The sky is clear, the flowers are clustered, and the summer breeze is fragrant
New cicadas chirp, the rainy season is fine, and the small lotus turns
Today at 20:59:17
We usher in the second solar term of summer
The eighth of the twenty-four solar terms
Xiaoman
"The Seventy-two Candidate Explanations of the Lunar Order" contains:
"In the middle of April, the little full one,
Things are so small that they are full. ”
The wheat kernels are gradually plumping and will be ripe and unripe
Therefore, it is called "Xiaoman"
As the folk proverb goes, "small full and small, the rivers are gradually full"
The "full" in Xiaoman also refers to the surplus of rain
Xiaoman three waits
Ichiyo Naxiu
In the past, the small full season
The wheat will be unripe and green and yellow
The food reserves for the winter have been eaten
The summer harvest is not yet ripe
At this time, the people often fed their hunger with wild vegetables
Bitter herbs are flourishing at this time and have a variety of species
It is one of the earliest wild vegetables eaten by the Chinese
Two-weather grass death
In summer, the yang energy gradually flourishes
Causes the gradual death of shade-loving plants
It is the first weed that grows in early spring
Likes the shade and is soft and soft
Begins to die in strong sunlight
Three waiting for the wheat to arrive
The wheat ripens and is ready for harvest in early summer
The rest of the grains are ripe for harvest in autumn
So it's summer
For the wheat, it is ripe "autumn"
Fresh ears of wheat are already sweet
Small full temperature
The southern region of China during the Xiaoman period
Generally, there will be a lot of rain and heavy rainfall
And in the north
There is little or no rain during the small Manchurian period
But the temperature rises quickly during this period
The temperature difference with the south has been further reduced
Xiaotang Grass Tree
The wheat ears are full of children, and the mulberry leaves are full of fat
In the northern part of the continent
The grains of the summer crops are beginning to fill full
But it is not yet fully mature
Ears of wheat
Cute as a child in the breeze
The leaves on the mulberry tree are fat and strong, and the silkworms can feed themselves
The sight of a bountiful harvest is a delight
Long is the south of the Yangtze River on this day, full of forest smoke and rain ripe loquat
At this time, the southern region is flooded with rain
The amount of water in rivers and lakes is becoming more and more abundant
A hazy river of smoke and rain shrouded the mountains and forests
The mouth-watering leaves of the pear tree
Grow in the warm wind
A warbler chirps in the distance
Not far away, the pomegranate blossoms are red like fire
Everything is full of hope and anticipation
Xiaoman folklore
The small full movement of three cars
Waterwheel irrigation, oil truck oil extraction, silk car reeling
Farmers are busy treading water wheels and watering their crops
At this time, rapeseed matures
Start the oil truck to extract oil
Makes a fragrant rapeseed oil
As for the moving silk car, it refers to the front and rear of Xiaoman
Silkworms are starting to form cocoons
The silkworm breeder was busy shaking the silk cart and reeling silk
Legend has it that Xiaoman is the birthday of the silkworm god
Therefore, Jiangsu and Zhejiang
During the Xiaoman solar term, there is a silkworm prayer festival
People set up a stage to stage a "small full play"
In order to pray for a good harvest
Little full taste
"Book of Zhou" said "Xiaoman's Day Bitter Vegetable Show"
小满吃bitter 菜
It has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, and removing heart fire
It is said that bitter herbs become sweet when frosted
The Book of Songs says:
"Whoever says bitterness, it is as sweet as a camelina"
Isn't it the true meaning of bitterness?
Xiaoman's message
Xiaoman not only heralds changes in natural phenology
It also contains the traditional Chinese philosophy of life
It is explained in "Shuo Wen Jie Zi".
"Full" means "full".
"Xiaoman" has the connotation of "full but not full".
"Full of losses, humble benefits, time is the way of heaven"
The flowers are half-opened, and the wine is slightly drunk
There's a lot of fun in that
"Small" is down-to-earth humility
"Full" is exact rejoicing
Small is full, just complete
Today's Xiaoman, meet "520" again
May we learn to cherish life
Cherish the people around you who are worthy of love
Cherish the hard-won good life
May each of us be able to harvest in life
Small happiness and big satisfaction