb means that if it is Qingming Festival in the second month of the lunar calendar, try not to sow seeds before Qingming Festival. If it is Qingming Festival in March of the lunar calendar, then sowing should be done as early as possible, that is, try to sow before Qingming Festival.
We all know that the amount of rain increases significantly during the Qingming Festival. The ancients even wrote a poem to testify that "It rains heavily during the Qingming Festival, and pedestrians on the road are almost heartbroken." And "A spring rain brings a warmth." With the increase of spring rain, the temperature also continues to rise. This period is a great time for spring ploughing and planting.
However, if the Qingming Festival comes in the second month of the lunar calendar, the temperature will suddenly turn from warm to cold during this period, and it is easy for the weather to drop in temperature. If the crops are sown in advance, they will easily be frozen or killed. Severe late spring cold will also cause seeds and seedlings to rot.
During the Qingming Festival in March, the temperature is already quite high, so sowing seeds in advance during this period will be more conducive to a good harvest of crops.

What traditional food do we eat during Qingming Festival?

What to eat during Qingming Festival: Qingtuan
During the Qingming Festival, people in the Jiangnan area have the custom of eating green dumplings. Green dumplings are made by crushing a wild plant called "wheatgrass" and squeezing out the juice. The juice is then mixed with dried water-ground pure glutinous rice flour to make the dumplings. The filling of the dumpling is made of delicate sugar bean paste, and a small piece of sugar lard is added when wrapping the filling. After the dough is made, steam it in a steamer. When it is out of the steamer, use a brush to evenly brush the surface of the dumplings with vegetable oil. That's it.
Ingredients: glutinous rice, red bean paste, mugwort.
Features:
1. Green rice dumplings are as green as jade, glutinous, soft and fragrant, fat but not greasy. They are a natural green and healthy snack.
2. After steaming, the skin becomes green and soft, and the red bean paste filling is sweet but not greasy, with a light aroma of mugwort, fragrant and delicious.
What to eat during Qingming Festival: Mugwort cake
The Hakka people have an old saying, "Eat mugwort cakes around the Qingming Festival and you won't get sick all year round." Aiban is a traditional snack that Hakka people must have during the Qingming Festival. The first step is to wash the fresh and tender mugwort that you picked, put it in a pot and cook it, then take it out and drain it. The water used to cook the mugwort should be kept for later use. Then chop the cooked mugwort into grass paste. The finer and softer the paste is, the better. After the mugwort paste is chopped, add glutinous rice flour and the water used to boil the mugwort and mix them into a dough. Then wrap the prepared fillings such as sesame, black-eyed peas, peanuts, etc. into the dough, seal it and pinch it into round, long and other shapes, put it in a pot and steam it for 15-20 minutes before taking it out of the oven.
Ingredients: 1250 grams of mugwort, 1500 grams of glutinous rice flour, 1000 grams of sticky rice flour, 50 grams of alkaline water, appropriate amount of raw oil, 1500 grams of pork (front leg meat is preferred), 20 mushrooms, 1 winter bamboo shoot, appropriate amounts of salt, starch, five-spice powder, oyster sauce, 150 grams of peanuts, 50 grams of white sesame seeds, 100 grams of coconut flakes, and 100 grams of white sugar.
Features:
There are many flavors, including sweet and meaty. It contains mugwort and has high health benefits. What to eat during Qingming Festival: Warm mushroom buns
Warm mushroom buns are a traditional specialty snack in Taining. The scientific name of the raw material of warm mushroom is Artemisia annua, also known as Buddha's ear grass, and the locals call it warm mushroom grass. Every year before the Qingming Festival, the fields are covered with Artemisia selengensis, which is furry and tender. It is a good time to pick it and also a good time to make warm mushroom buns. In Taining, there are some differences in making the northern and southern slices of warm mushroom buns. The southern version is made with freshly picked warm mushroom grass, which is shaped like a full moon, similar to steamed buns; the northern version is made with warm mushroom powder, which is shaped like a crescent moon, more like dumplings. The southern version is usually eaten on the eve of Qingming Festival. It is eaten for its fresh taste and does not follow too many rules.
Ingredients: glutinous rice and japonica rice in a ratio of 3:2, dried mushroom powder, chili powder, dried tofu, bacon, fresh bamboo shoots, and dried shrimp.
Features:
It has a pleasant aroma and has the function of resolving phlegm, relieving cough, strengthening the kidneys and benefiting the muscles and bones.
What to eat during Qingming Festival: Sanzi
There is a custom of eating Sanzi during the Qingming Festival in various parts of my country. "Sanzi" is a fried food that is crispy and delicious. It was called "Hanju" in ancient times. The custom of abstaining from fire and eating cold food during the Cold Food Festival is no longer popular in most parts of my country, but the Sanzi (fried dumplings) associated with this festival are still loved by people all over the world. There are differences between the Sanzi popular in the Han area in the north and the south: the Sanzi in the north is generous and unrestrained, with wheat flour as the main ingredient; the Sanzi in the south is delicate and exquisite, with rice flour as the main ingredient.
Ingredients: flour or rice flour, salt, water Features:
It is bright yellow in color, arranged in layers, light and beautiful, crispy and delicious when eaten dry, and melts in the mouth after being soaked in milk. However, Sanzi is also a high-energy food, so people who are losing weight need to pay attention to the amount.

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