芒种：Grain in Ear
风吹麦浪，夏鸣蝉忙
☘ 始于希望，结于丰盈
忙而有获，共赴丰收

用英语讲好中国故事——用英语介绍中国传统二十四节气：芒种 Grain in Ear

Grain in Ear is the 9th solar term and comes at the beginning of June every year. After this day, the temperature in most parts of China can rise to 35 degrees centigrade. In some places, it can even be as high as 40 degrees centigrade. The rainy season begins in the areas around the Yangtze River.

During Grain in Ear, farmers around the country are very busy. In the north, they are busy with wheat harvest, while in the south, farmers plant their crops.

“黄梅时节家家雨，青草池塘处处蛙。”

芒种是二十四节气的第九个节气，夏季的第三个节气。“芒种”在民间也称为“忙种”，这个时节气温显著升高、雨量充沛、空气湿度大，适宜晚稻等谷类作物种植。

“芒”指的是一些有芒（谷物种子壳上的细刺）的作物，如稻、黍、稷等。“芒种”之名含义“有芒之谷类作物可种，过此即失效”。民谚“芒种不种，再种无用。”讲的就是这个道理。它是古代农耕文化对于农时节令的总结，表现了芒种节气是种植农作物时机的分界点。

“芒种”既指南方的水稻播种，也指北方的麦子收获。对南方稻作区的民众而言，“芒种”是指水稻的种植，此时的水稻正移栽入田，远远没有到长出稻芒的时节。而对小麦、大麦种植区的民众而言，芒种是收获“有芒之种”的时节。