The daytime is the longest and the nighttime is the shortest of the year. The wheat becomes ripe and the summer planting starts (in southern China). The seeds of summer crops begin to become plump, but are not yet ripe. The beginning of summer (in southern China). A misnomer, particularly in southern China. It is clear and bright (when it's not raining), and the weather becomes noticeably warmer. Thunder begins and hibernating insects wake up. There is an increase of rainfall from then on. A dubiously premature name, as it's not the beginning of spring in most of China only in the extreme south.
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