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The Beauty Meaning of Xiao Man

The beautiful moral of Xiaoman is as follows:

First, it is full of solar terms, with more heavy rains and frequent water shortages.

Second, the wheat in the northern region is full. Agricultural proverbs in southern China give Xiaoman a new meaning: "Xiaoman is not satisfied with the broken ridge"; "A small man is full of discontent, regardless of mangoes." A small man is full of rain, and there is a lot of rain in the small man season, so rivers are full of discussion.

Data expansion:

Xiaoman, 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.

When the solar terms are full, there will be more and more rainfall in the southern region; 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. If there is little rain at this stage, it may be that the Pacific subtropical high is weak and located in the south, which means that it is Huangmei season. In the north, there is little or no rain in the solar terms, during which the temperature rises rapidly and the temperature difference with the south further narrows.

The ingenious closure of the "Twenty-four solar terms" is the product of China's ancient farming civilization. It is not only a seasonal system that guides agricultural production, but also a folk system that contains rich folk customs.

According to the characteristics of farming society, the folk customs of solar terms in Xiaoman mainly include "offering sacrifices to car gods", "moving three cars (water wheel, oil car and silk car)", "grabbing water for Xiaoman", "praying silkworms for Xiaoman" and "eating wild vegetables for Xiaoman".