"February tomb-sweeping day is not before, march tomb-sweeping day is not after", this year's land should be planted early or late?

Early spring comes early.After the awakening of insects, is the spring plowing season, there is an old saying in the countryside called "February before the qingming, qingming in March after", that is the spring plowing time.So what does this old rural saying mean?Should the land be planted earlier or later this year?

1, not before February qingming, after march qingming

Qingming is one of the 24 solar terms. An agricultural proverb says "before and after the qingming festival, we should plant melons and beans", which shows that qingming is closely related to agricultural production.The qingming festival usually falls around the 4th day of the 4th month of the Gregorian calendar.

In the past, farmers often used the qingming lunar calendar to decide the time to plant seeds.If the qingming festival is in the second month of the Chinese lunar calendar, farmers should not sow spring crops before the qingming festival. Similarly, if the qingming festival is in the third month of the Chinese lunar calendar, the planting of crops can be as far as possible before the qingming festival.So is there any scientific reason for this?

Xiaobian also consulted the relevant agricultural experts, the answer is reasonable.Because to the qingming festival, the general temperature will be warmer, more rain, it is the best time to spring.But if the qingming festival is brought forward to the second month of the lunar calendar, then the temperature rise may only be temporary, and then there will be relatively large fluctuations, which is what we call the spring chill.The reverse spring cold is very unfavorable to the growth of crops, which affects the yield and quality of grain in a light way.

Should this year's crop be planted earlier or later?

Small make up checked the, this year's tomb-sweeping day in lunar calendar March 1, that is to say, just at the time of the lunar March 2, replace, and so on tomb-sweeping day planting seedling, such a good time, the temperature is almost stable, we don't have to worry about cooling, the land can also relax kind.

Sometimes when we think about it carefully, we have to admire the wisdom of the ancients, who, without accurate weather forecasts, were able to summarize some simple agricultural and weather rules by observing natural phenomena and weather patterns, which were used to guide agricultural production.Although there is now an accurate weather forecast, I hope you can understand these sayings, after all, this is also a kind of cultural heritage.Have you ever heard the saying "the tomb-sweeping day in February is not before, and the tomb-sweeping day in March is not after"?