【Commentary】June 6 is the Mangcao solar term, which is the third solar term in summer, also known as "busy seed". Why is it said that Mangchang is the busiest of the 6 solar terms? Experts say this is because the mango season is when agricultural activities are busiest.
【During the same period】Tang Zhiqiang, secretary general of the 24th Solar Term Protection and Inheritance Alliance
The word "mangseed" actually originated from the "Zhou Li", and there is a record in the "Zhou Li", which says "The grass is born, and the seed is planted." "Mang" actually means a needle at the tip of the grass, and "seed" actually means to sow seeds. At this time, rice is planted in the south and wheat is harvested in the north, so the explanation of mango seeds can be that wheat with mango is harvested quickly, and rice with mangs can be planted. Because this time is both harvested and planted, and then ploughed in the middle, so so many agricultural things are arranged in such a solar term, among the twenty-four solar terms, this solar term is the busiest solar term.
【Unlock】It is precisely because of the busy agricultural activities during the mangseed season that many special customs related to farming have been bred.
【During the same period】Tang Zhiqiang, secretary general of the 24th Solar Term Protection and Inheritance Alliance
For example, the custom of marrying a tree is that when the fruit tree blooms and bears fruit, people will knock on the phloem of the tree, so that the phloem will break, so that more nutrients produced by photosynthesis synthesized in the leaves will remain on the tree. The second is a custom of Anmiao, especially in the southern rice growing areas, then the middle rice has been planted, after planting they will perform a ceremony, and then perform sacrifices, and every household will use the noodles of the new wheat mill to steam, to make various buns or various steamed buns, kneaded into the shape of various vegetables and melons, sacrificed on the side of the field, and then hope for abundant grains, peace and happiness. Mangchang also has a custom of sending flower gods, and by the time of Mangseed, the flowers have withered and scattered, and the people mostly perform rituals to sacrifice the flower god during this period to feed the flower god, which is also to express gratitude to the flower god.
【Commentary】During the Mangseed season, the temperature continues to rise and the rain increases. It is when the green plums in the Gangnam region are ripe. Therefore, the folk also have the custom of "boiling plums from mangs".
【During the same period】Tang Zhiqiang, secretary general of the 24th Solar Term Protection and Inheritance Alliance
There is also a custom of boiling plums in the Gangnam area, because when the green plums are ripe and marketed, the green plums are boiled together with rock sugar, hawthorn, and licorice, and then they can be boiled into sour plum soup. In terms of diet, it is because the weather is hotter, and then the summer heat needs to be light, and the diet needs to be light, and at the same time, it is necessary to reduce acid and increase bitterness, increase the amount of bitter food, eat more food that strengthens the spleen and dissolves dampness, goes to heat and qi, and quenches thirst. At the same time, because people sweat more when planting, it is necessary to properly supplement potassium.
Reporting by reporter Wang Shibo from Beijing
Responsible Editor: [Luo Pan]