Climate Impact on Traditional Chinese Life

March to May

June to August

Temperatures are rising and the hours of sunshine are getting longer. Everything is coming back, but there is a big weather difference between the north and the south.

People mainly do some spring plowing, taste spring food, and spring outing.

The spring in north China is late and last less than three months. Mixed with the cold weather, the spring comes along with snow and wind.

Spring is the season of sowing, so the main agricultural activities in spring are: arable land, sowing, fertilization, weeding, watering, seedling raising, transplanting, and so on. 1

As a Chinese saying goes, grain rain is the time to plant cotton. Grain rain is a solar term in spring in China, at the end of the third month of the lunar calendar.

Tomb-sweeping Day falls at the beginning of the third month of the lunar calendar -- people often offer sacrifices to their ancestors, sweep tombs, go outing and play on swings.

Spring

Summer

Most regions suffer temperature of over 30℃ in July and harmful sun's rays in the sunny weather. Influenced by summer wind from the tropical oceans, it is the season with the most precipitation of 40 - 70% of whole year from north to south.

Farmers need to harvest some of the spring corn, beans, etc., so summer is the main harvest of grain crops. 2 3

September to November

But with a few exceptions, the Mongols show their fervor by holding the Nadam Fair around July. 4

The point of direct sunlight in autumn is gradually moving south from the northern hemisphere.From the northern hemisphere, the Angle of the sun is getting lower and the gap between the length of the day and the length of the night is getting smaller.

Autumn is the harvest season, people will hold some celebrations and sacrifice activities during this time.

There is a Chinese saying that a millet planted in spring will be harvested in autumn.Because most fruits, vegetables and food crops are ripe in autumn.It is also the season that farmers look forward to most.

the Mid-Autumn festival is also known as the 'Harvest Festival', which is one of the most well-known Chinese Festivals. Each year on that day, people seek out company and spend some quality time with family members and relatives, tasting palatable mooncakes and pastries together. 5

The double Ninth Festival, which has the same pronunciation with "jiu Jiu", is the largest number in the number, meaning a long and long life. Besides, autumn is also the golden season of a year's harvest.People have always had a special feeling for this festival 6

December to Febrary

Winter is the end of the year. The weather is cold and people don't work any more.People will go home to spend the Spring Festival together, enjoy the fruits of their labor and pray for good weather in the New Year.

Autumn

Winter

The Spring Festival is a joyous and peaceful festival.In northern China, there is a custom of eating dumplings on New Year's Eve, which means gathering together.In the south, there is the habit of eating rice cakes during the New Year. The sweet and sticky rice cake symbolizes the sweet life in the New Year. 8 7

Spring Festival, means that the spring will come, vientiane recovery vegetation renewal, a new round of planting and harvest season to start.People have just passed the long cold winter with withered vegetation, and they are looking forward to the days of spring with warm flowers. When the New Year comes, it is natural to greet this festival with joyful singing and dancing.