What is the solar term for Xiaoman in summer?

Xiaoman is the second solar term in summer.

Xiaoman means that the seeds of summer crops are full, but not yet mature, just small and not yet full. Every year around May 2 1 in Gregorian calendar. In most parts of China, winter wheat seeds are gradually full and mature. Xiaoman is the second solar term in summer. After Xiaoman, the temperature began to rise and gradually rose. So in Xiaoman, the hot summer came. During the harvest season, the seeds of summer harvest crops planted in the north of China are gradually full, early rice begins to ear, and small grains can be seen on rice, while the southern region has also entered the summer sowing and summer harvest season.

When the solar terms are full, there will be more and more rainfall in the southern region; Warm and humid air from the ocean is active and meets cold air from north to south. At this time, there will often be sustained and large-scale heavy precipitation in South China, causing heavy rain or torrential rain.

The custom of Xiao Man

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. Agricultural proverbs in southern China refer to precipitation in the three major elements of climate (light, precipitation and temperature). Small full solar terms, a heavy rain, the river is small and full. The so-called "mini-full-motion three-car" here refers to the waterwheel, oil car and silk car. At this time, crops in the farmland need a lot of water, so farmers are busy turning water on the waterwheel. In the old days, irrigation and drainage with waterwheels was an important event in rural areas, and waterwheels started as usual in the small full season.

The ancients believed in animism, and the "three gods" corresponded to the "three cars", namely, the water wheel car god, the oil car god and the silk car god. Sacrificing the car god is an ancient small custom in some rural areas. There is also a legend that the "Car God" is a white dragon, and farmers put fish and incense sticks on the bottom seat of the car before drinking water. There is a cup of white water in the sacrifice, which is poured into the field during the sacrifice, meaning that the water source is abundant. These customs fully show people's attention to irrigation and drainage.