6月5日，当太阳黄经达75°，芒种节气到来。这是夏季的第三个节气，仲夏伊始，万物肆意生长。
On June 5th, as the sun reaches 75° ecliptic longitude, the Grain in Ear solar term arrives. Marking the beginning of midsummer, it witnesses all living things flourishing in unrestrained vitality.
芒种，忙种，这是一年中农人们最忙的时节，此时可种有芒之谷，过此即失效。北方麦穗收尽，南方稻秧登场。
Mang Zhong (Grain in Ear) signifies busy planting—the most labor-intensive period for farmers. This is the final window to sow grain with awns, beyond which the opportunity is lost. While wheat harvest concludes in the north, southern paddies awaken to rice transplanting.
堂安梯田
贵州月亮山腹地，当清晨第一缕光穿透薄雾，黎平堂安梯田、厦格梯田纷纷苏醒。农人的身影在波光间浮动，一株株秧苗插入水田中，也将希望栽入大地，绿意沿着层叠的田垄蜿蜒展开，如同“连接天地的阶梯”。群山环抱间侗寨错落有致，水光潋滟中倒映着流动的云雾，将农耕文明的智慧与诗意写入苍穹。
Deep within Guizhou’s Moon Mountains, dawn’s first light pierces the mist, stirring the Tang'anand Xiage terraces to life. Farmersarebusysetting each seedling into flooded fields. Emerald tendrils unfurl along tiered ridges, forming "stairways connecting heaven and earth." Dong villages nestle among cloud-ringed peaks, their reflections dancing upon liquid mirrors that inscribe the wisdom of agrarian civilization across the sky.
三龙侗寨“关秧门”活动（图/李必祥）
撒秧青、打秧青，边插秧边打“泥巴仗”，摔跤声、欢笑声与侗族大歌交织，侗族儿女们将劳作的辛苦化作一场充满泥土芬芳的狂欢、一场对土地的礼赞。伴着一声“关秧门啰！”响起，期盼着又一年丰收的到来。
Amidst transplanting rice shoots, the Dong peopleplay 'mud battles', transforming labor's toil into an earthy celebration, a passionate ode to the land. As the cry 'Close the rice-planting gate!' echoes across fields, they await the promise of another bountiful harvest.
六月，年已过半，循着与时节的古老契约，我们忙着耕种，也忙着收获。
June arrives—the year at its zenith. Guided by an ancient covenant with the seasons, we busy ourselves with both sowing and reaping.
