When is the Millennium?
The Millennium is one of the twenty-four solar terms of the lunar calendar, which usually appears around September 7 of the Gregorian calendar every year, but the date may fluctuate slightly. The Millennium marks the deepening of autumn, the weather is getting cooler and cooler, and the autumn is getting stronger and stronger.
The Millennium of 2023 is at 5: 26: 3 1 sec on Friday, July 24th and September 8th of the lunar calendar. The Millennium is one of the twenty-four solar terms in the China lunar calendar, which marks the deepening of autumn and has its own characteristics and related customs.
The Millennium marks the official start of autumn. In the solar terms of the lunar calendar in China, each solar term has its own unique meteorological characteristics, and the Millennium represents the characteristics of autumn climate, such as the gradual decrease of temperature and the gradual increase of humidity.
Farming activities in Millennium Festival
"White dew" represents the change from hot to cold. Everything grows with the cold, and gradually declines and matures. The Millennium is the busiest season in China.
In the northeast, millet, sorghum and soybeans began to harvest, and new cotton was picked in some places; At the same time, it is necessary to select seeds for cotton, corn, sorghum, millet and soybean. , timely stubble cleaning, soil preparation, fertilizer delivery, and rush to plant wheat.
In North China, it is also the busy season of autumn harvest, and all kinds of autumn crops have matured and begun to harvest; At the same time of autumn harvest, we must pay close attention to sending manure, plowing and leveling the land, and make preparations for planting wheat as soon as possible. Winter wheat has been planted in the northwest of China.
In the southwest, when the dew season comes, there is a busy scene everywhere. Because of the "white dew", the millet is covered with yellow rice and millet, so we should harvest it quickly.