●The winter solstice is quiet and the grains are abundant. If the weather is good on the winter solstice, the grain harvest will be good in the coming year. ●Plow gold before the winter solstice, plow silver after the winter solstice; plow iron before the Qingming Festival, and plow the soil after the Qingming Festival. Winter requires early plowing to allow the soil to have a longer weathering time. Generally speaking, plowing the fields after the Winter Solstice is not as good as before the Winter Solstice, and plowing the fields before the Qingming Festival is worse than after the Qingming Festival. The reason is the same. ●It rains treasure in December, but there is wheat but no straw. December is the season of little rain, so the rain that falls in December is called "Rain Mother", also known as "Rain Treasure". The rain that falls at this time is very beneficial to the growth of winter wheat. ●Dry Qingming Festival During the Qingming Festival, northeasterly or northerly winds often blow, and the climate is dry. It is very suitable for field cultivation and land preparation, but not suitable for sowing seeds. ●Nanfang Bao There are generally 108 days of south wind every year, and "Nanfang Bao" occurs in March and April, which is very beneficial to field farming. ●North wind blows in "cloth" (sowing) fields. Northeast wind blows in spring, which means the climate is dry. If the north wind is encountered when transplanting early rice, it will be extremely detrimental to the growth of the seedlings. ●East wind and red sun. During the fourth month of the lunar calendar, if the east wind blows, there will be continuous sunny days, which will cause drought and affect early rice transplanting. ●The south wind blows to the west, and the early rice is piled up on the street. "The south wind blows to the west" is a harbinger of heavy rains. "The street is piled up with early rice," which is also said to be "the street is piled up with early rice." That is, the newly harvested early rice is drifting all over the street. Or full of streams. ●If the east wind blows when the rice is blooming, don’t blow up the grain in the future. Rice relies on the wind to carry pollen. When the rice is blooming, it encounters the blowing east wind, which helps pollination and can make the grains fuller and reduce empty grains. Therefore, it is said, “Don’t blow up the grain in the future.” ●The north wind at the beginning of summer is like poison. The beginning of summer is the time for transplanting rice seedlings and grass. If the north wind blows at this time, it will be extremely detrimental to the growth of the seedlings, so the north wind is likened to poison. ●There will be no good winds in June, so everyone should take precautions. June of the lunar calendar is the time when early rice is about to be harvested. If a typhoon occurs at this time, crops will suffer heavy losses, so preventive measures must be taken. ●There is no good wind in June and no good rain in July. June and July of the lunar calendar are the rice heading and harvest seasons respectively, so wind and rain at this time will affect the growth and harvest of rice. ●Before the thunder startles the stings, the rotten fields will be exposed. It is generally said that "before the thunder startles the stings, there will be no sight of the sky for forty days." It means that if the thunder rings early in spring, there will be more rain. However, in fact, it cannot be generalized. It depends on each place and year. Generally, southern air masses occur earlier, and the first rains may also occur earlier. As southern air masses move northward, there are more chances of rain. The situation of "double rows of rotten fields exposed" mentioned here is exactly the opposite. ●Thunder alarms, causing early rice seedlings to be released. If there is thunder but no rain, spring drought is likely to occur. Early rice seedlings cannot be planted, and they are prone to knots if they are temporarily piled together. ●Thundering on the summer solstice ensures a bumper harvest of early rice. Thundering on the summer solstice brings northwest rain. This climate is good for the growth of early rice. ●Thunder strikes in autumn, and the low fields yield no harvest; thunder strikes in autumn, and the bags are "lost"; thunder strikes in autumn, and the high fields are harvested with five stones, but the low fields are "lost". Thunderstorms in autumn often lead to continuous heavy rains, causing rivers to surge, flooding the plains downstream of Mulan Creek, flooding crops, and affecting harvests. Mountainous and coastal highlands are prone to drought, but with rain, crops grow well and harvests are good. The cloth bag here is a sack, which is used to hold grains. "Quie Bianzhu" and "Guitoucha" mean that the mouth of the bag is facing down, which means there is no harvest or poor harvest. ●In spring, the sun is hanging down and the water in the field is white, and in summer, the sun is hanging down and the water is white. The sun is hanging down. It refers to a phenomenon that occurs when sunlight encounters cirrus clouds and cirrostratus clouds and is refracted. It indicates that the weather will change. This It means there will be lots of rain in spring and lack of rain and drought in summer. This saying is also known as "The spring water is white when the feet are hanging down, the soil is cracked in the fields when the feet are hanging down in the summer, storms are caused by the hanging feet in the autumn, and the evil spirits can come back when the feet are hanging down in the winter." ●Eat "vertebrate" for one year, and you will suffer "loss" (very bad) for three years. "vertebral" is the seed of Castanopsis plant in the mountain forest, and it bears the most fruits especially in drought years. This means that if it is a good harvest year, it will be a drought year when crops are not harvested. ●When early rice is waterlogged, it will splash for nine times, and when late rice is waterlogged, grains will be cut off. Early rice has a short growth period, and the hairs on the leaves are short and few. After being waterlogged, a lot of dust will not adhere to the leaf surface, and the stomata at the bottom of the leaf will not be blocked, so the growth is not affected. The leaves of late rice have long and numerous hairs. After being flooded, dust adheres to the surface and bottom of the leaves and blocks the stomata, affecting the respiration of the leaves. Therefore, most of the plants die. Generally, varieties that are not resistant to waterlogging will die after being flooded. affect the harvest. This saying is also known as "If there is a flood in the early morning, there will be a big one, but if there is a flood in the next season, there will be no harvest." ●The fog surrounds the stove, and the broad beans and wheat "grab yellow and wither" (rust disease). The stove is a common name for the Puxian people's family reunion on New Year's Eve. So here it refers to the thick fog on New Year's Eve, and the "yellow wither" refers to the rust disease. Rust spores will spread with the wind. When they parasitize on broad beans or wheat plants, under southerly winds and dense fog, once the temperature and relative humidity in the air are suitable for the development of rust spores, there will be a large number of spores that look like yellow powder. piled on plant leaves. ●Dew makes the new year, and if there is no rice in the early field, "hu" (fishing) "pot rice" (dry rice). The new year is the New Year's Eve. This saying means that if there is a lot of dew during the New Year, it will affect the early season rice harvest. ●Early season rain, next season dew. The weather during the growth period of early rice is from cold to hot, and that of late rice is from hot to cold. Early rice needs sultry weather during the heading period. The weather with northwest rain is conducive to the growth of early rice, while late rice is in the heading period. It is best if there is east wind and dew in the early season. This is the different requirements of early and late rice on external environmental conditions.

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