The exact time of Mangseo is not fixed every year.

But it is around June 5~June 7 on the Gregorian calendar every year. Mangdiao is the ninth of the twenty-four solar terms, the third solar term of summer, the beginning of the month of noon on the dry calendar. Doo refers to the Si, the sun's yellow longitude reaches 75 ° is the mango.

"Mangseed" means "awned cereal crops can be planted, after which it is invalid". At this time of the year, there is a significant rise in temperature, abundant rainfall, and high humidity in the air, making it suitable for planting cereal crops such as late rice. Farming to "mango seed" this festival as the boundary, after this planting survival rate is getting lower and lower. It is a reflection of the ancient farming culture of the festival.

The climate of the Mangseong festival is characterized by a significant rise in temperature, abundant rainfall and high humidity. Hot weather is frequent, humid and muggy during this period, both in the south and the north. During the Mangdiao Festival, the southeast monsoon rain belt stabilizes in southern China's South China, and the south of the Yangtze River enters the Meiyu (plum blossom) rain. During the Mangdiao festival, northern China has not yet entered the rainy season.

Sayings of Mangseed

There are two ways of saying the origin of the word "Mangseed", one of which is that it refers to the last plowing before the fall plowing, when farmers turn over the "mango grass" stored in the soil in order to plow the ground. The first is that it was the last plowing before the fall plowing, when farmers turned over the grass in the soil for plowing, so the name of the festival was "Mangseo".

Another theory is that at this time there was already a proverb "grain rain is not as bad as the mango" legend. Because of the rising temperatures at this time, plant growth is vigorous, and the grass grows unevenly, so in order to avoid overgrown grass affecting the newly planted crops, it is necessary to cut or clear the grass in time, which is also the origin of the name of the festival.

"Mangzhao" is not only an agricultural festival, but also a traditional cultural festival. There are many folk customs and activities related to "Mangseo", such as worshipping the god of agriculture, eating mangoes and hanging mugwort, all of which carry the symbolism of an auspicious harvest.

In modern times, with the improvement of people's living standards and the accelerating process of urbanization, these traditional customs have gradually faded away, but the existence of the "mango" as a festival is still y imprinted in people's lives.