The summer solstice is approaching, and the old farmer said that this year, "the summer solstice is at the end of the month, and the stores are full of rice." What does it say?

The summer solstice is the 10th solar term among the twenty-four solar terms. The summer solstice is determined by the solar ecliptic longitude 90°. On the summer solstice, the position where the sun shines directly on the ground reaches the northernmost point of the year. The day of the year when the sun is at its highest at noon.

According to the Gregorian calendar, the summer solstice falls on June 21-22, and this time is fixed.

The time of the lunar calendar is very different. The time of the summer solstice can be in the early, middle or late May of the lunar calendar.

For example, the summer solstice in 2022, 2021 and 2020 are all on June 21 in the solar calendar, but the lunar time is quite different. The lunar time of the summer solstice in 2022 is May 23, and the lunar time of the summer solstice in 2021 is It is May 12th, and the summer solstice in 2020 is on the first day of May.

One is in the early ten days, one is in the middle, and one is in the last ten days.

In fact, not only the summer solstice, but also the lunar time of each of the twenty-four solar terms is not fixed. The reason is mainly due to the influence of the ancient calendar. The twenty-four solar terms used to be pointed by the handle of the Beidou. It is confirmed that the current "twenty-four solar terms" are based on the "Dayang Yellow Longitude" division.

There are many folk proverbs about the summer solstice. Some of them use the time of the summer solstice to predict subsequent weather changes and to judge the growth of food.

For example, "The summer solstice is at the end of May, and farmers are worried about farming." "The summer solstice is in the middle of May, and it is rainy and windy."

As mentioned above, this year’s summer solstice falls on May 23rd of the lunar calendar, which is in line with the saying that “the summer solstice is at the end of the month, and the stores are filled with rice.”

According to folk wisdom, if the summer solstice falls in late May on the lunar calendar, then there will be more rain that year and it will be a year of good weather.

"The store is full of rice" means that the crop yield is high. When farming in the past, there was basically no irrigation conditions, and farmers "depended on the weather". If the weather was good that year, the crop yield would be bumper. In years with less rain and relatively dry conditions, crop yields are not guaranteed.

Judging from the wheat production in the first half of the year, this year’s summer grain production is already high. For the eastern Henan region where the author is located, wheat yields of more than 1,000 kilograms per mu are common, and 1,200-1,500 kilograms per mu are also common. Yes, the output is higher than in previous years.

If it was last year, the wheat yield per mu could reach one thousand catties, which was already considered a very high yield.

This year’s summer crops in eastern Henan have been sown. However, judging from the weather in recent days, the high temperature will continue for a period of time around 40 degrees. The fields are relatively dry. I hope it will be like the "summer solstice" At the end of the month, there is a saying that every store is full of rice. Rainfall will occur as soon as possible, which will promote the growth of crops and increase the final yield.

Let’s briefly talk about the summer solstice in early and mid-May.

The summer solstice in 2021 will be in mid-May. According to the saying "summer solstice in mid-May, it is rainy and windy", during last year, many areas did have more rainfall.

Taking the Huang-Huai-Hai region as an example, heavy rainfall around October last year not only delayed the corn harvest, but also delayed wheat sowing. In previous years, wheat sowing in mid-October was delayed until November in some areas. month.

The summer solstice of 2020 is in early May. According to the saying "At the end of May, farmers worry about farming", it was relatively dry that year and there was less rainfall. Due to drought in the fields, farmers were unable to farm, indicating that the drought was serious. .

Taking the author’s eastern Henan region as an example, there was indeed a period of dry weather from July to August, because I still remember watering the corn during the dog days of summer.

Seeing this, do you think the proverb about the summer solstice is more accurate? If the summer solstice is in late May of the lunar calendar, the weather will be good, there will be drought in the first ten days, and there will be more rain in the middle.

If you understand it this way, it may be wrong, or it may not be accurate.

Proverbs circulated among the people are generally of a certain regional nature and are only suitable for certain areas but not for the whole country.

At present, Henan is experiencing high temperature weather, but some areas in the south are experiencing waterlogging caused by heavy rains.

Similarly, it was the same last year and the year before that. It was sunny here, but it might be rainy in other areas. While we had more rain here, other areas might be experiencing drought.

Of course, regarding the time of the summer solstice this year (2022), the author personally hopes that the saying "the summer solstice is at the end of the month, and the stores are filled with rice" can come true. I hope that the weather will be smooth and the crops will be bumper harvest everywhere.

What do you think about this?