Literary descriptions of Qingming Festival

"Huainanzi·Tenwenxun" says: "Fifteen days after the spring equinox, when Dou Zhiyi B, the Qingming wind will arrive." According to "Hundred Questions of the Year": "Everything grows at this time. Clean and bright. Therefore, it is called Qingming. When Qingming comes, the temperature rises and the rainfall increases, which is a good time for spring plowing and planting. Therefore, there are farmers' proverbs like "Before and after Qingming, plant melons and beans" and "Afforestation is better than Qingming." It can be seen that this solar term is closely related to agricultural production.

Before the Qingming Festival, the spring rain will be frequent

The rain will fall on the Qingming Festival intermittently for three months

It is rare to be clear during the Qingming Festival, and it is rarely cloudy during the Grain Rain

Before the rain hits the Qingming Festival, the lowlands are good for farming

The Qingming Festival rains stars, and a sorghum tree weighs one liter

The Qingming Festival should be sunny, and the Grain Rain should rain

The Qingming Festival There will be yellow plums in drought without rain, but there will be rain in Qingming Festival and yellow plums

Wheat is afraid of frost on Qingming Festival, and grains will be dry in autumn

There will be frost on Qingming Festival and less plum rain

The fog will be thick during Qingming Festival. The sky is sunny

Dust rises during the Qingming Festival, and people are buried in the loess

The plum blossoms ring with thunder during the Qingming Festival

It is cold during the Qingming Festival, and the year is good

The Qingming Festival When the northwest wind blows, there will be many droughts and yellow winds that year

The north wind will be cold for ten days during the Qingming Festival, and the end of the spring frost will be around the corner

The Qingming Festival will blow the earth, and it will blow forty-five times◇ Rain hits the Qingming Festival Before, the spring rain will be frequent (Lu)

◇ It will rain on and off during the Qingming Festival for three months (Gui)

◇ It is rare to be clear during the Qingming Festival, and it is rare to be cloudy during the Grain Rain (Lu)

◇ The Qingming Festival is not afraid of sunshine, and the Grain Rain is not afraid of the rain (black)

◇ Before the rain hits the Qingming Festival, the low land is good for farming (black)

◇ The Qingming Festival rains stars, and a sorghum tree hits the One liter (black)

◇ The Qingming Festival should be clear, the Grain Rain should be rainy (Gan)

◇ The Qingming Festival should cut off the snow, and the Grain Rain should cut off the frost (East China, Central China, South China, Sichuan and Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau)

◇ During the Qingming Festival, the snow will continue to snow, and during the Grain Rain, the frost will continue to frost (Ji and Shanxi)

◇ During the Qingming Festival, there will be no rain and dry yellow plums, and during the Qingming Festival, there will be rain and yellow plums (Suzhou and Hubei)

The frost, fog, thunder, cold and warmth of the Qingming solar term all have a certain foreshadowing of the future weather. Related proverbs are:

◇ Wheat is afraid of Qingming frost, and grain is subject to drought in autumn (cloud)

◇ There is frost during the Qingming Festival and less plum rain (Suzhou)

◇ There is fog during the Qingming Festival and rain during summer and autumn (Suzhou and Hubei)

◇ The fog during the Qingming Festival is thick and the weather is sunny one day ( Henan)

◇ Dust rises during the Qingming Festival, and people are buried in the loess (Jin and Inner Mongolia)

◇ Thunder rings during the Qingming Festival and plum blossoms appear (Zhejiang)

◇ It is cold during the Qingming Festival, so good Nian Scene (Liao, Hebei)

◇ Qingming is warm, cold dew is cold (Hunan)

The wind of Qingming solar term also has certain predictions about the future weather and the quality of the year, and farmers are very concerned about it. Therefore, there are many proverbs in this regard among the people.

For example:

◇ When the south wind blows during the Qingming Festival, there will be more water in summer; when the north wind blows during the Qingming Festival, there will be less water in summer (Fujian)

◇ When the northwest wind blows during the Qingming Festival, there will be more drought and yellow winds that year (Ning)

◇ The north wind will be cold for ten days during the Qingming Festival, and the spring frost will end before our eyes (Ji)

◇ The soil will be blown during the Qingming Festival, and it will take forty-five (sou)