Agricultural activities and traditional food in Xiaoman solar terms

As one of the twenty-four solar terms, Xiaoman ranks eighth and is the second solar term in summer. We all know that solar terms are a good time to keep fit, and Xiaoman is no exception. The following are the farming activities and traditional food I have arranged for you, hoping to help you.

Agricultural activities of xiaoman solar terms

I. Vegetable cultivation

1, farmers should strengthen the cultivation management of greenhouse crops, pay attention to ventilation, especially after the rain clears, uncover the film in time to reduce the temperature and humidity in the greenhouse. At the same time, attention should be paid to strengthening the prevention and control of pests and diseases.

2, do a good job in the cultivation and management of vegetables and fruits in the open field, timely topdressing, intertillage weeding, disease prevention and pest control.

Second, cash crop cultivation.

1, rice producing area

Xiaoman season is the time to plant rice, and the summer drought in South China is serious. However, whether the summer drought is serious is directly related to the rice planting area; Planting time is directly related to rice yield.

The central and western parts of South China are often dry in winter and dry in spring, and the rainstorm comes late, and it will not rain until July at the latest. In addition, the annual rainfall is not much, with an average of only about 40 mm, and the natural rainfall can not meet the water demand of rice seedling planting, which makes the summer drought in the water-deficient central and southern regions more serious.

In order to resist drought, in addition to improving cultivation measures and speeding up afforestation, it is especially necessary to pay attention to water storage and moisture conservation in the first year. However, we should also pay attention to the possible continuous rainy weather, which will affect the harvest and drying of spring sowing crops.

The mountainous area of the northwest plateau has entered the rainy season, and crops are growing vigorously. However, there is strong cold air heading south. From late May to early June, there will be low temperature and rainy weather in Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong and other provinces. The daily average temperature is lower than 20℃, and the daily minimum temperature is lower than 17℃ for more than three consecutive days. It will affect the development of early rice ears and the flowering and pollination in these areas, commonly known as "May Cold" and "Xiaoman Cold".

2. Wheat producing areas

At this time, we should pay close attention to the prevention and control of pests and diseases in wheat fields to prevent dry hot wind and sudden thunderstorm and hail attacks. South China should pay close attention to rice topdressing and weeding, and summer crops should be harvested and dried in sunny days.

During this period, we must pay attention to watering "wheat yellow water", pay close attention to preventing and controlling pests in wheat fields, and enhance the growth of wheat. At the same time, some effective windproof measures should be taken to prevent dry hot wind and sudden thunderstorm and gale.

Third, fruit tree planting.

1, citrus

Continue to do a good job in flower and fruit protection and pest control, focusing on scab, resin disease (black spot disease), spider, scale (arrow scale), leaf roller moth and other pests and diseases. Pay attention to drainage to prevent waterlogging and soil erosion.

2. Myrica rubra

Continue to do a good job in management centered on fruit protection and insect prevention. Timely fruit thinning, overcoming the big and small years. The standard of fruit thinning is generally: leave 3 fruit branches for every 6 fruit branches, leave 3 fruit branches, leave 3 fruit branches, and leave 2 fruit branches.

Fourth, animal husbandry and planting.

1, rabbit professional households can also give birth to a baby before and after Xiaoman if production needs, which can ensure the safety of young rabbits in summer. To maintain the dry environment of the rabbit house, we must first do a good job in cleaning the rabbit house.

2. Strengthen summer forage planting (Mexican corn, forage sorghum).

3. Continue to strengthen the work of killing mosquitoes and flies and add insect repellent to feed.

4. Continue to prevent Japanese encephalitis, parvovirus disease and allergic dermatitis.

What traditional food does Xiaoman eat?

1. Eat wild vegetables

Eating wild vegetables is the custom of Xiaoman. Bitter vegetables are one of the earliest edible wild vegetables in China. Spring breeze blows, bitter vegetables grow, and wasteland is a granary. Zhou Shu: Xiaoman Day Bitter Vegetable Show. The Book of Songs: Bitter comes sweet, under the sun. Compendium of Materia Medica: (Bitter vegetables) Long-term use, peace of mind and qi, intelligence and fitness, anti-aging. In medicine, sowthistle is often used to treat fever, and the ancients also used it to sober up. Sophora alopecuroides is spread all over the country, and it is called Patrinia in medicine. Kuding tea is bitter with astringency, astringent with sweetness, fresh and refreshing, cool and smooth, rich in nutrition, containing vitamins, minerals, choline, sugar, riboflavin and mannitol, and has the functions of clearing heat, cooling blood and detoxifying.

