Xiaoman is a solar term reflecting rain.

Xiaoman is a solar term reflecting rain.

Xiaoman, like rain, Grain Rain, light snow and heavy snow, are solar terms that directly reflect precipitation. The phenological phenomenon of Xiao Man reaction is rainstorm. During the Xiaoman solar term, there is usually a lot of rainfall in southern China.

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; Jiangnan area, are often rivers and lakes.

Xiaoman introduced:

The eighth of the 24 solar terms is also the second solar term in summer. Xiaoman, battle nail, the sun reaches 60 degrees of the yellow meridian and is celebrated every year on May 20-22 of the Gregorian calendar. The name Xiaoman has two meanings. First, it is related to climate and precipitation. Small full solar terms, heavy rain began to increase in the south, frequent precipitation; As the saying goes, "small and complete, the rivers are getting full."

The "fullness" in Xiaomanli refers to the excess rain. The second is related to agricultural wheat. The northern region is full of solar terms and little or no rain. This "fullness" does not refer to precipitation, but to the fullness of wheat.