Grain in Ear 芒種
Mangzhong, or Grain in Ear, is the busy season: wheat ripens for harvest while rice seedlings wait to be planted. Farmers have no idle moment, racing to reap and sow day and night. The hot, humid weather also calls for care of the body.
Mantises hatchFirst pentad
Shrikes begin to crySecond pentad
Mockingbirds fall silentThird pentad
Three pentads
- First pentadMantises hatchMantis eggs hatch, and young mantises appear.
- Second pentadShrikes begin to cryThe shrike's sharp call rings out from the treetops as midsummer nears.
- Third pentadMockingbirds fall silentThe songbird that mimics other birds falls silent.
Custom
Stew green plums into a cooling sour-plum drink.
Start dates
- June 5, 2025
- June 5, 2026
- June 6, 2027