When is Xiaoman in 2018? What is the origin of Xiaoman?

When is Xiaoman in 2018? What is the origin of Xiaoman?
During the Grain Full season, grains begin to become full, marking the arrival of summer and an important time for crop growth. By April, everything is lush and green. The Fortune Teller website takes you to experience every day of the fourth lunar month of 2018. Grain Full is one of the 24 solar terms and the second solar term in summer. Grain Full Moon occurs when the sun reaches 60° of the ecliptic longitude between May 20 and 22 every year.
The Grain Full Moon in 2018 falls on the seventh day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar in 2018 (lunar calendar), which corresponds to Monday, May 21, 2018 in the Gregorian calendar. It is the first solar term in the fourth month of the lunar calendar in 2018. "Collected Explanations of the 72 Lunar Calendars" states: "In the middle of April, things are small and full."
There are two interpretations of “满” in Xiaoman. The first is to describe the fullness of crops, the second is to describe the abundance or scarcity of rain.
At this time, the grains of summer crops such as wheat in the northern part of the country have begun to become full, but are not yet mature, which is approximately the late milky stage, so it is called Grain Full. Agricultural proverbs in the southern region give Grain Full a new meaning: "If Grain Full is not full, the field ridges will dry up"; "If Grain Full is not full, there will be no need to worry about it." The word "full" is used to describe the abundance or scarcity of rainwater, pointing out that if the fields are not filled with water during Grain Full, the field ridges may dry up and crack, and rice may not be planted even during Grain in Ear.
On the day of Grain Full, there will generally be a lot of rainfall and heavy rainfall in southern China. If the cold air from the north can penetrate into the southern regions of my country at this time and the warm and humid air flow in the south is also strong, it will easily cause heavy rain or extremely heavy rain in southern China. Therefore, the late period of the Grain Full solar term is often a tense period for flood prevention in these areas. For the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, if there is less rainfall during this period, it may be that the subtropical high pressure over the Pacific Ocean is weaker and located to the south, which means that when the plum rain season comes, there may be less precipitation. If there is dissatisfaction, it must be a year of drought and little rain.

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