What is the Grain in Ear Day in 2021? What activities can be done during Grain in Ear Festival?

What is the Grain in Ear Day in 2021? What activities can be done during Grain in Ear Festival?
Grain in Ear is one of the solar terms that reflects farming culture. Do you want to know more about it? The fourth month of the lunar calendar often comes with rain, and the rain at this time is very precious for crops. If you want to know what's going on in the fourth month of the lunar calendar, just visit Mr. Shui Mo's website.

What is the Grain in Ear Day in 2021?

Grain in Ear, the ninth solar term in the twenty-four solar terms, the third solar term in summer, and the beginning of the Wu month in the Ganzhi calendar. When the Big Dipper points to Si, the sun's ecliptic longitude reaches 75°, and the solar term falls on June 5-7 of the Gregorian calendar every year.
The literal meaning of Grain in Ear is "wheat with awns is about to be harvested, and rice with awns can be planted", so "Mangzhong" is also called "busy planting", which is a typical solar term reflecting agricultural phenological phenomena. The temperature during Grain in Ear rises significantly and the rainfall is relatively abundant. During this period, agricultural production in most parts of China is in the busy season of "summer harvest, summer planting, and summer management".
Grain in Ear in 2021 is on the 25th day of the fourth lunar month in 2021; the Gregorian calendar is on June 5th, 2021, Saturday, which is the day of the tiger. [According to the old almanac] : consecration, seeking offspring, traveling, getting married, cutting wood, building, moving, moving into a new home, opening the market, trading, signing contracts, installing incense, lighting fires, hanging plaques, laying foundations, building, coffining, removing mourning clothes, moving coffins, burying, opening pillars, opening graves, combining longevity wood, [according to the old almanac]: setting up beds, making stoves, breaking ground, shipping, making money

What activities are there during the Grain in Ear solar term?

1. Boil plums
In the south, May and June every year are the season when plums ripen. During the Three Kingdoms period, there was an allusion of "discussing heroes over green plum wine". Green plum contains a variety of natural high-quality organic acids and rich minerals. It has unique nutritional and health functions such as purifying blood, regulating the intestines, lowering blood lipids, eliminating fatigue, beautifying, regulating acid-base balance, and enhancing human immunity.
2. Anmiao
Grain in Ear and Seedlings Planting is a traditional agricultural activity in southern Anhui that began in the early Ming Dynasty. After planting rice in Grain in Ear, various places hold seedling-protecting sacrificial activities to pray for a good harvest in the autumn. Every household uses new wheat flour to make steamed buns, which they then shape into shapes of grains, livestock, fruits, and vegetables, then dye with vegetable juice and use as sacrificial offerings.
3. Send the Flower God
Grain in Ear is approaching May, when all flowers begin to wither and fall. People often hold ceremonies to worship the flower god on this day to send him off and express their gratitude to him, hoping to meet him again next year. However, this custom is rarely seen nowadays, and only some areas have resumed the celebrations.

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