Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - The 24 Solar Terms - What does Xiaoman mean by being dissatisfied with the second man?

What does Xiaoman mean by being dissatisfied with the second man?

The second "full" means abundant rain.

"Little Man is not satisfied with the broken ridge" means that if there is not enough water in the paddy field, the ridge may crack. Another agricultural proverb in southern China, "Little people succeed, no matter what crops are planted", is similar, which shows that only when the solar term rainfall of little people succeed is sufficient, the paddy field can get enough water, otherwise it is not conducive to the growth of seedlings.

Paddy fields are the main farmland in southern China, so farmers grow more rice. Ancient farming was guided by the 24 solar terms, and people planted early rice on time in Xiaoman solar terms to ensure the sickle to cut rice during the harvest season. Everything in water conservancy, the precipitation of small full solar terms is very important.

Xiaoman introduced

The "fullness" of small fullness can not only indicate that the grains of wheat and other crops are being grouted and will be completely full, but also indicate that the water volume of the river is gradually full. This shows that the climatic feature of the "Xiaoman" solar term is abundant rain. However, this happens mostly in southern China. Due to the active warm and humid air flow in the Pacific Ocean, heavy rainfall is prone to occur before and after the small solar term. Although heavy rainfall will lead to floods, it is very important for rice planting, so there has always been an agricultural proverb in southern China, that is, "Little people are dissatisfied, but they will start to make a ridge".