What are the customs of Xiaoman? What is Xiaoman?

Xiaoman's customs include offering sacrifices to the car god, silkworms, grabbing water, looking at the yellow top of wheat, selling new silk, busy harvesting seeds, suffering hardships, winding up three spirits and so on. The customs of Xiaoman vary from place to place. Xiaoman is one of the 24 solar terms. Xiaoman solar term refers to entering the rainy season of heavy precipitation, and the rain begins to increase, which often leads to continuous heavy precipitation.

What are the customs of Xiaoman?

1, silkworm sacrifice

Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces are rich in soil and water, and sericulture thrives in rural areas. Silkworm babies are very delicate and difficult to raise. Therefore, in Xiao Man season, a festival of praying for silkworms will be held in Jiangsu and Zhejiang to pray for the forgiveness of "natural things" and get a good harvest in sericulture.

2. Sacrifice the car god

Sacrificing the car god is an ancient small custom in some rural areas. In related legends, Erche God is a white dragon. People put fish, incense sticks and other items on the waterwheel to worship. The most interesting thing is that there will be a glass of white water during the sacrifice, which will be poured into the field during the worship, which means blessing the prosperity of the inkstone.

Step 3 grab water

No matter where, crops can't grow without water. The custom of "grabbing water" in Xiaoman season is actually a portrayal of the real life of Shanghai farmers. Farmers take the village as a unit and hold a ceremony of "grabbing water" when Xiaoman is full. The senior deacon will convene the convenor to prepare in advance. At the dawn of Xiaoman Day, they will start together and light torches on the foundation of the waterwheel. When the deacons use drums and gongs as their signals, all of them will respond together and start pedaling on the waterwheel to introduce the river into the fields.

The above three items are common customs of Xiaoman solar terms. Solar terms are a kind of culture handed down from ancient times in China, but our country is vast and rich in resources, and the customs of solar terms are different in every place, so I won't introduce them here.