The beauty of Xiaoman festival

Between May 20-22 every year, the northern part of the country, wheat and other summer crops seeds have begun to be full, but not yet mature, so called Xiaoman. Here's a look at Xiaoman holiday beauty piece.

The small full festival beauty 1

This morning on the way to work, I overheard the radio said, "Today is the twenty-four solar terms in the eighth solar term - small full", really fast ah, feel "summer! "

This morning on the way to work, I overheard the radio saying, "Today is the eighth of the twenty-four seasons - Xiao Man".

"Xiaoman", when you hear these two words, you feel a breath of fresh air, poetic.

Modern people in a hurry, fast-paced life, for thousands of years inherited the customary knowledge, more or less will be ignored, the kind of sunrise and sunset lifestyle has long faded into the past history of the old-fashioned outdated.

Recently read Yu Shicun's book of time - "Yu Shicun said twenty-four seasons", twenty-four seasons have a comprehensive in-depth understanding, can not help but marvel at the ancients and the natural way of living with the great beauty.

The twenty-four solar terms, the crystallization of the wisdom of the ancients, spring, summer growth, autumn harvest, winter, the cycle of the four seasons, the endless reproduction and prosperity.

The 24 Solar Terms are officially listed in the World Intangible Cultural Heritage, known as " China's 5th Great Invention".

Yu Shichun's "Book of Time" For every festival, there is an elegant poem attached, and Xiaoman is no exception

The boundless green wheat in front of the door,

There are birds wandering in the wind,

This heart is in the distance,

The pomegranate blossoms on the wall,

Isn't it very beautiful?

Between May 20 and 22 every year, when the sun reaches 60 degrees of yellow longitude, the weather in the northern hemisphere changes again. "The moon order seventy-two wait Jiejie": "April in the middle of the month, small full of people, things to this small to get full."

Xiaoman, as the name suggests, refers to the summer crops, the seeds began to full of grout, but not yet ripe, just a small full, not yet full.

Small surplus is not full, there is a lot of potential.

Fine-tuning and pondering, it is very interesting, the festival has a small snow after the snow, small cold after the cold, only a small full, to this point and can be, there is no big full.

Can not be full, leaving room for what you think in a larger space is good to develop, so the modern perspective, not full is the true meaning of life.

Xiaoman Festival is related to rain, related to agriculture, related to growth. From the beginning of the festival, all parts of mainland China gradually entered the summer, the temperature difference between the north and the south is further narrowed, and the precipitation is further increased.

The significance of the small fullness of the festival of life at this time to highlight, so that people more y grasp the daily diet, the philosophers of this space-time view of the rhetoric said: " clouds on the sky, need. The gentleman to diet and feast." Clouds rise to the sky, this is the need for Gua space-time, the gentleman in this time is not yet ripe, need to wait, accumulate energy.

Xiaoman after the beginning of summer, if the attributes of time are understood in terms of sound, color, taste, touch, etc., the taste of summer, is bitter. The Book of Zhou: "the day of Xiaoman bitter vegetables show". The Book of Songs: "Cai Bitter Cai Bitter, under the first sun." Li Shizhen called it "heavenly herb", long service, peace of mind and benefit qi, light body, resistance to old age.

Deeply think, "bitter" flavor, is not an indispensable flavor of medicine on the road of life.

I remembered a Zen dialog that I read a long time ago, in which a young disciple asked the master: "Master, what is the inspiration of the festival of Xiaoman for our life or our spiritual practice?"

The master said, "The word 'xiaoman', although it is a festival, is a clever metaphor for human beings. The first thing I've learned is that the first thing you need to do is to get a little bit drunk. There is a lot of fun in this. If people are complacent, it will be difficult to make progress, if dissatisfaction, it is difficult to fill the gulch. Water is full of overflow, the moon is full of loss, this is the natural way, but also the practice of reason.

Will be full not full, the original is the best state of life; contentment, in order to experience the taste of happiness.

In the latitude and longitude of time, Xiaoman is just one of the festivals, and the beauty of each festival is worth stopping to understand. There is no hurry, spring, summer, fall and winter, the four seasons overlap, the seasonal unfolding of the infinite richness of the connotation, so that people more cherish the harmony with nature **** life.

Finally, to share two of my favorite paragraphs from this book:

"Young man, your duty is to level the ground, not to be anxious about the time, you do what you do in March and April, and have your own answers in August and September."

I am in the valley of the small, uncontaminated, listening to the teachings of a bird, picking flowers and making nectar for my poetry. A ration of beauty, an offering of spirit, like some free wildflower, growing and fading in solitude.

Well, may your life be small and full and light.

