Xiaoman twenty-four solar terms

Xiaoman is one of the 24 solar terms, which starts from May 20 to 22 every year when the sun reaches 60 degrees of the yellow meridian. "Twenty-four solar terms": "In mid-April, people are small and full, and things are small and full." At this time, the summer harvest crops in the north of China are gradually full, the early rice begins to head, and the rice is covered with small grains, and the south enters the summer sowing and summer harvest season.

Xiaoman-refers to the summer crops with full seeds, but not yet mature, just small and not yet full.