What does xiaoman solar term mean? The origin, legends and stories of the twenty-four solar terms

The "full" in Xiaoman solar terms refers to the excess rain. It means that the seeds of summer crops are full, but immature, just small and not full. Xiaoman is between May 20th and 22nd every year. When Xiaoman season comes, the seeds of summer sowing crops such as wheat in the northern region 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.

Xiaoman, one of the "twenty-four solar terms", is the second solar term in summer. Xiaoman, battle nail, the sun reaches 60 degrees of the yellow meridian and is celebrated every year on May 20-22 of the Gregorian calendar. A small solar term means entering the rainy season of heavy precipitation, and the rain begins to increase, and there will often be a continuous large-scale heavy precipitation.

Xiaoman, like rain, Grain Rain, light snow and heavy snow, are solar terms that directly reflect precipitation. Xiaoman reflects the climate characteristics of heavy rainfall: "Xiaoman Xiaoman, the rivers are getting full". Another explanation is that the seeds of summer sowing crops such as wheat in the north began to fill, but they were only small and not completely full.

The climate in the south is different from that in the north, and wheat is rarely planted. Therefore, the cognition of Xiaoman in the south is mainly explained by rain. Small full solar terms, the rain gradually increased, so the rain at this time is small full. However, if the weather is abnormal at this time, it will have an impact on awns and so on. Therefore, there is a proverb in the southern region called "Small grains have no capacity, yellow plums are few" and "Small grains have no rain, awns have no water", which also illustrates this point.