The characteristics of solar terms are small and full

The characteristic of Xiaoman solar terms is that there is usually more rainfall in the south, and the summer grain in the north begins to be full, but it is not mature, just small but not full. Xiaoman, like rain, Grain Rain, light snow and heavy snow, are solar terms that directly reflect precipitation.

Judging from the climate characteristics, from Xiaoman solar term to the next Mang solar term, summer gradually entered all parts of the country, the temperature difference between the north and the south further narrowed, and precipitation began to increase gradually. From the characteristics of crops, summer crops such as barley and winter wheat begin to bear fruit from childhood, and the seeds are gradually full, but they are not yet mature.

Phenological phenomena in Xiao Man

Waiting for the bitter vegetable exhibition, the "bitter vegetable exhibition" is full of bitter vegetables, perennial compositae, blooming in spring and summer, bitter when angry and edible when tender;

Weeds died on the second day, and weeds on the fifth day, according to Zheng Xuan's explanation in the Eastern Han Dynasty, were fine-leaved grasses, such as eleocharis tuberosa, which opened small yellow flowers in March and bore fruit in April. Because it was born in, when it is afraid of Yang, it will die in summer.

After three days, wait for the autumn solstice of wheat, and then wait for the "autumn solstice of wheat" on the fifth day, and summer wheat can be harvested.

Refer to the above? Baidu Encyclopedia-Xiao Man