2. Wheat cake

Since ancient times, it has been said that Xiaoman is the birthday of the silkworm god. Because there are many silkworms in the south, Xiaoman is an important time node for the hatching of young silkworms and the growth of mulberry leaves, so it pays more attention to "offering sacrifices to the silkworm god". At this time, people will use rice flour or flour as raw materials to make wheat cakes and wheat cakes shaped like cocoons and enjoy them together, hoping for a bumper harvest of cocoons.

3. Bitter gourd

Momordica charantia is a good food in summer, which is rich in nutrients, mainly containing protein, fat, carbohydrates, vitamins and other nutrients. Immature tender fruit as a vegetable, mature pulp can be eaten raw, cold, fried meat and grilled fish, crisp and refreshing, with unique flavor. Bitter gourd has the effects of stimulating appetite, promoting digestion, clearing away heat and pathogenic factors, relieving fatigue, clearing away heart fire and improving eyesight, benefiting qi and strengthening yang. Momordica charantia contains protein in addition to bitter quinine. It is found that protein can stimulate immune cells and has anti-cancer effect.

4. Lycium barbarum seedlings

Lycium barbarum seedlings are also called wolfberry tips. Chinese medicine believes that Lycium barbarum seedlings are cool, sweet and bitter, and have the functions of clearing away heat, nourishing yin and improving eyesight. It is suitable for treating fever due to yin deficiency, thirst, hand and foot fever, liver and kidney deficiency, dry eyes, toothache due to deficiency of fire, etc.

5.dandelion

Dandelion, also known as Veronica, Dictyophora and so on. , a whole grass with roots of Taraxacum mongolicum, a compositae plant, is widely distributed all over the country. Dandelion is a nutritious vegetable, which mainly contains protein, fat, carotene, riboflavin, calcium, phosphorus, iron and other nutrients. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that dandelion is sweet, bitter and cold, and enters the liver and stomach meridians, which has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, stopping diarrhea, benefiting gallbladder, protecting liver, strengthening stomach and lowering blood pressure.

Characteristics of solar terms in Xiao Man

I. Meteorological characteristics

The arrival of Xiaoman solar term means that it has entered the rainy season of heavy precipitation, and the rain begins to increase, which often leads to continuous and large-scale heavy precipitation. For the northern region, Xiaoman is often the longest sunshine time among the 24 solar terms. Coupled with the dry air, the temperature in some places in the north can easily exceed that in the south. In the south, it usually rains a lot. Due to the active warm and humid air flow in the south, it meets the cold air from north to south in the south of China at the intersection of Huangchi and Jiao Jiao. At this time, there will often be sustained and large-scale heavy precipitation in South China, leading to heavy rain or torrential rain.

Second, the characteristics of farming

In the harvest season, early spring crops are about to be harvested, mid-season rice is sown in an all-round way, and farming is busy, and harvest is grabbed in sunny days and sowing is grabbed in rainy days. However, it is prone to dry weather in the small full season, "storing water is like storing grain" and "preserving water is like storing grain". We should not only pay attention to water storage and drought prevention, but also pay attention to rainy weather that may affect the harvest in Koharu. At this time, farming activities are about to enter the busy farming season, and the summer harvest crops are mature or close to maturity; Spring sowing crops grow vigorously; The autumn harvest crops will be sown soon.

Third, the phenological characteristics

Waiting for the bitter vegetable show: the "bitter vegetable show" on the day of Xiaoman, bitter vegetable, perennial compositae, blooming in spring and summer, bitter when feeling angry, edible when tender;

Second, weeds die: in the last five days, "weeds die". According to Zheng Xuan's explanation in the Eastern Han Dynasty, weeds are fine-leaved grasses, such as water chestnut grass, which blooms in March and bears fruit in April. Because it was born in Yin Qi, I was afraid that Yang Qi would die in summer;

Third, wait for the solstice of autumn: on the fifth day, summer wheat can be harvested.