On May 21, 2018, the whole country entered into the Xiaoman solar term, which means that wheat will soon mature. So the question is, after Xiaoman, it's grain in the air. Why didn't Daman? Generally speaking, the solar terms are light cold and heavy cold in the past, and heavy snow after light snow. Why is it not full? Let's take a look.
The four seasons solar term is a great invention of ancient China. When people try to know more about the solar terms, they will first find that there seems to be a corresponding relationship in the naming of the solar terms, such as "four Li", "two-thirds to" and "size". For example, after the summer heat, after the cold, after the cold, and so on.
But at this time, some people will find that, in such a rule, one solar term looks very lonely, that is, Xiaoman solar term -- the solar term following Xiaoman, called "grain seed". Yes, why doesn't one of the solar terms correspond to Xiaoman?
The ancients in China summed up 24 solar terms, representing the four seasons, including "spring", "autumn", "summer" and "winter". The cycle of the four seasons is clear at a glance. There are also responses between different seasons, such as' spring equinox 'and' autumn equinox ', and' Summer Solstice 'corresponds to' Winter Solstice '.
Specifically, the solar terms named after "small" and "large" are more directly related to each other -- there are "small" and "large", that is, the "small to big" in the book of changes & middot; taigua. For example, there is "great heat" after "little heat" and "great cold" after "little cold", but after "little man", it is not "big man", but "seed in the mangrove".
Why is that? In fact, in the 24 solar terms, "Xiaoman" and "mungbean" are not only not literally corresponding, but also the meaning is the most indirect expression of all solar terms. Most of the 24 solar terms are named after the characteristics of climate and environment. Only 'Xiaoman' and 'mungbean' are special, which is the most difficult to understand.
The ancients also realized this. Song and middot Ma Yongqing's lazy true son records the doubts of the people at that time: 'the names of the twenty-four Qi can be solved, but there are different people talking about it. In Ming Lang Ying's "seven kinds of manuscripts & middot; heaven and earth" and "Xiaoman's grain seeds", the article put forward the question more directly in the tone of time: "twenty four kinds of Qi have Xiaoshu, Dashu, Xiaohan, Dashan, Xiaoxue and blizzard, why does Xiaoman have Xiaoman but not Dashan?"? '
From the perspective of the actual correspondence, the 'grain in the bud' is the imaginary 'big man', and the 'small man' forms the correspondence on the solar terms. So, why take the 'seed in the mangrove' and abandon the 'big man'? The ancients had different interpretations.
According to the ancient Almanac: 'the nail fight is Xiaoman, and all things will be full if they are longer than this, and the wheat will not be fully ripe until this is fangxiaoman, hence the name. 'for' mang seed ', the explanation given in the monthly order 72 Hou Ji Jie is:' May Festival means that there is a kind of grain with mang to be planted. '
It is well understood that by Xiaoman time, wheat is about to mature, but it is not fully mature; when grain in the air comes, grains with sharp edges should be planted. But it is a problem to go further. From Xiaoman to mang, wheat has been grown, rice has been planted, and other crops have entered a period of rapid growth. There is no phenomenon of "planting".
In this regard, the ancients have been hoping for a reasonable explanation. According to Gu Yuanqing's "the eaves storm" in Ming Dynasty, when the two solar terms are Xiaoman and Mangchong, they all refer to "Maiyan", which means that they are all aimed at the maturity and harvest of wheat.
In fact, the view of yanbaoliantan is the view of Song people. "Lazy true son" in a book that said: "all that wheat also. Xiaoman, in the middle of April, is called the Qi of wheat. Fang Xiaoman is not familiar with it. On the May Festival, he reads as "species" of "species". When he says that there is a kind of awn in the species, the wheat should be familiar with it. '
The word "Mangchong" appeared in the pre-Qin period. Under the article "rice man" in Zhouli & middot; magistrate, which reflects the political and economic system of the Zhou Dynasty, there is a saying: "the grass is planted in the field, and the grass is planted in the grain. 'grain in here' refers to 'wheat and rice', which means that wheat and rice can be planted as long as the paddy field can grow grass.
"Zhou Li" said that, in fact, it makes things complicated again. Ma Yongqing gave a further explanation to this phenomenon in his book lazy Zhenzi: the reason why the solar term of 'grain in the field' is not named 'big man' corresponding to 'small man', is intended to remind farmers to pay attention to agricultural production, that is to say: 'the ancient meaning of the festival, so it's too late to tell farmers. '
Because wheat can only be harvested when it comes to being, and rice can't be planted when it's past being. "In a deeper sense, if you miss farming because of the hot weather and laziness, or because the wheat is received, you will be satisfied and neglect the management of autumn crops, which will be bad. Therefore, the ancient sages reminded us through the solar terms that we should conform to the time sequence, work hard, pay a harvest, pay is very happy.