Significance of planting melons and beans before and after Xiaoman

Planting melons and beans before and after Xiaoman means that the rain will increase and agriculture will enter the seed-rushing period.

Grain bud is one of the twenty-four solar terms and the second solar term in summer.

This solar term means that the grain of summer grain begins to be full, but it is not mature, just small but not full. It refers to the annual Gregorian calendar from May 20th to 22nd, when the sun reaches the longitude of 60 degrees, the seeds of summer crops in the north are gradually full, early rice starts heading, small grains are seen on rice, and the summer harvest season of summer sowing in the south begins.

"Full" is used to describe the amount of rain, pointing out that if the field is full, there is not enough water, and the ridge may crack, and even rice can not be planted after planting.

Brief introduction of Xiaoman related content:

The arrival of Xiaoman solar term means that it has entered the rainy season of heavy precipitation, and the rain begins to increase, which often leads to continuous and large-scale heavy precipitation. Xiaoman, like rain, Grain Rain, light snow and heavy snow, are solar terms that directly reflect precipitation.

Small full solar terms, the northwest plateau has entered the rainy season, crops grow vigorously, a thriving scene.

During the Xiaoman solar term, there is usually a lot of rainfall in southern China. Due to the active warm and humid air flow in the south, it meets the cold air from north to south in the south of China at the intersection of Huangchi and Jiao Jiao. At this time, there will often be sustained and large-scale heavy precipitation in South China, leading to heavy rain or torrential rain.