Folk activities and matters needing attention in Xiaoman solar terms

As one of the twenty-four solar terms, Xiaoman ranks eighth and is the second solar term in summer. We all know that solar terms are a good time to keep fit, and Xiaoman is no exception. Let's take a look at the folk activities and precautions of Xiaoman solar terms that I have compiled for you. Welcome to read, for reference only.

What folk activities does Xiaoman have?

1, offering sacrifices to Che Shen

Xiaoman Festival is in early summer, which is also the busiest season for farmers. In the old days, irrigation and drainage with waterwheels was an important event in rural areas, so there were folk activities to worship the car god in many places in Xiaoman solar terms.

2. Sacrifice to the silkworm god

According to legend, Xiaoman is the birthday of the silkworm god. During the farming period, people regarded silkworm as a thing in the sky. In order to pray for forgiveness and a good harvest in sericulture, a silkworm praying festival is held every April when silkworms are released.

3, around the three spirits

"Around Three Souls" is popular in Dali, Yunnan and other places. April 23 to April 25 of the lunar calendar is around Xiaoman solar term, which is called the carnival of Bai nationality.

4. Busy harvesting seeds

In the provinces of the Yellow River valley, April of the lunar calendar is the time to harvest wheat and thresh. Autumn rice is sown in the Pearl River basin, and cotton, wheat and soybeans are sown in the northeast. As soon as sorghum grows, weeds must be removed and inferior seedlings must be cut off. The solar term is the time when agriculture is busy.

Matters needing attention in xiaoman health care

1, stay up late less

Because after the solar term expires, the days are long, the nights are short, the temperature is high, the human body's metabolism is vigorous, the consumption is also large, and it is easy to get tired. If you stay up late for a long time, it will cause the disorder of people's physiological body and metabolic system, leading to excessive internal heat, which is easy to cause constipation, oral ulcer, sore throat and other symptoms of excessive internal heat. Therefore, in the hot summer, the effective way to prevent getting angry is to work regularly and avoid staying up late.

Step 2 pay attention to clothes

The temperature rises gradually after the small fullness, so the dress should be loose and comfortable, which is convenient for activities, cool and ventilated, and conducive to heat dissipation. Generally speaking, the smaller the body area covered by clothes, the faster the body temperature is lost, but in hot summer, don't mistakenly think that the more exposed you are, the cooler you will be, because only when the outside temperature is lower than the skin temperature will you feel cool when exposed. When the outside air temperature is higher than the skin temperature, the exposed area should not exceed 25% of the total surface area of the human body, otherwise the thermal radiation will invade the skin and become hotter.

Step 3 avoid catching a cold

After a short day, the temperature rises obviously and the rainfall increases, but it will still be cold in the morning and evening, and the daily temperature difference is still large, especially after the rain, to avoid catching a cold, especially when sleeping at night. Otherwise, the evil of cold and dampness stays on the skin and turns into heat, which is easy to cause skin diseases such as rubella and eczema; Staying in joints can easily lead to various rheumatic diseases. Although I don't usually sleep on rocks or cold ground now, air conditioning, summer sleeping mat, cold bath and short skirt may bring a lot of cold and dampness. If you accidentally come into contact with damp and cold, you can get rid of dampness by exercising or taking a hot bath.

5. Eat less cold food

After entering Xiaoman, the temperature rises, and people often like to use cold drinks to cool down, but excessive cold drinks can lead to abdominal pain, diarrhea and other diseases. Eating a cold diet at this time is likely to cause gastrointestinal discomfort and abdominal pain, diarrhea and other symptoms. Because children's digestive system is underdeveloped and the visceral function of the elderly is gradually declining, this situation is more likely to occur in children and the elderly. Therefore, we should pay attention to avoid eating too much cold food in our diet.

6. Don't lose your temper.

People tend to sweat in hot weather, but Chinese medicine has always regarded sweat as "the liquid of the heart". Excessive sweating naturally consumes heart yin, which leads to more deficiency of heart yang and makes people feel tired. This is called "eating gas by fire", that is, if the fire is too strong, the gas in our body will be consumed. Therefore, in the hot summer climate, we should always pay attention to the harm of heart fire to human body. First of all, just don't lose your temper and add fuel to the fire. In Su Wen's theory of four qi regulating the spirit, it is also mentioned that "making the will not be angry", that is, people should be careful not to lose their temper because of irritability. "If you vent your gas, you must vent it peacefully and freely, as if you were angry." .

