When is Xiaoman in 2018? What are the customs and folk customs of Xiaoman?
Grain Full is coming, summer has arrived, and all things are already stirring and ready to grow. By April, everything is lush and green. The Fortune Teller website takes you to experience every day of the fourth lunar month of 2018.When is Xiaoman in 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. What are the customs and practices of Xiaoman?Grain Full, the second solar term at the beginning of summer, indicates that the temperature will gradually rise and the crops will slowly grow. So what customs and practices are there during this special solar term?Dietary Customs “Three Signs of Grain Full”: the first sign is the blooming of bitter herbs, the second sign is the death of weeds, and the third sign is the arrival of Minor Heat. When the spring breeze blows, bitter herbs grow, and the wasteland becomes a granary. Dandelion is one of the earliest wild vegetables eaten by the Chinese. "Book of Zhou": On the day of Grain Full, bitter herbs bloom. "The Book of Songs": Picking bitter herbs, picking bitter herbs, under Mount Shouyang. It is said that Wang Baochuan had to eat bitter vegetables in a cold kiln for 18 years in order to survive. In the old society, farmers had to rely on bitter herbs to fill their stomachs during the spring when there was a shortage of food. Dandelion tastes bitter, and although it is unpalatable, it is better than an empty stomach. During the Long March, the Red Army used bitter herbs to satisfy their hunger and overcome one difficulty after another. There is a song in the Jiangxi Soviet Area: Dietary herbs, with yellow flowers, can be used as wild vegetables and as food. The Red Army ate them and went to the battlefield, bravely killing the enemy and winning the battle. Dandelion is known as "Red Army vegetable" and "Long March vegetable". Dandelion is found all over the country. In medicine, it is called Patrinia salsa. People in Ningxia call it "bitter herb", people in Shaanxi call it "bitter herb", and Li Shizhen called it "heavenly fragrant herb". In 1958, the famous Chinese gourmet Nie Fengqiao discovered the yellow-flowered bitter vegetable in Ningxia, which was named "sweet bitter vegetable". It has large leaves, crisp stems and a bitter taste with a sweet taste. Compared with the common blue-flowered bittercress, it has many advantages. Dandelion tastes bitter with a hint of astringency, sweet with astringency, fresh and refreshing, cool and tender, and rich in nutrients. It contains multiple vitamins, minerals, bile alkaloids, carbohydrates, riboflavin and mannitol needed by the human body, and has the functions of clearing heat, cooling blood and detoxifying. "Compendium of Materia Medica": (Doleaceae) Long-term consumption can calm the mind, replenish qi, make the body light and resist aging. In medicine, bitter melon is often used to treat fever, and the ancients also used it to sober up. People in Ningxia like to blanch bitter herbs, wash them cold and serve them cold with salt, vinegar, chili oil or mashed garlic. They are refreshing, spicy and fragrant, and can be eaten with steamed buns or rice, which greatly increases people's appetite. Some people also use yellow rice soup to pickle the bitter vegetable into yellow, which tastes sour and sweet, crispy and refreshing. Some people blanch the bitter vegetable in boiling water, squeeze out the bitter juice, and use it to make soup, stuffing, stir-fry, or cook noodles, each with its own unique flavor. Solar terms and customs 1. Offering sacrifices to the God of Vehicles Offering sacrifices to the God of Vehicles is an ancient Grain Full custom in some rural areas. In the relevant legend, the second car god is a white dragon. During the Grain Full season, people put fish, meat, incense and candles on the waterwheel for worship. The most interesting thing is that there is a cup of white water in the sacrifice, which is poured into the field during the worship, meaning to wish for the water to be prosperous. 2. Worshiping Silkworms: According to legend, Grain Full is the birthday of the Silkworm God, so there is a Silkworm Praying Festival during the Grain Full solar term in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas. my country's farming culture is typified by "men farming and women weaving". The raw material for women's weaving is mainly cotton in the north and silkworm in the south. Silk is obtained by raising silkworms and spinning cocoons, so sericulture is extremely prosperous in rural areas in southern my country, especially in Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas. Silkworms are pampered "pets" and are difficult to keep alive. Temperature, humidity, the coldness, ripeness, dryness or wetness of mulberry leaves all affect the survival of silkworms. Because silkworms are difficult to raise, they were considered "gifts from heaven" in ancient times. In order to pray for forgiveness from "heaven" and a good harvest from silkworm breeding, people hold the Silkworm Prayer Festival in April when the silkworms are released. |
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