In ancient China, Xiaoman was divided into three stages: "Waiting for the bitter vegetable show, waiting for the grass to die, and waiting for the wheat to arrive in autumn." That is to say, after the full solar terms, bitter vegetables have flourished; After that, some grass with soft branches that like shade began to die in the strong sunlight; In the last period of Xiaoman, the wheat began to mature. At this time, the seeds of summer crops such as wheat in the northern part of the country have begun to be full, but they are not yet mature, which is about the late stage of milk ripening, so it is called Xiaoman.