What does the solar term in Grain Rain mean? What is the solar term after Grain Rain?
Grain Rain, which means that rain produces hundreds of valleys, is characterized by an obvious increase in precipitation.
Snow in Qingming, frost in Grain Rain and solar terms in Grain Rain mean that the cold wave weather is basically over and the temperature rises rapidly, which is very beneficial to the growth of cereal crops. Every time in Grain Rain, the seedlings in the field are planted first, and new crops are planted, which needs rain most, so the spring rain is as expensive as oil.
In Grain Rain season, poplars in the south are singing, willows are falling, cuckoos are crying at night, peonies are blooming and cherries are maturing. The natural scenery tells people that it is late spring. At this time, the temperature in the south rises rapidly. Generally, the average temperature in late April has reached 20℃~22℃, which is more than 2℃ higher than that in mid-April, except for parts of northern and western South China. In the eastern part of South China, there is often a high temperature above 30 for a day or two, which makes people feel very hot. Low-altitude valley areas have also entered summer.
In ancient China, Grain Rain was divided into three stages: the first stage was when Ping was born; The second time, pigeons blow feathers; Third, Dai Sheng fell to Sang. After Grain Rain, rainfall increased, duckweed began to grow, then cuckoo began to remind people to sow, and then Dai Sheng birds began to be seen on mulberry trees. What is the solar term after Grain Rain?
The solar term after Grain Rain is long summer, which indicates the arrival of summer, so Grain Rain is the last solar term in spring, representing the alternation of spring and summer.
Long summer is an important solar term in the peak season of all things, and it is the seventh solar term among the 24 solar terms. The first solar term in summer is on May 5-7 of the Gregorian calendar every year. The bucket handle of the Big Dipper points to the southeast, and the longitude of the sun reaches 45? Time.
Chang Xia said that saying goodbye to spring is the beginning of summer. Spring comes and summer grows, autumn harvests and winter storage, and in the long summer, everything is thriving. Because China has a vast territory and a large span from north to south, natural rhythms vary from place to place. In the long midsummer season, China only enters the real summer in the area south of Fuzhou-Nanling Line, when the trees are swaying and the balcony reflection enters the pool. And parts of the northeast and northwest just have the breath of spring at this time. According to the classification standard of modern climatology (climate average temperature) in China, the daily average temperature rises steadily to above 22℃, starting in summer.