Xiaoman Festival Beauty 2

Xiaoman, is the second solar term of summer in the twenty-four solar terms. Entering the Xiaoman festival means entering the rainy season of substantial precipitation, when rain begins to increase, often with continuous widespread heavy precipitation.

Xiaoman season in most parts of China has entered the summer one after another, the temperature difference between the north and the south further narrowed, precipitation further increased, rainfall is sufficient and timely, cereal crops can thrive, the natural world of plants are more plentiful and lush. China's north-south geographical span, the climate, agricultural production, the main crop varieties and their growth conditions are significantly different.

Xiaoman is a busy season. Jiangnan region has a "small full move three cars, busy don't know him" said. Here the three cars refers to 'is the water car, oil car and silk car. At this time, the crops in the farmland need plenty of water, farmers will be busy stepping on the water car to turn the water.

Many places in the small full of this day have eaten bitter bitter vegetable custom, because the small full of the festival period is the prone period of wet skin disease, therefore, dietary modification to light vegetarian-based, you can always eat with the role of heat elimination of dampness food. Bitter bitter vegetable, also known as bitter vegetable.

It is bitter with astringent, astringent with sweet, fresh and refreshing, cool and tender, rich in nutrients, containing a variety of vitamins, minerals, choline, sugar, riboflavin and mannitol, etc., with the function of clearing the heat, cool blood and detoxification. In addition, bitter melon is also a good food, rich in nutrients. Bitter melon mainly contains protein, fat, carbohydrates, vitamins and other nutrients. It also has the role of enhancing food, helping digestion, removing heat and evil, relieving fatigue, clearing the mind and eyesight.

Xiaoman festival beauty article 3

"In April, Xiaoman, things to this small to get full." Xiaoman is one of the twenty-four solar terms, the second solar term of summer. Between May 20-22 every year, the seeds of wheat and other summer crops in the northern part of the country have begun to be full, but not yet ripe, so it is called Xiaoman.

How much do you know about Xiaoman

Knowing wheat

Xiaoman festival, the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River and other regions also circulated this statement: "Xiaoman full, wheat has a risk. This "a risk" is that wheat at this time just entered the milky stage, very vulnerable to the infringement of hot and dry winds, which led to the wheat grouting shortage, the grain seed shriveled and reduced yields.

Water

In the old days, the water car water drainage irrigation for the rural areas, the proverb: "small full of moving three cars (three cars refers to the silk car, oil car, water car)." Waterwheel routinely started at the time of the small full. Previously, farmers to the village dike as a unit, "grab water" ceremony, line in the Haining area, there is the meaning of the exercise.

More by the elderly deacon about the collection of households, to determine the date, arrangements for the preparation, to the dawn of the day that is the group line out, lit torches in the water car base to eat wheat cake, wheat cakes, wheat dough, to be the deacon to drums and gongs for the number, the group to hit the instrument and, stepping on the small river on the Han pre-loaded water tanker, dozens of vehicles all stepped on the river to lead the irrigation of the fields to the rivers and beckons to the light of the river just stop.

Sacrifice to the three gods

Xiaoman in our history there is a custom called the sacrifice of the three cars, which three cars it, called the water car, cattle car and silk car.

tube of this water car God called what it is, the legend of the "God of the car" for the white dragon, 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, sacrifices poured 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.

Sericulture God's birthday

Xiaoman Festival is rumored to be the birth of the silkworm God, so on this day, China's sericulture known as Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other areas are also very lively. Xiaoman Festival is in early summer, cocoon formation, is waiting to pick reeling, planting mulberry sericulture is the traditional side business of the rural areas of Jiangnan, the silkworm is a treasure, and the people of the home food source, people are full of it is full of anticipation of the gratitude. So this festival is full of rich silk folklore.

Dietary customs

"Spring wind blowing, bitter vegetables long, the deserted wild land is a granary". Around Xiaoman is also the time to eat bitter vegetables, which are one of the earliest wild vegetables consumed by the Chinese.

1, blood health

Bitter cabbage has the role of blood health care, bitter vegetables are very rich in nutrition, contains a large number of vitamins and trace elements, are required by the human body, and often eat bitter vegetables can replenish the body's nutrients to enhance the body's immune system, anemia or physical weakness of the body can be often eaten bitter vegetables, can play the role of The role of replenishing blood and nourishing qi.

2, heat detoxification

Bitter cabbage has the role of heat detoxification, bitter cabbage contains a nutrient called choline, it is absorbed in the body, can eliminate harmful substances in the body, can have a bactericidal anti-inflammatory effect, bitter cabbage on the right laryngitis, tonsillitis and other inflammatory diseases have a certain therapeutic effect.