Brief introduction of solar terms custom in Xiao Man; traditional solar terms custom in Xiao Man.

1, offering sacrifices to car gods is an ancient custom of Manchu in some rural areas. In the old days, irrigation and drainage with waterwheels was an important event in rural areas, and waterwheels started as usual in the small full season. There is also a legend that the "Car God" is a white dragon, and farmers put fish and incense sticks on the bottom seat of the car before drinking water. There is a cup of white water in the sacrifice, which is poured into the field during the sacrifice, meaning that the water source is abundant. These customs fully show people's attention to irrigation and drainage.

2. Silkworm Prayer Festival: According to legend, Xiaoman is the birthday of the silkworm god, so there are silkworm prayer festivals in Jiangsu and Zhejiang during Xiaoman solar term. China's farming culture is characterized by "men ploughing and women weaving". The raw materials for women's weaving are mainly cotton in the north and sericulture management in the south. Silkworms need to spin silk from cocoons, so sericulture is very prosperous in rural areas in southern China, especially in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces.

3. "Jia Qinglu" records: "When Xiaoman first came, the silkworm woman cooked cocoons, treated the car and reeled, and worked day and night." It can be seen that in ancient times, the solar terms were full, new silk was about to be listed, and the silk market was about to turn prosperous. All silk farmers and silk merchants are full of expectations, waiting for the harvest day to come as soon as possible.

4, bitter vegetables: spring breeze blows, bitter vegetables are long, and the wasteland is a granary. Bitter vegetables are one of the earliest edible wild vegetables in China. Compendium of Materia Medica: (Bitter vegetables) Long-term use, peace of mind and qi, intelligence and fitness, anti-aging. In medicine, sowthistle is often used to treat fever, and the ancients also used it to sober up.

5. Grab water: "Grab water" is an ancient folk farming custom. Popular in Haining, Zhejiang. When this ceremony is held, many elderly deacons gather in various households, light torches at the dawn of the agreed date, eat wheat cakes, wheat cakes and wheat balls on the foundation of the waterwheel, and when the deacons take drums and gongs as their numbers, a group of people set foot on the waterwheel installed in advance on the river, and dozens of cars tread together to lead the river to people's fields until it dries up. Dry weather is prone to occur in the small full season, which is very unfavorable to crops. In the old days, farmers used water trucks to irrigate and water, so as to alleviate puppy love.