Characteristics and Customs of Xiaoman Festival PPT

Characteristics and Customs of Xiaoman Festival PPT

Characteristics and Customs of Xiaoman Festival PPT, After the beginning of summer, we will welcome Xiaoman Festival. Like the beginning of summer, this is a festival that should not be ignored, and from this point onwards, all parts of the country will embrace summer step by step. The following shares the characteristics and customs of Xiaomanji PPT

Characteristics and Customs of Xiaomanji PPT1

Characteristics and Customs of Xiaomanji

During Xiaomanji, the temperature rises and rainfall increases. The south enters the hot summer, while the temperature in the north gradually equalizes with that in the south. After Xiaoman, the south of the Yellow River to the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River began to appear more than 35 ° C hot weather, this time should also pay attention to make a good prevention of heatstroke.

Small full of customs

One is to eat bitter vegetables. The first of the three in the Xiaoman three wait, is the bitter vegetable show. In Xiaoman festival, a dish that must be eaten is bitter vegetables, commonly known as bitter bitter vegetables. Xiaoman is a wet skin disease prone period, so dietary modification should be refreshing and light vegetarian diet, you can always eat with the role of clearing heat and dampness food. Bitter cabbage is exactly a kind of heat, cool blood and detoxification function of the seasonal vegetables, it is bitter with astringent, astringent with sweet, fresh and crisp, cool and tender fragrance, rich in nutrients.

The second is to grab the water and sacrifice car God. In the old days, the water car water drainage irrigation for the rural areas, the proverb: "small full of moving three cars", the water car routine in the small full of start. Prior to this, farmers to village pike as a unit to hold a "water grabbing" ceremony, line in the Haining area, there is the intention of the exercise.

And the sacrifice of the car God is also an ancient rural custom, the legend says that the "God of the car" for the white dragon, the farmers in the car before the water on the car base on the fish, incense and candles, etc. worship, the special place for the offerings of a cup of white water, the sacrifice when splashed into the field, there are wishes for the meaning of the water source Chunwang. The above old custom shows that farmers attach importance to water drainage and irrigation.

The third is the festival of the birth of the silkworm god. Xiaoman Festival is rumored to be the birth of the silkworm god, so on this day, China is known for sericulture in Jiangsu and Zhejiang are also very lively. Xiaoman Festival when the early summer, cocoons into, is waiting to pick reeling, planting silkworms is the traditional side business of the rural areas of Jiangnan, silkworms is a treasure, and the source of food for the townspeople's families, people are full of gratitude for it is full of anticipation. So this festival is full of rich local flavor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

The origin of the small full of introduction

"Monthly 72 wait collection": "April in the middle of the month, the small full of people, things to this small to get full."

At this time, the northern part of the country, such as wheat and other summer crops, seeds have begun to be full, but not yet mature, about the late stage of milk ripening, so it is called a small full. The southern region of the farmers' proverbs to give a small full of new symbolism: "small full of dissatisfaction, dry off the field"; "small full of dissatisfaction, regardless of the mango seed".

The word "full" is used to describe the surplus or deficit of rainwater, pointing out that if the field is not full of water at the time of Xiaoman, it may cause the field to dry up and crack, or even not be able to plant rice at the time of planting. In addition, the small full of the festival during the south of the river is often full of rivers and lakes, if not full, must be met with drought and little rain year.

What is the meaning of Xiaoman Festival

1, Xiaoman is one of the twenty-four solar terms, the second solar term in summer. Between May 20 - 22 each year depending on the sun reaches 60 ° of yellow longitude for the small full, small full refers to the summer crops of the seeds began to grout full, but not yet ripe, just small full, not yet full.

2, Xiaoman Festival is the prelude to harvest, summer harvest, summer planting, summer management, three summer busy prologue from now on, is another busy season of the year farmers. During this period, you need to pay attention to the attack of the "dry hot wind", otherwise the year's harvest will be threatened.

The Legend of Xiaoman

Once upon a time, there was a family with a father and a daughter. The daughter was not only beautiful, but also very smart. On this day, the father had to go to a faraway place, leaving his daughter and a white horse behind. The horse was very strong, and ran like the wind, traveling thousands of miles a day. What was even more peculiar was that the horse knew human nature very well, and it understood human words. Everyone said this is a "magic horse".

When the father went out, he told his daughter to feed and care for the horse, and he would be back soon. After the father left, the daughter was left with only this horse to keep her company. Whenever she felt lonely, she talked to the horse. Although the horse could not speak, it would nod its head and flick its tail, showing that it was very affectionate. As the days passed, her father never returned. The daughter missed her father very much, and was worried that he had met some changes outside.

