What are the characteristics of Xiaoman Festival?

Grain bud is one of the twenty-four solar terms and the second solar term in summer. Every year from May 20th to 22nd, when the sun reaches 60 degrees, it is in full bloom.

Generally speaking, if the cold air in the north can penetrate into the south of China, and the warm and humid airflow in the south is also strong, it is easy to cause heavy rain or torrential rain in South China. Therefore, the late Xiaoman solar term is often the tense stage of flood control in these areas.

For the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, if there is less rain at this stage, it may be that the Pacific subtropical high is weak and located in the south, which means that the precipitation in Huangmei season may be less. Therefore, there is a folk saying that "there is no room for a small man, and there are fewer Huangmei"; "Small full without rain, awn seeds without water".

During the Xiaoman solar term, there are often rivers and lakes in the south of the Yangtze River. If you are not satisfied, it must be a dry and rainy year. There are many proverbs in this regard. For example, Anhui, Jiangxi and Hubei provinces have the saying that "there is no water to wash dishes"; In Guangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou and other regions, there is an agricultural proverb, "Little people are dissatisfied, and the field is broken"; There is also a saying in Sichuan province that "the small one can't hold it, but the plow is high." The word "full" here does not mean that the crops are full of particles, but that there is more rain.