What are the solar terms in April?

There are two solar terms in April, Qingming and Grain Rain.

1, Qingming

Qingming Festival is one of the four traditional festivals of the Han nationality and one of the twenty-four solar terms of the lunar calendar. Tomb-Sweeping Day, Spring Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival refer to the four traditional festivals in China, so they are called the four major festivals in China.

In addition, as far as ancestor worship is concerned, the four festivals except, Qing, Yu and Jiu are also the "four festivals of ancestor worship" in traditional festivals in China, which start at 15 on April 4 or 5 of the solar calendar every year.

Therefore, Tomb-Sweeping Day is always on April 4th or 5th of the Gregorian calendar. Because Tomb-Sweeping Day is determined according to the solar terms, Tomb-Sweeping Day is one of the few traditional festivals in China that roughly coincide with the western calendar. Qingming was just the name of a solar term at first, and later became a festival to commemorate ancestors, which was related to the Cold Food Festival. Jin Wengong designated the second day of the Cold Food Festival as Tomb-Sweeping Day. In most parts of Shanxi, the day before Tomb-Sweeping Day was the Cold Food Festival. Tomb-Sweeping Day in Yushe County and other places celebrated the Cold Food Festival two days ago; Yuanqu County also pays attention to Tomb-Sweeping Day's Cold Food Festival the day before, and the light cold food the day before.

2. Grain Rain

Grain Rain is one of the 24 solar terms. Every year in the third month of the lunar calendar, that is, in April of the solar calendar 19-2 1 day, when the sun reaches 30 degrees of the yellow meridian. In this solar term, the weather is mild and the rainfall increases obviously, which is of great help to the growth and development of cereal crops.

Grain Rain is the sixth solar term among the 24 solar terms, the last solar term in spring, and the only solar term closely corresponding to phenology, seasons and farming. The arrival of the solar term in Grain Rain means that the cold wave weather has ended, which is very beneficial to the growth of cereal crops.

Interestingly, this time is the time when seedlings are newly planted and crops are newly planted in the south of China, and the rain is most needed, and there is more rain at this time. The first heavy rain usually occurs at this time, which is beneficial to rice planting and seedling growth of corn and cotton.

Extended data:

Naming rules for solar terms:

The naming of the twenty-four solar terms reflects three seasons, phenology and climate changes.

1, reflecting the seasons of beginning of spring, Spring Equinox, Long Summer, Beginning of Summer Solstice, beginning of autumn, Autumn Equinox, beginning of winter and Winter Solstice, also known as Eight.

2. Phenological phenomena include fright, Qingming, Xiaoman and Mang.

3. Rain, Grain Rain, little summer, big summer, early summer, white dew, cold dew, first frost, light snow, heavy snow, slight cold and severe cold reflect climate change.

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