Traditional activities of solar terms in Xiao Man
1, grab water
There is a peasant proverb: "A villain carries three cars (water truck, oil truck and silk truck)."
It is said that dry weather is easy to occur in the small full season, so farmers use water trucks to pick up vehicles for irrigation and drainage.
Now, the waterwheel has long been replaced by advanced machinery, but the traditional culture has been preserved. In Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, the ceremony of "grabbing water" is held every year in Xiaoman season. The ceremony of "grabbing water" was very lively. Everyone is eating wheat cakes, wheat cakes and wheat balls on the foundation of the waterwheel, and gong. Everyone stepped on the pre-installed waterwheel, and dozens of cars marched together to lead the river to the fields.
Step 2 pray for silkworms
Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces are rich in soil and water, and sericulture thrives in rural areas.
Silkworm babies are very delicate and difficult to raise, so in Xiaoman season, festivals to pray for silkworms will be held in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces.
There is no fixed date for praying for silkworms. Any family can be held on any day, but the difference is no more than two or three days. Many places in the south have built "Mother Silkworm Temple" and "Silkworm Temple", where sericulture families will bow down and offer wine, fruit and rich dishes.
3. Look at the yellow tip of wheat
"Wheat pointed yellow, the woman according to the mother. When the shackles are removed, mother looks at the enemy. "
In Guanzhong area, daughters who got married in Xiaoman season will visit their parents' homes to meet the preparations for the summer harvest. This custom is called "Look at the yellow top of wheat".
You can't go home empty-handed Son-in-law and daughter usually bring oil cakes, mung bean cakes and apricot as gifts.
4. Xiaoman "Bitter Vegetable" is on the market.
"Spring breeze blows, bitter vegetables grow, and wasteland is a granary."
If a nursery rhyme can bring us memories, then a taste can make us feel in memories. It is the custom of Xiaoman to eat bitter vegetables. At the same time, as one of the earliest edible wild vegetables in China, its taste is full of historical sense.
Bitter vegetables are all over the country, which is called Patrinia in medicine. Although it has astringent taste, it is nutritious and contains many vitamins, minerals and choline. And has the effect of clearing away heat and toxic materials.
There are many ways to eat bitter vegetables. You can rinse it with boiling water and then use cold dishes such as vinegar and sesame oil. Can also be pickled to eat, crisp and refreshing; You can also make soup, make stuffing and stir-fry different flavors.
Principle of keeping in good health in xiaoman solar terms
One: clearing heat and promoting diuresis, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst.
Because our bodies consume more body fluids in summer, we should first pay attention to clearing away heat, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst in summer.
Moreover, due to the equal emphasis on summer heat and dampness in this period, we should pay more attention to clearing away heat and dampness in our daily life. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that long summer belongs to the spleen in the five internal organs, and it should also be supplemented. According to the viewpoint of TCM health preservation, excessive dampness is not good for the spleen, so it is appropriate to eat more sweet and cold or sweet and cold in daily diet. However, it should be noted that because bitter food has the functions of diarrhea, dryness and astringency, it is not advisable to eat more. Summer is hot, people like cold drinks and drink a lot of water, which makes moisture easily invade the human body. When external dampness enters the interior, it will make the water wet and strengthen the spleen, cause the spleen and stomach to rise and fall, and hinder the transport and transformation function, thus causing the accumulation of water and loss of appetite. Therefore, in summer, we should often eat foods that are beneficial to water conservancy and dampness, so as to strengthen the spleen and stomach and restore the ascending and transporting function of the spleen, which is beneficial to water conservancy and dampness.
Two: clear heart, dispel summer heat, clear away heat and detoxify.
Chinese medicine believes that summer is summer heat, which belongs to the five internal organs and the heart, and is suitable for clearing and replenishing. And the heart likes to be cold, and it is also appropriate to eat sour. For example, you can often eat some wheat products and eat more pork, plums, peaches, olives, pineapples, celery and so on. Traditional Chinese medicine pays attention to the unity of heaven and man and the complementarity of yin and yang, so people should eat more cool and sour food in summer and try not to eat spicy and warm things. However, it should be noted that eating cold drinks raw should not be excessive, so as not to harm the healthy qi in the human body and induce diseases.
Three: spleen and stomach, qi and yin
In summer, because the weather is very hot, our human consumption also increases. On the one hand, there is an urgent need to supplement nutrition and body fluids, on the other hand, due to the influence of summer and humid climate, it is easy to lead to insufficient spleen and stomach vital energy and gastrointestinal dysfunction. Therefore, in diet, we should take soup, soup, fruit juice and other foods with rich and light soup, which can stimulate appetite and be easy to digest, in order to achieve the purpose of health care. At the same time, eat less or not eat greasy, rich and fried foods, and the amount of food eaten per meal should not be too large. It should be based on the principle of a small amount of meals. If some people have the symptoms mentioned above, such as summer onset, summer injury, summer dampness, heatstroke and so on. Then, according to the viewpoint of TCM health preservation, pay attention to pertinence, treat meals based on syndrome differentiation, or tonify spleen and lung qi deficiency, or both qi and yin deficiency.
Xiaoman solar terms custom
Cheshen
Sacrificing the car god is an ancient small custom in some rural areas. In related legends, Erche God is a white dragon. People put fish, incense sticks and other items on the waterwheel to worship. The most interesting thing is that there will be a glass of white water during the sacrifice, which will be poured into the field during the worship, meaning to bless the prosperity of the inkstone.
Silkworm sacrifice
According to legend, Xiaoman is the birthday of the silkworm god, so when Xiaoman is in the solar term, there is a silkworm blessing festival in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. China's farming culture is a typical "male ploughing and female weaving". The raw materials for women's weaving are mainly cotton in the north and sericulture management in the south. Silk needs to be spun from cocoons, so sericulture is extremely prosperous in rural areas in southern China, especially in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces.
Silkworms are pampered "pets" and are difficult to feed. Qi stagnation, dampness, cold, ripe, dry and wet mulberry leaves will all affect the survival of silkworms. Silkworms were regarded as a "godsend" in ancient times because they were difficult to raise. In order to pray for "things in the sky." There is a good harvest of tolerance and sericulture, so people hold a silkworm prayer festival in April when silkworms are released.