2. Ear seed is one of the twenty-four solar terms, usually around June 6th, when the sun reaches 75 degrees of the yellow meridian. The literal meaning of awn seed is "the wheat with awn is harvested quickly, and the rice with awn can be planted". At this time, the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River in China will enter the rainy Huangmei season. In rainy season, the air is very humid, the weather is extremely sultry, and all kinds of utensils and clothes are prone to mildew, so it is also called "mildew rain" in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River in China.
3. Miscanthus, which literally means "wheat with awn can be harvested quickly, and rice with awn can be planted", is also called "busy planting". It is a typical solar term reflecting agricultural phenology, the ninth solar term in the twenty-four solar terms and the third solar term in summer. On June 5th and 6th every year, when the sun reaches 75 degrees, it is mango. The temperature of awn seeds increased obviously and the rainfall was abundant. At this time, agricultural production in most parts of China is in the busy season of "three summers": summer harvest, summer sowing and summer management.
4. The word "ear seed" first appeared in Zhou Li. "Grass grows, ear seed grows." Zheng Xuan explained in the Eastern Han Dynasty that "Zecao can plant awn seeds, awn seeds, rice and wheat". Mango seeds have three stages, one is "mantis life" and the other is "mantis life"? (jú) The first sound ",the third" silent tongue ".