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What does Xiaoman mean? What season is Xiaoman

Xiaoman is one of the 24 solar terms in China. In Xiaoman season, the rain will naturally increase, and the weather will feel very stuffy. So what does Xiaoman mean? What season is Xiaoman? Let's understand it together!

What does Xiaoman mean

Xiaoman stands for moral: grain filling of summer crops is full and immature.

Xiaoman means that grain filling of summer crops is full, but it is not yet fully mature. In ancient China, Xiaoman was divided into three stages: the first stage was the show of bitter vegetables; the second stage was the death of weeds; the third stage was the arrival of autumn wheat. This means that in the Xiaoman solar term, bitter vegetables are already luxuriant; while some soft grass like shade begin to wither in the strong sunlight, and the wheat has begun to mature.

"Yueling 72 Hou Ji Jie": "in April, when things are small and full, they are small and full. 'when it is full, the ears of wheat are full and not yet ripe, and all things grow a little full and not yet full. The word "man" here does not mean that the crops are full of grains, but it is used to describe the surplus and shortage of rain. It points out that if the field is not full of water in Xiaoman, it may cause the ridge to dry and crack, and even the rice can not be planted in the field.

What season is Xiaoman

Xiaoman is one of the 24 solar terms, the second solar term in summer. Xiaoman season, more rain, hot and humid weather, at this time people are prone to skin disease, rheumatism, mood boredom and other problems.

Xiaoman is the second solar term in summer, between May 20 and 22 every year. In Xiaoman season, the grain of summer crops in the north of China is gradually full, early rice begins to form panicles, and small grains appear on the cereal rice, while the south of China has entered the summer harvest and summer planting season.

Jiangnan 'Xiao man Dong San Che'

There is a folk saying that "Xiaoman moves three cars" in Jiangnan area of China. It is the image summary of Xiaoman farming in Jiangnan. The so-called "three carts" are water wheel, spinning wheel and oil wheel. In the agricultural proverb, people use "man" to refer to the abundance of rain. Xiaoman is the season for top dressing of early rice and transplanting of middle rice in the south of the Yangtze River. If the field is not full of water, it will cause the ridge of the field to dry and crack, which will affect the crop harvest.

Therefore, in dry years, people will consider early and arrange skillfully to drive the water truck to irrigate the paddy field with manpower or animal power. In the past, when walking along the edge of the paddy field in the remote ancient town of Jiangnan, we often saw buffaloes blindfolded, turning the wooden wheel of the water wheel to drive the keel water wheel to lift water, or walking with human feet alternately.