Activities and health secrets of Xiaoman solar terms
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In some rural areas, there is an ancient small custom, that is, offering sacrifices to the car god. Legend has it that "Car God" is a white dragon. During Xiaoman Festival, people will put fish, incense sticks, white water and other items on the waterwheel for sacrifice. Sprinkle white water on the ground to keep it moist and not dry.
Busy meetings in summer
In some areas, summer parties were held during the Xiaoman period, that is, market transactions, including mules and horses, grain, farm tools, cloth, groceries and snacks. The main purpose is to exchange and buy production tools, buy and sell livestock, and make full preparations for the summer harvest. It lasts about three to five days, and sometimes a troupe is invited to sing and entertain.
Look, the wheat is a little yellow.
During Xiaoman period, there was a custom in Guanzhong area, that is, the married daughter should visit her family. Just like the festival, the daughter and son-in-law go to her parents' home with gifts to express their condolences, mainly to greet their parents' preparations for the summer harvest and see if there is anything they need to help. The other is to tell my parents that there is still surplus food at home when the green and yellow are not picked up. I hope my parents can rest assured. After the summer harvest, the mother will also visit her daughter to see her work.
Silkworm sacrifice
Legend has it that Xiaoman solar term is the birthday of the silkworm god, so there are silkworm praying festivals in areas where silkworms are raised in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces.
Since ancient times, the raw materials of rural textiles are mainly cotton in the north and silk in the south. Silk is obtained by sericulture, so sericulture is very prosperous in southern rural areas of China, especially in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces.
Because silkworms are difficult to raise, people usually hold a festival to pray for silkworms in April to pray for a bumper harvest. Many places in the south have "Silkworm Mother Temple" and "Silkworm Temple". During the silkworm prayer festival, sericulture families will go to these temples to worship and provide rich dishes, drinks and so on. And make it look like a cocoon with flour, and then put the "cocoon" made of flour on it with a handful of straw, hoping to have a good harvest.
Quadrilateral gyro
Before and after Xiaoman, people often eat a kind of seasonal food called "Twisting", which means that everything goes well and everything is auspicious, so it is widely loved by ordinary people.
This "twist" is actually a kind of noodles. In Xiaoman period, wheat was immature, but full. People choose some full and hard grains, cut them off, take them out, fry them in a pot, and then grind them into noodles about an inch long with a stone mill with grinding teeth. Then add sesame sauce, minced garlic, shredded cucumber and other seasonings to these noodles, and make a delicious and unique "twist".
Youcha noodles
During Xiaoman period, there was also a northern seasonal snack called Youcha noodles. People also cut the ear of wheat with relatively large particles and grind it into flour. Stir-fry the flour until it is yellow with a small fire, then take it out, put oil in the pot, burn it until it smokes, and immediately pour it into the cooked flour and stir it evenly. Finally, stir-fry black sesame seeds and white sesame seeds, stir-fry walnut kernels, peel them, chop them into fine powder, and pour them into the fried melon seeds and stir them evenly.
Tips for Keeping Healthy in Xiao Man Season
First, nourish stomach and yin.
The hot weather in summer increases people's consumption. 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 deficiency of vital qi in the spleen and stomach 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. At the same time, you can also take part in physical exercise in the early morning, such as walking, jogging, playing Tai Ji Chuan and so on. It is not advisable to do too strenuous exercise to avoid sweating and hurting yin and yang.
Summer dampness is a common physiological reaction of human body in summer, and the above three principles are determined according to the characteristics of physiological phenomena or bad symptoms that are easy to appear in summer. In practical application, we should also master them flexibly according to the local meteorological conditions at that time, combined with their different physical characteristics and the reactions that are easy to appear in summer.
Second, the heart dispels summer heat.
