Today, Xiaoman, what exactly does Xiaoman mean? Let's talk about it professionally ~

Xiaoman means that the seeds of summer crops are full, but not yet mature.

As the saying goes, "When the wheat is full, the grain is full". As the name implies, when the wheat is full, the harvest will be soon, so people call this time Xiaoman.

Every year from May 2th to 22nd, when the sun reaches 6 degrees of the Yellow Meridian, it is called Xiaoman. During Xiaoman solar term, the northwest plateau region has entered the rainy season, and the crops grow vigorously.

The historical origin of Xiaoman

Xiaoman has two meanings: fullness, which can refer to both the ripeness of seeds and the surplus of rain.

It is described in twenty-four solar term that "in mid-April, things are small and full." It means that it is full in the middle of April in the lunar calendar, when the crops are slightly full. It shows that at this time, the seeds of summer crops such as wheat in northern China have begun to be full, but they are not mature yet, which is about the late stage of milk ripening.

the proverb says, "a small river is easy to fill." It means that there is a lot of precipitation when it is small and full, and the water level of rivers rises. At this time, all parts of the country gradually entered the summer, the temperature difference between the north and the south further narrowed, and the precipitation further increased.

what are the above references? Baidu encyclopedia-xiaoman