What is the "Xiaoman" solar term?

Xiaoman is one of the "twenty-four solar terms" and the second solar term in summer.

Xiaoman solar term refers to entering the rainy season with heavy rainfall. The name "Xiaoman" reflects the climatic characteristics of heavy rainfall. A southern folk proverb says, "A small river is full." Another explanation in the north is that "small fullness" means that the seeds of summer crops in the north are full, but not yet mature, just small fullness, not yet full.

"Little people wait for three times" refers to: waiting for the bitter vegetable show (when little people are full, the wheat is ripe, but it is still green and yellow, and people are used to eating wild vegetables at this time). Second, weeds die (weeds are shade-loving plants. When the solar terms are full, all localities begin to step into summer, and the death of weeds also marks the spirit of the rising sun in the solar terms. Third, when the wheat comes to autumn ("autumn" refers to the period when crops are mature. Xiaoman, although it is still summer, the wheat is ripe.