After entering Xiaoman, the temperature rises, and people often like to use cold drinks to cool down, but excessive cold drinks can lead to abdominal pain, diarrhea and other diseases. Eating cold food at this time is easy to cause gastrointestinal discomfort. Because children's digestive system is underdeveloped and the visceral function of the elderly is gradually declining, children and the elderly should eat as little as possible, and those who are physically weak and seriously ill should pay attention.
Summer is summer heat, which belongs to the five internal organs and the heart, so it should be replenished. But my heart likes cold, and I want to eat sour. For example, you can often eat some wheat products, and you can also eat pork, plums, peaches, olives, pineapples, celery and so on. Chinese medicine pays attention to the unity of heaven and man and the complementarity of yin and yang, so people should eat cold and sour food in summer and try not to eat spicy and warm things. But raw cold should not be excessive, so as not to harm the healthy qi in the human body and induce diseases.
Emotionally, when people are young, they tend to feel restless because of the rising temperature and strong sunlight. At this time, we should adjust our emotions, maintain a good mood, and prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases such as hypertension and cerebrovascular accidents caused by intense emotional fluctuations. You can take part in some literary and artistic activities that nourish your temperament, such as playing chess, calligraphy and painting.
In sports, you can do "April exercises". The specific method is: sit up straight at 3:00 ~ 7:00 every morning, lift the palm of one hand upward and press the palm of the other hand downward, 3 ~ 5 times each, then knock your teeth 36 times, breathe and breathe, and swallow body fluid 9 times. Can be use for treating fullness in that ch and hypochondrium, palpitation, red face and nose, dim eyes, vexation and heartache, and fever in the palms due to stagnation of lung evil.
Third, strengthen the spleen and diuresis.
Summer is sultry and humid. Too much humidity is not good for the spleen. Eat more sweet or cold food in your daily diet. However, it should be noted that because bitter food can be diarrhea, dryness and astringency, it is not advisable to eat more. On the occasion of "Xiaoman", the temperature rises obviously and the rainfall increases, but it is still cold in the morning and evening, and the temperature difference between day and night is large, especially after the rain, the temperature drops more obviously. If you sleep in the cold, it will definitely cause diseases such as rheumatism and wet skin diseases. Because the body consumes more body fluids in summer, we should pay attention to clearing away heat and promoting fluid production to quench thirst; Moreover, summer and humidity are equally important in this period, so we should pay attention to adding clothes in time in daily life, especially when sleeping at night, and pay attention to avoiding catching a cold, catching a cold in summer and coughing easily in autumn. At the same time, summer should conform to the law of long days and short nights, go to bed late and get up early, but ensure sleep time to keep energetic.
It is hot in summer, people like cold drinks and drink too much water, which makes moisture easily invade the human body. When external dampness enters the interior, water dampness is trapped in the spleen, which makes the spleen and stomach dysfunctional and hinders transport and transformation, which will cause hydrops 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.
Xiaoman's proverb
1, barley is not full, wheat is not full.
2. After ten days of planting, there is no planting after ten days.
Wheat will break if you don't cut it.
4. Xiaoman is not satisfied, and Takada doesn't care.
5. Xiaoman is not satisfied and Huangmei doesn't care.
6, Xiaoman refuses to accept, mango opens.
7, Xiaoman is not satisfied, there is no water to wash dishes.
8, Xiaoman, Huang Meiyu less.
9. Xiaoman doesn't plant flowers and doesn't go home.
10, small full draft, big full rice.
1 1, Xiaoman planted in the field at night with the lights on, and mango seeds were planted up and down in the field.
12, Xiaoman moved three cars and was too busy to know him.
13, Xiaoman is insect-proof, and the pesticide is fully prepared.
14, Xiaoman can't be cut, mango can't be cut.
15, Xiaomangou is not satisfied, and the seedling water is short.
16, Xiaoman Valley is full.
17, Xiaoman sees three new things.
18, Xiaoman Manchu Qi Yan, awn seed tube for half a year.
19, Xiaomannuan, hoeing wheat for miscellaneous grains.
20. Before and after Xiaoman, plant melons and beans.