One day, she said to the horse, half seriously and half jokingly, "Horse, do you understand my words? If you can go and get my father back, I will marry you as my wife." Who would have guessed that as soon as the girl's words fell, the horse took off and disappeared in a puff of smoke. It turned out that the father was sick in a faraway place, and was worried about how to go back, but suddenly found his own horse running at home, and was very surprised. The father was so eager to see his daughter that he didn't think much about it, so he straddled the horse's back and rode to his home.

After arriving home, the father and daughter met, naturally extraordinarily happy. The father felt that this horse has made a great credit, especially add grass and feed, carefully fed. But the father felt strange, fine grass feed a lot of fine material, but the horse is a mouthful of refused to eat. Whenever you see your daughter in and out, the horse will not only lead the neck long song, but also jump more than, make either happy or angry sound. The father secretly asked his daughter what was wrong. So the daughter told her father what she had 'said' to the horse.

What are the customs of the Xiaoman festival

Worship the god of the car

When it comes to Xiaoman Xiaoman, precipitation began to increase, rainfall is abundant, the river to this small to be full, the tools of irrigation in ancient times is mainly waterwheel, the waterwheel car water drainage and irrigation as the Farming event, the proverb: "small full of moving three cars", the water car routine in the small full of start. Sacrifice car god is some areas of the ancient custom of Xiaoman. In the related legend of the water car god, is a white dragon in the small full season, people in the water car leaps on the put praise fish, incense and candles and other items worship

The most interesting place is that there will be a cup of white water in the offering, worship will be splashed into the field, there are blessings of the meaning of the source of the influx of prosperity. In the small full season, the folk handed down this custom, that is, the sacrifice of three cars, namely the water car, oil car and silk car. People's farming and life can not be separated from these three cars, so in order to pray for the wind and rain, the days of red, people in the small full this day will sacrifice three cars.

Legend has it that the water car "car god" for the white dragon, farmers in the car before the water on the car base on the fish, incense and candles, etc. to worship, the special place for the offerings of a cup of white water, when the sacrifice is poured into the field, have to wish the water source Chunwang meaning.

Sericulture

According to legend, Xiaoman is the birth of the silkworm god, so Jiangsu and Zhejiang have a "pray for silkworms festival" during the Xiaoman festival. China's farming culture is characterized by "men plowing and women weaving". Silkworms need to rely on silkworm cocoons and silk, so China's southern rural sericulture is extremely prosperous, especially in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Qingjiazhu" recorded: "small full of first come, sericulturist cook cocoon, the car reeling, day and night operation. It can be seen, in ancient times, the small full of the festival when the new silk has been on the market, the silk market turn prosperous in the imminent, sericulturist silk businessmen are full of expectations, waiting for the day of the harvest to come

Sericulturist is a pampered "pets", it is difficult to keep alive. Temperature, humidity, mulberry leaves, cold, ripe, dry, wet, etc. all affect the survival of the silkworm. Because the silkworm is difficult to raise, the ancient silkworm as "heavenly objects". In order to pray for "heavenly" forgiveness and silkworms have a good harvest, so people in April when the release of silkworms held a prayer silkworm festival.

Grabbing water

"Grabbing water" is an old folk farming custom. Circulated in the area of Zhejiang Haining, held this ceremony, more than by the elder deacon called the households, in the determined date of the dawn torches, in the water car base to eat wheat cake, wheat cake, wheat dough, to be the deacon to the drums and gongs for the number

Groups of people to beat the instrument and, stepping on the river Han on the pre-loaded water car, dozens of vehicles all together to pedal, the river water to irrigation field, to the river water to dry square stops. Small full season prone to dry weather, very unfavorable to crops, farmers in the old days will use water car car water drainage, to ease the early situation.

Eating wild vegetables

Eating wild vegetables is the custom of Xiaoman. Bitter cabbage is one of the earliest wild vegetables consumed by the Chinese. When the spring wind blows, bitter vegetables grow, and the deserted beach and wild land is a granary. The Book of Zhou: the day of the small full of bitter vegetables show. The Book of Changes: Bitter Vegetable Show on the Day of Small Fullness. Compendium of Materia Medica: (bitter bitter vegetable) long service, peace of mind and benefit gas, light body, resistance to old age. Medical use of bitter bitter vegetables to treat fever, the ancients also used it to sober up.

Bitter bitter vegetable all over the country, medically called it septicaemia. Bitter bitter vegetable, bitter with astringent, astringent with sweet, fresh and crisp, cool and tender fragrance, rich in nutrition, containing a variety of vitamins, minerals, choline, sugar, riboflavin and mannitol, etc., which the human body needs, has the function of clearing the heat, cooling the blood and detoxification.