Ma Grain Buds, omwe amadziwika kuti "Xiaoman" (小满) m'Chitchaina, ndi mawu achisanu ndi chitatu a dzuwa mu kalendala yachikhalidwe ya Chitchaina, nthawi zambiri amafika pa 20 mpaka 22 Meyi chaka chilichonse. Monga momwe dzinalo likusonyezera, zikutanthauza kuti mbewuzo zikuyamba kukhwima ndikukhala zonenepa, komabe sizinafike pamlingo wokwanira. Dzinali lili ndi tanthauzo labwino la filosofi - "kudzaza pang'ono" - kukumbutsa anthu kuti ungwiro si cholinga; m'malo mwake, kukhala ndi kuchuluka pang'ono ndiko cholinga.

Panthawi ya Grain Buds, nyengo imakhala yotentha kwambiri, ndipo mvula imagwa kwambiri ku China konse. Nthawi imeneyi ndi yofunika kwambiri pa ulimi, chifukwa mbewu za chilimwe monga tirigu, mpunga, ndi mbewu za rapeseed zimakula kwambiri. Alimi amakhala otanganidwa kusamalira minda yawo, kuonetsetsa kuti mbewuzo zimalandira madzi okwanira ndi michere. Kum'mwera, minda ya mpunga imadzazidwa ndi madzi, ndipo mbande zikubzalidwa. Kumpoto, tirigu amatumphuka ndi timbewu tagolide.

Mwachikhalidwe, anthu amatsatira miyambo ingapo panthawiyi. Ena amadya ndiwo zamasamba zowawa, zomwe amakhulupirira kuti zimachotsa kutentha m'thupi pokonzekera chilimwe chotentha chomwe chikubwera. Ena amapita kwa milungu ya nyongolotsi za silika kuti akapempherere kukolola silika wabwino. Mawu akuti "Xiaoman" amatanthauzanso mfundo yofunika kwambiri ya moyo: musamakhute kwambiri, chifukwa kusefukira kumabweretsa kutayika. Kumatiphunzitsa kuyamikira zomwe tili nazo pamene tikukhalabe odzichepetsa.

Grain Buds ndi chikumbutso cha ndakatulo chakuti moyo, monga tirigu, umakula nthawi zonse — ndipo pali kukongola paulendo wopita ku kukhuta.