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What does the solar term mean?
Xiaoman means that by this solar term, the seeds of summer grain will be full. (Before and after harvest. If they are not full at this time, the seeds of awn will not be harvested. Why is it called "small"? Because the summer harvest is a small autumn, it is called a big autumn in autumn. )

There are some interesting agricultural proverbs about Xiaoman solar terms:

Jujube trees germinate and grow cotton; The small one is full of flowers, not home. (It means that it is too late for Xiaoman to plant cotton, and the cotton can't be picked and harvested. )

Goose feathers live long in summer, and all the birds come. (To the long summer solar terms, there is no heavy snow, and the whole country has entered summer; When we arrived in Xiao Man, all the migratory birds came back.

No solar term "full"