"Full" in "Little Full" refers to the full moon, right?

"Twenty-four solar terms" records: "Xiaoman, mid-April. He who is small and full is small and full. " At this time, the seeds of summer crops are gradually full, but not mature enough, so it is called "Xiao Man".

The agricultural proverb Xiaoman in southern China refers to the precipitation in the climate: "Xiaoman is not satisfied with the broken ridge"; "Little people are full of discontent, regardless of mangoes." The word "full" is used to describe the amount of rain, and it is pointed out that if there is not enough water in the field when it is full, the ridge may crack and even rice cannot be planted when it is planted.

Farmland in northern China is mainly dry land, and wheat is the main food crop. During the Xiaoman solar term, the seeds of summer crops such as wheat in northern China have begun to be full, but they are not yet mature, which is about the late stage of milk ripening, so it is called "Xiaoman".

Xiao Man Sanhou

Some works in ancient China divided Xiaoman into three stages: "Waiting for the bitter vegetable show, waiting for the grass to wither, and waiting for the wheat autumn." In other words, after the full solar terms, bitter vegetables have flourished; After that, some soft grass with shady branches began to die in the strong sunlight; In the last period of Xiaoman, wheat began to mature.

On the third day, the summer solstice was originally written, and later the record in the Book of Golden History was changed to the autumn solstice. Although it is still summer, it is a mature "autumn" for wheat. For example, the "Moon Order" said: "Wheat autumn to April; The summer of solstice is in May. Xiaoman is in the middle of April, so it's easy. Autumn, a hundred valleys mature, this is summer, and the wheat is autumn, so it is also the cloud of wheat autumn. "