Dissatisfied with solar terms

The xiaoman solar term is coming, so it's better to have plenty of rainfall. Adequate rainfall to supplement the water in rice fields is naturally beneficial to transplanting rice seedlings and the growth of seedlings, especially the newly transplanted seedlings. If there is dry and hot weather, the survival rate will also be affected.

In fact, this proverb refers to the southern region. Due to the different regions between the north and the south, the crops planted by the villagers are different, and the requirements for the weather trend after Xiaoman are also very different.

Phenological Phenomena in Xiao Man Season

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. "