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What does the solar term mean?

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Xiaoman means that by this solar term, the seeds of summer grain will be full. (Before and after the awn is planted, the sickle is cut. If this time is not full, there will be no harvest. Why is it called "small autumn"? Because the summer harvest is a small autumn, and when it is harvested in the field in autumn, it is called a big autumn. )

There are some interesting agricultural proverbs about Xiaoman solar terms:

Jujube trees germinate and grow cotton; Xiaohua, not home. It means it will be too late for Xiaoman to plant cotton, and the cotton at home will not be harvested. )

Long summer goose feathers live, birds come here. (To the long summer solar terms, there is no heavy snow, and the whole country has entered summer; When we arrived in Xiao Man, all the migratory birds came back.

There is no "big man" solar term.