7. Prevent skin diseases

Because of the hot and humid weather in summer, it is easy to breed mosquitoes and cause itchy skin or infection, so prevention is very important. This requires attention to family and personal hygiene. Change exposed bedding and close-fitting clothes frequently, and eradicate the "hotbed" where germs breed and spread in hot and humid weather.

8. Pay attention to food hygiene

In the full season, as the weather gets hotter, food tends to deteriorate and rot. "Illness comes from the mouth", so we should pay special attention to food hygiene. Try to avoid eating cold food, avoid eating overnight food, and stop drinking in summer to cool down, so as to effectively prevent abdominal pain, diarrhea and other diseases.

9, suitable for outdoor sports

The weather is cooler in the morning and evening after Xiaoman Festival, which is more suitable for outdoor sports, while walking, doing exercises and playing Tai Ji Chuan are the most suitable. In addition, playing chess, calligraphy, fishing and so on. It is also a good way to cultivate one's morality. In the summer after Xiaoman starts school, exercise should not be strenuous to prevent sweating from hurting Yin and Yang.

10, eat more vegetarian food.

After entering Xiaoman, the temperature continued to rise, and the diet was mainly light and refreshing vegetarian food. You can often eat foods with the functions of clearing away dampness and heat and nourishing yin, such as adzuki bean, coix seed, mung bean, wax gourd, cucumber, day lily, cress, auricularia auricula, carrot, tomato, watermelon, yam, crucian carp and grass carp.

1 1, eat less spicy, greasy and humid food.

After the small full, there is more and more rain, and the air is hot and humid, which is easy to cause diseases such as rubella, eczema and wet skin disease. Therefore, in terms of diet, we should eat less spicy, greasy and humid food. Such as raw onion, raw garlic, ginger, mustard, pepper, pepper, marine fish, shrimp, crab, cattle, sheep, dogs, geese, etc., should be properly ingested after the festival.

12, eat more "bitter"

It's better to take tonic than to eat bitterness on a hot day. In summer, many people will lose their appetite because of the heat. Bitter vegetables are not as good as "entering the heart meridian to reduce the heart fire, except the heart fire to calm the heart." People's taste buds are more sensitive to bitterness. Eating bitter food can relieve summer heat, strengthen the spleen and stimulate appetite, and promote digestion, which is exactly a multi-purpose.

The origin of solar terms in Xiao Man

Every year from May 20th to 22nd, when the sun reaches 60 degrees, it is midsummer, and it is also a time when diseases are easy to occur. The name "Xiaoman" comes from crops. The seeds of summer crops are full, but not yet mature, just small and not yet full.

Twenty-four solar terms: "In mid-April, things are small and full." At this time, the seeds of summer sowing crops such as wheat in the north have begun to be full, but they are not yet mature, which is about the late stage of milk ripening, so it is called Xiaoman. Agricultural proverbs in southern China give Xiaoman a new meaning: "Xiaoman is not satisfied, he thinks about it"; "Little people are full of discontent, regardless of mangoes." The word "full" is used to describe the amount of rain, and it is pointed out that if there is not enough water in the field when it is full, the ridge may crack and even rice cannot be planted when it is planted.

Xiaoman waited three times: "The first time waiting for the bitter vegetable show, the second time waiting for the grass to die, and the third time waiting for the heat."

Bitter vegetable show: Ya Ya takes tea as bitter vegetable. Shi Mao said, "Who says tea is bitter?" Yeah, yeah. Bao said, "It is bitter to feel the gas of fire." Er Ya said, "Those who are disrespectful and dishonest are called beautiful, and those who are disrespectful and dishonest are called English." This bitter dish should be said in English. Bao said, "It is bitter to feel the gas of fire." Cai Yong's "Moon Order" refers to a little bitter walking with a stem.

A grass died; Zheng Kangcheng and Bao Jingxiang both said: A grass belongs to Zhan Bi. Note in the Book of Rites: "The branches and leaves of the grass are not fine." Fang said: "Everything born in the sun is strong; Those who are born with yin are soft and unyielding. " It is said that grass destroys people and is born in yin, and it is impossible to die in yang.