Mangzhong is the ninth solar term in the twenty-four solar terms and the third solar term in summer. It usually falls between June 5 and 7 of the Gregorian calendar. The Mangzhong in 2025 falls on June 5.
Mangzhong is the time when wheat and barley are ripe and ready for harvest; it is also the best time to plant crops such as late rice, corn, and soybeans.
"Mangzhong" means "wheat is ready to harvest and rice is ready to plant." There is a folk proverb that "if you don't plant during Mangzhong, it's useless to plant again," which emphasizes the importance of sowing at this time for the autumn harvest.
"You get what you sow": Mangzhong symbolizes the causal relationship between hard work and harvest, which fits the philosophy of "you reap what you sow."
Mangzhong is not only a key turning point in farming, but also carries the Chinese people's awe of the laws of nature and the wisdom of "hard work will be rewarded". It is suitable to be used to describe the business philosophy of enterprises to cultivate carefully and wait for the harvest, such as Tenon Intelligent's purpose of "planting quality, harvesting the future".
