There is a small full in the 24 solar terms. What does it mean? What about a big full?

Xiaoman is the second solar term in summer. According to the lunar calendar, it is called "April Zhongqi" and is the symbol of April (ie: the month with Xiaoman must be April). According to the Gregorian calendar, Xiaoman is when the sun reaches 60° of ecliptic longitude between May 20th and 22nd every year. This year’s Xiaoman Festival is at 16:45 on May 21st.

At this time, the grains of winter wheat and other summer crops in the north (especially in the Central Plains) begin to be full, but they are not yet fully mature, so they are called "small full". There is a farmer's proverb that goes, "The wheat grains are getting fuller when they are little full."

However, among the twenty-four solar terms, there is only "little full" and not "big full", because after half a month the wheat grains will be full and it will be harvested. That solar term is called "awnzhong", so among the people There is also a proverb that goes, "When a little man is dissatisfied, his seed will bloom."

Farming is busy during the spring planting and autumn harvest periods, and there are many things to do. The solar terms themselves have distinct characteristics, so there is no need to name two connected solar terms.

Extended information:

Things not to do during the Xiaoman season:

1. Sleeping too late:

We cannot sleep too late and get up early , please don’t go to the late night food stalls yet.

2. Lying wet and cold:

After Xiaoman, the temperature rises significantly and the rainfall increases, but it will still be cooler in the morning and evening, and the daily temperature difference is still large, especially the temperature drops after rainfall. It is more obvious, so you should avoid catching cold and wind because of coveting coolness, especially when sleeping at night. Otherwise, the cold and damp evil energy stays in the skin, becomes depressed and turns into heat, easily causing skin diseases such as rubella and eczema; staying in the joints, it is easy to cause various rheumatic diseases.

Although sleeping on stones or cold floors is no longer common, the cold and dampness caused by air conditioners, mats, cold showers, short skirts, etc. may not be less. If you accidentally catch dampness and cold, you can get rid of the dampness evil through exercise or hot bath.

3. Eat cold food:

Try to avoid too cold external environment, and at the same time keep the body in a warm internal environment. In summer, people often like to use cold drinks to cool down. However, if people of all ages and genders want to have a good time, cold drinks can cause gastrointestinal discomfort, abdominal pain, diarrhea and other symptoms.

In particular, children’s digestive systems are not yet fully developed, and the elderly’s organ functions are gradually declining, so children and the elderly are more susceptible to this situation. This is a taboo that everyone often makes during the Xiaoman season.

4. Losing temper:

People are prone to sweating in hot weather, and Chinese medicine has always regarded sweat as the "fluid of the heart". Excessive sweating will naturally consume the yin fluid of the heart, leading to If the heart yang becomes more deficient, people will also feel tired. This is called "strengthening fire and eating qi", that is, if the fire is too strong, it will consume the qi in our body. Therefore, in summer, where the heat is prevalent, we need to always pay attention to the harm caused by heart fire to the human body.

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