농사직설 Glossary

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Table of Contents
  1. Preface
  2. Preparing the Seed Grain
  3. Plowing the Soil
  4. Cultivating Hemp
  5. Cultivating Rice
  6. Cultivating Proso and Foxtail Millet
  7. Cultivating Barnyard Grass
  8. Cultivating Soybeans, Red Beans, and Mung Beans
  9. Cultivating Barley and Wheat
  10. Cultivating Sesame
  11. Cultivating Buckwheat

Grains

Hangeul Hanja English Article
hemp
rice
foxtail millet
기장 proso millet
수수 薥黍 sorghum
barnyard grass
보리 大麥 barley
小麥 wheat
메밀 木麥 buckwheat
大豆 soybean
小豆 red bean
녹두 菉豆 mungbean
참깨 眞荏子 sesame
들깨 水荏子 perilla

Night soil

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  • Chinese: 人糞
  • Korean: 인분

Night soil is a euphemism for human feces collected from cesspools, privies, pail closets, pit latrines, privy middens, septic tanks, etc. Human excreta may be attractive as fertilizer because of the high demand for fertilizer and the relative availability of the material to create night soil. In areas where native soil is of poor quality, the local population may weigh the risk of using night soil.

Some people refer to human excreta as human manure, and the word "humanure" has also been used. Just like animal manure, it can be applied as a soil conditioner (reuse of excreta in agriculture). Sewage sludge is a material that contains human excreta, as it is generated after mixing excreta with water and treatment of the wastewater in a sewage treatment plant.[1]

Since ancient times, the people of East Asia have traditionally supported a large population by utilizing this natural means of fertilization.[2]

Seasonal Terms[3]

Traditionally, the Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms.

24 Solar Terms [4]

Mangjong

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  • English: Grain in Ear
  • Chinese: 芒種
  • Korean: 망종

Mangjong (Kor. 망종, Chin. 芒種, lit. bearded grain) is the ninth of the twenty-four solar terms. Occurring between Soman (Kor. 소만, Chin. 小滿, Beginning of Grain Ripening) and Haji (Kor. 하지, Chin. 夏至, Summer Solstice), Mangjong usually falls during the fifth month on the lunar calendar and happens around June sixth on the Gregorian calendar. The sun reaches the celestial longitude of 75 degrees on this day. As suggested by its name, Mangjong indicates the appropriate time to harvest the first crop and sow the second of bearded grains such as rice and barley.[5]

White Dew

  • English: White Dew
  • Chinese:白露
  • Korean:백로

White Dewis one of the twenty-four solar terms. According to the Gregorian calendar, it falls around September 9th, and according to the lunar calendar, White Dew usually falls in the eighth month.[6]

Autumn Equinox

  • English: Autumn Equinox
  • Chinese:秋分
  • Korean:추분

Autumn Equinox is one of the twenty-four solar terms. It occurs after White Dew 白露, and it falls, according to the Gregorian calendar, around September twenty-third, and according to the lunar calendar, it usually falls in the eight-month.[7]

References

  1. "Manure", Wikipedia.
  2. The Changing History of East Asian Human Manure Fertilization, Sustainability & Environmental Justice.
  3. [1]
  4. China Highlights. The 24 solar terms [2]
  5. "Bearded Grain", Encyclopedia of Korean Folk Culture, National Folk Museum of Korea.
  6. "White Dew", Encyclopedia of Korean Folk Culture, National Folk Museum of Korea.
  7. "Autumn Equinox", Encyclopedia of Korean Folk Culture, National Folk Museum of Korea.