Twelve months - third month

3rd month: "End of Spring", "Ji Chun"


Twelve Months - twelve genre paintings, each of which shows a month with a wide range of natural phenomena and folk customs associated with it.
These twelve paintings were once hung in Emperor Qianlong's palace, one every month.


On the scroll is the holiday of the Spring Purification, the 3rd day of the 3rd month.
The tradition of this festival, the exquisite entertainment of aristocrats "by the curved water", "a glass floating on the curved water" is the ancient game of Qu Shui Liu Shan, in which the participants let bowls of rice wine along the winding stream of the river. Near whom the cup stops, he must drink wine and compose a verse.

Description of the seasons from the calendar of the Xia Dynasty (21-16th century BC)

3rd month: "End of Spring", "Ji Chun"

“The Northern Bucket is oriented towards the Heaven sector with the CHEN sign. The last month of spring is the time when the establishment of order among ten thousand things is completed, Heaven and Earth together generate Yang consciousness, and Yin consciousness should be kept in shelter. You should go to bed and get up early. Avoid excessive perspiration, as this fluid in the body nourishes the qi breath of the tsang organs, which play the role of treasuries of true vitality.
In this month, the breath-chi of the heart, which corresponds to the movement of fire, begins to increase. At this time, the liver should be nourished and the kidneys should be strengthened, which correlate with the movement of Water that feeds the liver tree. Thus, you will conform to the characteristics of time. "

5) Season "Qing Ming", "Purity and Clarity" April 4-5 (beginning of the month).
“There is purity and clarity in the vast expanses of the Earth. Freshness and clarity. The seasonal qi breath is warm and soft. Trees and grasses begin to sprout luxuriantly and densely, sprout, lay buds. The constellation Orion is hidden. Gather mulberry leaves. Weeds, weeping willows, butting sheep. Moles squeal. The crickets are singing. The tung tree begins to bloom. Field rats are transformed at the sight of quails. Rainbows appear. "

6) Season "Gu Yu", "Bread Rains" April 20-21 (mid-month).
“The rains feed hundreds of grains. The amount of rain is increasing. Their timely reduction for the birth of cereals is very significant. Teenagers work on silkworm farms. Silk farms are under special supervision. Wheat grains sacrifice (sowing). A slight drought begins in the south. Moles transform into quails. Flowers of a tung tree sway in the wind. A duckweed is formed. Gourds sing, pigeons coo. The flapping of wings is heard. The hoopoe sits on a mulberry tree. "