20 18 is the 40th anniversary of China's reform and opening-up, and China's reform started in the countryside. Holding the "China Farmers Harvest Festival" can show the great achievements of rural reform and development, the great creation of farmers in China, and enhance the determination and confidence to accelerate the construction of a socialist modern agricultural power.
On June 2, 20 181day, the State Council held a press conference on the "China Farmers Harvest Festival". At the press conference, Han Changfu, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, said that with the approval of the CPC Central Committee and the approval of the State Council, from 20 18, the annual autumn equinox of the lunar calendar will be designated as "China Farmers Harvest Festival".
What is the significance of China Farmers Harvest Festival?
Reflect a bumper harvest
As we all know, the autumnal equinox is the sixteenth solar term in the "twenty-four solar terms" of Chinese lunar calendar, which is exactly half of the 90 days from beginning of autumn to first frost. In the autumn equinox, the weather is sunny, the osmanthus is fragrant, and the crab is fat and the chrysanthemum is yellow, which is the harvest scene of Man Cang, a valley with fragrant melons and fruits. Traditionally, the autumnal equinox is not only the end of autumn harvest and winter storage, but also the starting point of spring ploughing in summer sowing. As an agricultural proverb in North China puts it: "The white dew is early, the cold dew is late, and the autumn equinox is the right time to plant wheat." Therefore, the annual autumnal equinox is designated as "China Farmers Harvest Festival", which is not only a tribute and inheritance to the traditional "twenty-four solar terms" which is the crystallization of ancient wisdom, but also reflects the contemporary China people's awareness of natural replacement, adaptation to natural laws and adaptation to sustainable ecological development concept.
Introduction to the Origin of China Farmers Harvest Festival What is the significance of China Farmers Harvest Festival?
Farmers' Harvest Festival
The establishment of "Farmers Harvest Festival" not only has contemporary significance, but also has a stronger cultural heritage. On the one hand, for ancient China with thousands of years of agricultural civilization, the establishment of this festival has a sense of ceremony: spring planting and autumn harvest, spring planting and autumn harvest, a year of hard work, fruitful autumn season, which can best reflect the joy of harvest. At the same time, it is a good performance for contemporary people to accurately grasp the laws of seasons and embellish traditional civilization with modern thinking. The annual lunar autumnal equinox is set as the "China Farmers Harvest Festival", and the seasonal changes of solar terms have become an important festival with a vivid and modern sense. To some extent, this is just an opportunity and nature for traditional culture to organically integrate into modern life.