What is the meaning and characteristics of the Mangzhong solar term?

What does Grain in Ear mean? What is the Grain in Ear solar term? What are the characteristics of the Grain in Ear solar term? Next, let’s learn about Grain in Ear.

What does Mangzhong mean?

meaning

1. Ancient texts record that "The May Festival means that the grains with awns can be planted." This is how the name Grain in Ear came from.
2. Grain in Ear describes the growth of sharp thorns on the wheat grains, indicating that the grains are close to being full and ready to mature, heralding a good harvest.
3. Grain in Ear is the 9th solar term among the 24 solar terms, which sounds like “busy planting” in Chinese, and it represents the busiest season for agricultural production.
4. The biggest characteristics of the Grain in Ear solar term are: abundant rainfall and significantly increased temperature.

time

What month and day is Grain in Ear? Grain in Ear is the ninth solar term in the twenty-four solar terms of the lunar calendar and the third solar term in summer, marking the official start of midsummer. The Grain in Ear solar term begins when the sun reaches 75° of the ecliptic longitude. The Grain in Ear time in 2017 is: June 5, 2017, 19:36:33, the eleventh day of the fifth lunar month, Monday.